Dan Dare life. After this initial storyline other writers were used and different supporting characters came and went, including Professor Pinkerton, a female scientist similar to Professor Peabody, and a new Digby (again, a descendant of the original). The Mekon was generally the foe in alternate stories. In 1987 the strip became more like a space opera, with increasing violence. Now drawn by John Gillatt, Dan took on a tough-guy look. He led space commandos and packed a hi-tech gun reminiscent of that carried by Judge Dredd. The original strip, featuring the characters of the 1950s Eagle, was revived in 1989, with
Spaceship Away Spaceship Away Spaceship Away is an illustrated magazine, largely based on the classic British space hero Dan Dare, from the pages of "Eagle", a boys' illustrated magazine, published in the UK and running from 1950 to 1966, featuring new full colour stories written and drawn in the style of series creator Frank Hampson. Spaceship Away was created by Rod Barzilay as an attempt to revive the original Dan Dare of the 1950s and early 1960s. It was born after Rod's efforts to arrange publication of the story he had written, and persuaded original Dan Dare artists Keith Watson and Don