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
Greatest Hits 1974–78 album versions. A prior greatest hits album, 1972's "Anthology", contained songs from the first five albums. The more comprehensive "Young Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits" in 2003 added early hits "Living in the U.S.A.", "My Dark Hour", "Space Cowboy", and "Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma" and later hits "Abracadabra", "Who Do You Love", "I Want to Make the World Turn Around", "Wide River", and "Cry Cry Cry", but dropped this album's "True Fine Love" and "Winter Time". On the 2003 compilation, the original album versions are used (although the track "Fly Like an Eagle" still fades out earlier