Dan Dare Despite a fairly small circulation (it is available only via mail order, through its own Web site or in a select few comic shops), "Spaceship Away" continues to appear three times a year. In 2017 a four-issue mini-series by Peter Milligan and Alberto Foche was announced by Titan Comics. "The New Adventures of Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future" aired five times a week on Radio Luxembourg for five years from 2 July 1951. Dan's voice was Noel Johnson, who also played Dick Barton on BBC radio. Each episode started with the command "Spaceships Away!". The 15-minute show was sponsored
Dan Dare the story and its successor, "Prisoners of Space" (the only series to feature extensive work by an artist outside the studio, finishes being provided by Desmond Walduck. Hampson returned full-time in 1955, starting "The Man from Nowhere" trilogy, which took Dan and his companions outside the Solar System for the first time. The quality of the strip and its popularity remained high throughout the 1950s. In the late fifties "Eagle"'s new owners objected to the cost of the studio and the complexity of the stories. The conflict caused Hampson to leave the strip in 1959, in the middle of a