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
Dorothy Dare at Pacific View Memorial Park in Corona del Mar, California. Dorothy Dare Dorothy Herskind (August 6, 1911 – October 4, 1981), better known as Dorothy Dare, was an American actress and singer. Dare was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a child, she often sang in church and developed good vocability. She first appeared on stage at the age of seven. She began her singing and acting career in several of Ziegfeld's shows and then appeared in Vitaphone shorts. By 1934 she was under contract to Warner Bros. Studios and made her debut in "Very Close Veins" (1934). During the 1930s,