Dan Dare Dan Dare Dan Dare is a British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson who also wrote the first stories. Dare appeared in the "Eagle" comic story "Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future" from 1950 to 1967 (and subsequently in reprints), and dramatised seven times a week on Radio Luxembourg (1951–1956). The stories were set in the late 1990s, but the dialogue and manner of the characters is reminiscent of British war films of the 1950s. Dan Dare has been described as "Biggles in Space" and as the British equivalent of Buck Rogers. Dan Dare was distinguished by
The Front Page the plot includes a sex-change by a male reporter named Hildy Johnson. There have also been four television productions, all under the title "The Front Page": The musical "Windy City" (book and lyrics by Dick Vosburgh, music by Tony Macaulay) was also based on "The Front Page". It premiered at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London, England on July 20, 1982 and ran for 250 performances. Additionally, Hecht and MacArthur's story for the 1939 film "Gunga Din" recycles their basic plot of trying to dissuade someone from leaving his job, in this case Douglas Fairbanks Jr.'s character attempting to resign his