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
5 External links

[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 2008. Three stories (Man From Nowhere, Rogue Planet, Reign of the Robot) were earlier reproduced by Dragon's Dream. The first of these books was particularly notable because the front page panel with the Eagle logo was replaced with new artwork drawn by Dan Dare's creator Frank Hampson.

Story Title	Source	Date	Notes
Untitled (Sometimes referred to as 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, Number 26 Volume 3, Number 11	5 October 1951 to 20 June 1952
Marooned on Mercury	Volume 3, Number 12 Volume 3, Number 46	27 June 1952 to 20 February 1953
Operation Saturn	Volume 3, Number 47 Volume 5, Number 21	27 February 1953 to 21 May 1954
Prisoners of Space	Volume 5, Number 22 Volume 6, Number 18	28 May 1954 to 6 May 1955
The Man From Nowhere	Volume 6, Number 19 Volume 6, Number 47	13 May 1955 to 25 November 1955
Rogue Planet	Volume 6, Number 48 Volume 8, Number 7	2 December 1955 to 15 February 1957
Reign of the Robots ^[1] ^[2]	Volume 8, Number 8 Volume 9, Number 4
The Ship that Lived	Volume 9, Number 5 Volume 9, Number 16
The Phantom Fleet	Volume 9, Number 17 Volume 9, Number 52
Safari in Space	Volume 10, Number 1 Volume 10, Number 18	3 January 1959 to 2 May 1959
Terra Nova	Volume 10, Number 19 Volume 10, Number 40	9 May 1959 to 21 November 1959	Printer's Strike between June and August 1959 Last Frank Hampson issue - Volume 10, Number 27
Trip to Trouble	Volume 10, Number 41 Volume 11, Number 11	28 November 1959 to 12 March 1960
Project Nimbus	Volume 11, Number 12 Volume 11, Number 28
Mission of the Earthmen	Volume 11, Number 29 Volume 11, Number 52
The Solid Space Mystery	Volume 11, Number 53 Volume 12, Number 23
The Platinum Planet	Volume 12, Number 24 Volume 12, Number 47
The Earth Stealers	Volume 12, Number 48 Volume 13, Number 9
Operation Earthsavers	Volume 13, Number 10 Volume 13, Number 23
The Evil One	Volume 13, Number 24 Volume 13, Number 32
Operation Fireball	Volume 13, Number 33 Volume 13, Number 42
The Web of Fear	Volume 13, Number 43 Volume 13, Number 52
Operation Dark Star	Volume 14, Number 1 Volume 14, Number 9
Operation Time Trap	Volume 14, Number 10 Volume 14, Number 38
The Wandering World	Volume 14, Number 39 Volume 15, Number 13
The Big City Caper	Volume 15, Number 14 Volume 15, Number 22
All Treens Must Die	Volume 15, Number 23 Volume 15, Number 42
The Mushroom	Volume 15, Number 43 Volume 16, Number 6
The Moonsleepers	Volume 16, Number 7 Volume 16, Number 29
The Singing Scourge	Volume 16, Number 30 Volume 17, Number 6
Give Me the Moon	Volume 17, Number 7 Volume 17, Number 26
The Menace from Jupiter	Volume 17, Number 27 Volume 18, Number 1

This story was followed by a reprint of Prisoners of Space (Volume 18, Number 2 to Volume 18, Number 51)

Story Title	Source	Date	Notes
Underwater Attack	Volume 18, Number 52 Volume 19, Number 3

This story was followed by a reprint of The Man From Nowhere (Volume 19, Number 4 to Volume 19, Number 32) and an abridged reprint of Rogue Planet (Volume 19, Number 33 to Volume 20, Number 17).

The original Eagle's run then came to an end when it was merged with the Lion Comic.

[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 centre spread, 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-grandson of the original, with the only other surviving original character being the Mekon, although a descendent of Digby was later introduced.