Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future by two sequels, "" and "". Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future is a 1986 video game by Virgin Games for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 home computer systems. It is based on the classic British comic strip "Dan Dare". The Commodore 64 version was considerably different in gameplay to the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions. The Mekon reveals his typically dastardly plan: Earth must submit to his terms or he will propel a hollowed-out asteroid the size of a small planet into Earth. Dan and his sidekick Digby fly
Dan Dare artist Keith Watson providing the artwork for the initial run of stories. Watson had been part of the Dan Dare team from 1958 to 1960 and was sole artist on Dan Dare from 1962 to 1967. The new "Eagle" ended in 1994. In 1990, a strip entitled "Dare", written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Rian Hughes, was serialised in "Revolver". It presented bleak and cynical characters and was a not-too-subtle satire of 1980s British politics. Spacefleet had been privatised, the Treens were subjected to racist abuse in urban ghettos, Digby was unemployed, Professor Peabody committed suicide, and Dare's mentor