Dan Dare Sir Hubert Guest betrayed Dare to the Mekon and his quisling British Prime Minister, Gloria Monday (whose appearance and demeanour appear modelled on Margaret Thatcher). Ultimately, Dare destroys London, the Mekon and himself through a smuggled nuclear weapon. The last episode appeared in "Crisis", following "Revolver"'s cancellation. In 1996, "The Planet" published its first and only issue. Inside was a new and unfinished Dan Dare story, "Remembrance", drawn by Sydney Jordan featuring a slightly older Dare and apparently set some years after the original Eagle strips. In 2007–2008 Virgin Comics published a 7 issue Dan Dare mini-series written by Garth
Frank S. Pepper Comet", as John Morion. For "The Children's Newspaper", he wrote the adventures of twins "Bill and Jill", starting in 1948. In 1952 AP launched "Lion", a weekly adventure comic designed to compete with Hulton Press' "Eagle", for which Pepper wrote the cover feature "Captain Condor", a space hero created to rival "Eagle"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "Dan Dare", for twelve years. He also created the cover feature for AP's sports comic "Tiger", in 1953: editor Derek Birnage requested a more realistic football series than "Danny of the Dazzlers", and Pepper gave him "Roy of the Rovers", illustrated by Joe Colquhoun, who took over writing