Dan Dare Despite a fairly small circulation (it is available only via mail order, through its own Web site or in a select few comic shops), "Spaceship Away" continues to appear three times a year. In 2017 a four-issue mini-series by Peter Milligan and Alberto Foche was announced by Titan Comics. "The New Adventures of Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future" aired five times a week on Radio Luxembourg for five years from 2 July 1951. Dan's voice was Noel Johnson, who also played Dick Barton on BBC radio. Each episode started with the command "Spaceships Away!". The 15-minute show was sponsored
Tanganyika groundnut scheme groundnuts in Tanganyika". The "Eagle" of 29 September 1950, in the "Dan Dare" strip, 'reproduces' the front page of "Daily World Post" of 28 September 1995. The main item is the lack of news from Dan Dare's expedition to Venus. A small item is headed SUCCESS IN EAST AFRICA - PEANUT ARRIVES IN LONDON: "There was a touching ceremony in London yesterday when a whole unblemished peanut was handed to the Minister of Food by a delegation representing equally the native tribes in the groundnut area and the survivors of the Strachey scheme". In the 1960 James Bond short story