Eagle (British comics) of a planned television series, persuaded IPC's comic arm Fleetway to relaunch "Eagle" in 1982, as a weekly comic edited by Dave Hunt. The original Dan Dare was no longer a feature of the comic, his eponymous great-great grandson taking on the mantle of space explorer instead. Drawn by Gerry Embleton, and later Ian Kennedy, and set 200 years after the original story, the first story-arc featured the return of Dan Dare's earliest nemesis, The Mekon. IPC were unable to recreate the popularity of the original strip, and in 1989 the original Dan Dare returned to the comic, in a
Vermont Eagle practices." Antagonistic editorials continued back-and-forth into the beginning of 2002. Around that time, facing financial troubles, the "Eagle" announced that it would begin charging readers .50 per copy. In 2003, because of ongoing financial struggles, the "Vermont Eagle" was purchased by New Market Press. New Market Press was co-founded by Dan Coats and Dan Alexander, who went on to own Denton Publications, which now owns the "Vermont Eagle". Denton Publication is considered a sister publication group to the New Market Press. In 2009, the Vermont Times was absorbed into the "Vermont Eagle". In 2016, the Green Mountain Outlook was absorbed