The Mekon he doesn't know it, but I like the Mekon." British rock band The Mekons named themselves after the character in 1977. In May 2013, the BBC radio soap opera "The Archers" featured a storyline in which regular character Brian Aldridge was aggrieved by a local newspaper article that compared him to the Mekon. The Mekon The Mekon (of Mekonta) is the arch-enemy of the British comic book hero Dan Dare, first appearing in 1950 in the "Eagle" comic strip "Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future" and created by Frank Hampson. Apart from Dan Dare himself, he is the only character
Phyllis Dare Rose" (1922). During her later career, she turned to straight plays, some of which included "Aren't We All" in 1929, "Words and Music" in 1932 and "The Fugitives" in 1936. She appeared occasionally in films, starring in "The Argentine Tango and Other Dances" in 1913, "Dr. Wake's Patient" in 1916, "Crime on the Hill" in 1933 and "Debt of Honour" in 1936. In the 1940s she appeared in a tour of "Full House" and was later cast in "Other People's Houses". In 1949, Dare opened as Marta the mistress in Ivor Novello's musical, "King's Rhapsody". The show ran for two