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 to appear in every one of the numerous versions of the comic strip that appeared in the "Eagle", "2000 AD" and Virgin Comics. In the 1950s, roughly every other story featured the Mekon. The Mekon was the ruler of the Treens of northern Venus, although he was ousted from this position at the
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