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 Yvette in "The Street Singer" (1924; 360 performances at the Lyric Theatre and on tour), and as Fay Blake in Rodgers and Hart's "Lido Lady" at the Gaiety Theatre (1926), in which she introduced the song "Atlantic Blues." She then turned to straight plays. Some of these included "Aren't We All" (1929) "Words and Music" (1932), and "The Fugitives" (1936). Dare also appeared in a few films including "The Argentine Tango and Other Dances" (1913), "Dr. Wake's Patient" (1916), "The Common Law" (1923), "Crime on the Hill" (1933), "Debt of Honour" (1936), "Marigold" (1938) and "Gildersleeve on Broadway" (1943). A