List of Dan Dare stories
The list of Dan Dare stories details appearances of the character Dan Dare, created by Frank Hampson.
The original Eagle comic
These are the Dan Dare stories that appeared in the original Eagle Comic, which ran from 1950 to 1969 and featured the hero Dan Dare. The stories would often take place as parts of longer story arcs, and when this happened the stories are grouped together as such. These storylines were reprinted by Hawk Books in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and as of May, 2006, the first six stories have been reprinted again by Titan Books. The series of seven hardbacks, each about 100 pages, splits Voyage to Venus across two volumes. Titan have reportedly announced that their series of reprints is on hiatus. [1]. Three stories (Man From Nowhere, Rogue Planet, Reign of the Robot) were earlier reproduced by Dragon's Dream. These were notable because the panel with the Eagle logo was replaced with new artwork.
| Story Title | Source | Date | Notes |
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| Untitled (Sometimes called Pilot of the Future, The Venus Story or Voyage to Venus) |
Volume 1, Number 1 Volume 2, Number 25 |
14 April 1950 to 28 September 1951 |
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| The Red Moon Mystery | Volume 2, Issue 26 Volume 3, Issue 11 |
5 October 1951 to 20 June 1952 |
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| Marooned on Mercury | Volume 3, Issue 12 Volume 3, Issue 46 |
27 June 1952 to 20 February 1953 |
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| Operation Saturn | Volume 3, Issue 47 Volume 5, Issue 21 |
27 February 1953 to 21 May 1954 |
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| Prisoners of Space | Volume 5, Issue 22 Volume 6, Issue 18 |
28 May 1954 to 6 May 1955 |
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| The Man From Nowhere | Volume 6, Issue 19 Volume 6, Issue 47 |
13 May 1955 to 25 November 1955 |
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| Rogue Planet | Volume 6, Issue 48 Volume 8, Issue 7 |
2 December 1955 to 15 February 1957 |
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| Reign of the Robots | |||
| The Ship that Lived | |||
| The Phantom Fleet | |||
| Safari in Space | |||
| Terra Nova | |||
| Trip to Trouble | |||
| Project Nimbus | |||
| Mission of the Earthmen | |||
| The Solid Space Mystery | |||
| The Platinum Planet | |||
| The Earth Stealers | |||
| Operation Earthsavers | |||
| The Evil One | |||
| Operation Fireball | |||
| The Web of Fear | |||
| Operation Dark Star | |||
| Operation Time Trap | |||
| The Wandering World | |||
| The Big City Caper | |||
| All Treens Must Die | |||
| The Mushroom | |||
| The Moonsleepers | |||
| The Singing Scourge | |||
| Give Me the Moon | |||
| The Menace from Jupiter |
This story was followed by a reprint of Prisoners of Space.
This story was followed by a reprint of The Man From Nowhere and an abridged reprint of Rogue Planet.
2000AD
Between 1977 and 1981 the Dan Dare character was revived to appear in the new 2000AD comic. For the first 45 progs (issues) of the comic, "Dan Dare" was considered to be the "lead" strip, and hence held the coveted centre-spread position, thus allowing the first two pages of the strip to be printed in colour. From prog 46 to prog 58, Dare was moved to the front cover, a move that not only allowed the fan favourite Judge Dredd to take the lead, but which also meant that by dispensing with the traditional single-image cover, the comic could effectively have an extra page of content.
| Story Title | Source | Date | Notes |
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| The Biogs | Progs 1-11 | 26 February 1977 - 7 May 1977 | |
| Hollow World | Progs 12-23 | 14 May 1977 - 30 July 1977 | |
| The Lost Worlds | Progs 28-85 | 3 September 1977 - 7 October 1978 | |
| Servant of Evil | Progs 100-107 | 17 February 1979 - 7 April 1979 | |
| Attack on Eternium | Progs 109-126 | 21 April 1979 to 18 August 1979 | Story never completed ("Dan and Sondar will be taking a break for a while...") |
The relaunched Eagle comic
In 1982 Eagle was re-launched, with Dan Dare once again its flagship strip. The new character was the great-great-great-grandson of the original, with the only other surviving original character being the Mekon.
- Return of the Mekon issues 1-33