Dan Dare from acquiring the mystical Crystal of Life. On his return to Earth, he and his Treen companion Sondar find themselves branded traitors and found guilty of helping the Mekon to steal the Crystal. This story arc concluded with the pair escaping the Earth authorities and going on the run to try to clear their names by tracking down the Mekon and recovering the Crystal, establishing the format for the next story arc. Despite promises that Dare and Sondar would be back, the "2000 AD" Dan Dare strip "Attack on Eternium" ended here in prog 126 (18 August 1979). In 1997,
Keith Watson (artist) Keith Watson (artist) Keith Watson (Ormesby, 1 February 1935 – Cheam, 9 April 1994) was a British comics artist most famous for his work on Dan Dare and TV Century 21. Watson joined the studio team of Frank Hampson working on the "Dan Dare" strip in Eagle in 1958. After Hampson left the strip the following year, Watson worked on "Captain Condor" for the rival Lion (comic). He later returned to Dan Dare, becoming the sole artist. Watson worked on the Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons strip in TV Century 21, and the Joe 90 strip in the self-style comic,