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 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