List of Dan Dare stories

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The list of Dan Dare stories details appearances of the character Dan Dare, created by Frank Hampson.

1 The original Eagle comic
2 2000AD
3 The relaunched Eagle comic
4 Notes and references

[edit] 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 April, 2007, the first seven stories have been reprinted again by Titan Books. The series of seven hardbacks, each about 100 pages, splits Voyage to Venus across two volumes. After a brief hiatus, the following two stories, 'Man From Nowhere' and 'Rogue Planet' are scheduled for release in 2007. 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
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
The Red Moon Mystery	Volume 2, Issue 26 Volume 3, Issue 11	5 October 1951 to 20 June 1952
Marooned on Mercury	Volume 3, Issue 12 Volume 3, Issue 46	27 June 1952 to 20 February 1953
Operation Saturn	Volume 3, Issue 47 Volume 5, Issue 21	27 February 1953 to 21 May 1954
Prisoners of Space	Volume 5, Issue 22 Volume 6, Issue 18	28 May 1954 to 6 May 1955
The Man From Nowhere	Volume 6, Issue 19 Volume 6, Issue 47	13 May 1955 to 25 November 1955
Rogue Planet	Volume 6, Issue 48 Volume 8, Issue 7	2 December 1955 to 15 February 1957
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.

Underwater Attack

This story was followed by a reprint of The Man From Nowhere and an abridged reprint of Rogue Planet.

[edit] 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
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...")

[edit] 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.