Dan Dare Mekon. The initial artist was Gerry Embleton, who drew Dan to resemble the original exactly, but he was quickly replaced by Ian Kennedy, who gave the hero a younger look and blond hair. The opening "Dan Dare" story was an epic, lasting 18 months, written by Pat Mills and John Wagner. It opened with a flashback to the unseen final defeat of the Mekon by the original Dan, after which he was sealed inside an artificial asteroid and exiled into space. Centuries later he was accidentally freed and returned to conquer Earth. A few years later the descendant of his
Eagle (ship) Eagle (ship) Eagle was a freighter which was sunk intentionally near Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida, to become an artificial reef and diving spot. The ship was built in 1962 for Danish shipowners J. Lauritzen A/S at Bijkers Shipyard, Gorinchem, Netherlands, and named "Raila Dan". In 1969 she was sold to the Dutch shipping company Poseidon and renamed "Barok". In 1974 she was sold again, and renamed "Carmela". She was then sold and renamed "Ytai" in 1976, and yet again sold, and renamed "Etai" the following year. In 1981 she was sold and renamed "Carigulf Pioneer", and sold for the final