Dan Dare Annual 1987 opens with the quote "Come along, my intrepid explorer, and set foot on virgin soil" from one of the 1951 weekly comics. The work of Frank Bellamy, Frank Hampson, Don Harley, Harold Johns & Greta Tomlinson, Keith Watson, Gerry Embleton, Ian Kennedy and Carlos Cruz is reviewed, highlighting the differing styles used by each and showing the evolution of the comic and annuals through the years. Also featured are the usual set of foes, including the Mekon.
Original Price : £2.95
Published by : IPC Magazines Limited in 1986
Dimensions : 19cm x 27cm with 95 pages.
Selected highlights:
- A is for Astral, Z is for Zom
- Learn the words to the S.P.S. Anthem, sung to the tune of the Lincolnshire Poacher's song.
- Dan Dare - This is Your Life - a potted history of our hero.
- Read Dan's school report - he could go far...
CONTENTS | |
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Dan Dare | 2 |
School's Out | 17 |
This is Your Life! | 18 |
The Treen Dynasty | 24 |
Dan Dare | 28 |
Dan by Digby | 36 |
Back to the Future Game | 38 |
Sky Larks | 40 |
S.P.S. Anthem | 42 |
Death in the UnderWorld | 43 |
Tribute to the Artists | 49 |
A - Z | 58 |
Flight Deck Spot Check | 62 |
The Exterminator | 63 |
X-Word | 71 |
School of Art | 72 |
H.Q. to the Stars | 74 |
Software Hero | 76 |
Man's First Giant Step | 78 |
Dan Dare | 81 |
Mission Seven | 89 |