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
The Front Page (1931 film) Menjou, a June 28, 1937 episode of "Lux Radio Theater" with Walter Winchell and James Gleason, and a May 9, 1948 episode of the "Ford Theatre" starring Ed Begley and Everett Sloane. The story was adapted for Howard Hawks's comedy "His Girl Friday" (1940), a 1974 remake of "The Front Page" starred Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and another version was made as "Switching Channels" (1988) with Burt Reynolds, Kathleen Turner and Christopher Reeve. The Front Page (1931 film) The Front Page is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien.