Therons

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The Therons are fictional aliens, usually golden-brown-skinned, who lived on the south hemisphere of the planet Venus in the Dan Dare stories. They were introduced in the first Dan Dare story in 1950–51.

They are technologically advanced and have space travel within the Solar System. They have human-type feelings about the sanctity of life and freedom. For a very long time they were in a stalemated war with the Treens.

References

• Jones, Dudley; Watkins, Tony (2000). A necessary fantasy?: the heroic figure in children's popular culture. Routledge. pp. 169–171. ISBN 0815318448. 

Further reading

• Wright, Norman; Higgs, Mike (1990). The Dan Dare dossier: celebrating the 40th anniversary of Dan Dare, pilot of the future. Hawk Books. ISBN 0948248122. 
• Tatarsky, Daniel (2010). Dan Dare: the biography. Orion Books. ISBN 978-0-7528-8896-5.