Classic Dan Dare: Voyage to Venus Part 1

Classic Dan Dare: Voyage to Venus Part 1
Author: Frank Hampson
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-05-01
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1840236442

It's chocks away and tally-ho, chaps -- Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, is back! First published in classic British comic The Eagle, these are the original adventures of one of the best known and loved of British comic characters, presented in a new series of gorgeous library editions from Titan. In the first part of this story, Dan and his crew travel to Venus, hoping to find new resources to feed a starving Earth. But the planet is already the lair of the pint-sized megalomaniac, The Mekon, who has his own plans to conquer Earth! Includes background material exclusive to this book, with rarely seen art pages, an in-depth introduction to Dan Dare, and a foreword by Dave Gibbons (Watchmen).

Dan Dare: Complete Collection: Vol. 1: The Venus Campaign

Dan Dare: Complete Collection: Vol. 1: The Venus Campaign
Author: Frank Hampson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-11-27
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1785862928

Introducing one of science fiction's most enduring heroes, Dan Dare. This Omnibus edition of Dan Dare contains his first three full adventures digitally remastered for the very first time. Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future was first published in classic British comic The Eagle in 1950. These are the original adventures of one of the best known and loved of British comic characters, presented in a new series of gorgeous library editions from Titan Comics. Pilot of the Future: Voyage to Venus Pt 1 & 2 Dan and his crew set off to explore Venus, hoping to find new resources to feed a starving earth. But the planet is already the lair of the pint-sized megalomaniac The Mekon, who plans to conquer the Earth! Now it's up to Dare and his bat-man Digby to help the enslaved people of Venus to rise up and defeat the massive green headed evil genius. THE Red Moon Mystery Dan and his trusty crew must head once more into the dangerous, icy depths of space to uncover the secrets of a strange red moon that has entered the Solar System and threatens Earth with destruction!

Dan Dare: The Venus Campaign

Dan Dare: The Venus Campaign
Author: Frank Hampson
Publisher: Titan Comics
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2018-11-28
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1785869744

Travel back to the very beginning and relieve the first missions of Britain’s most enduring science fiction hero, Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future. Originally published in the classic British comic, Eagle (1950-1969), these two complete adventures from 1950-1952, ‘Voyage to Venus’ and ‘The Red Moon Mystery’ have been digitally remastered from the original comics and lovingly restored. This collection also includes a new introduction written by Frank Hampson’s son Peter, and includes a never-before published drawing of Dan Dare by Frank Hampson. Working as a science consultant and scriptwriter on Dan Dare from 1950-1951, science fiction legend Arthur C. Clarke supplied several scripts, concepts and notes for ‘Voyage to Venus’.

Sophie's World

Sophie's World
Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 735
Release: 2007-03-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466804270

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

Classic Dan Dare: The Red Moon Mystery

Classic Dan Dare: The Red Moon Mystery
Author: Frank Hampson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1840236663

Colonel Dan Dare and his crew travel to into space to uncover the secrets of a strange red moon that has entered the solar system and is threatening the Earth.

A Necessary Fantasy?

A Necessary Fantasy?
Author: Dudley Jones
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2000
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780815318446

This book addresses a variety of issues through the examination of heroic figures in children's popular literature, comics, film, and television.

Ark

Ark
Author: Stephen Baxter
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2010-05-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101187573

It's the year 2030. The oceans have risen rapidly, and soon the entire planet will be submerged. But the discovery of another life-sustaining planet light years away gives those who remain alive hope. Only a few will be able to make the journey-Holle Groundwater is one of the candidates. If she makes the cut, she will live. If not, she will be left to face a watery death...

Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future: Trip to Trouble

Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future: Trip to Trouble
Author: Frank Hampson
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-02-22
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1848563663

It’s chocks away once again as Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, returns! First published in classic British comic Eagle, this is perhaps the most seminal adventure of one of Britain’s best-loved characters, presented in a gorgeous library edition. Following their abduction by brilliant Scottish scientist Galileo McHoo during Safari in Space, Dan and co have used his incredible spacecraft, the Galactic Galleon, to reach the mysterious Terra Nova — last known destination of Dan’s test pilot father! But when the gang stumbles into a war between the strange inhabitants of this world, will they survive to learn the truth? Packed with beautiful artwork from legendary Dare creator Frank Hampson, and his successor, acclaimed artist Frank Bellamy.

Operation Saturn

Operation Saturn
Author: Frank Hampson
Publisher: Titan Books (UK)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN: 9781840238099

In part one of this epic tale, Dan and his trusty crew must face the dastardly Dr Blasco, who is helping the evil Saturnian rulers to attack Earth.

Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future

Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future
Author: Daniel Tatarsky
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-10-28
Genre: Air pilots in literature
ISBN: 9780752888965

Dan Dare, pilot of the future, was the creation of Frank Hampson, a young artist who cut his teeth on Meccano Magazine. Beginning in April 1950, Dan Dare was the lead strip in the hugely successful Eagle magazine. The strip would only run to a couple of pages, but stories (and their weekly cliffhangers) could run for over a year. The majority of the strips involved Dan, a suave, natural leader, doing battle with all manner of alien lifeform to preserve the future wellbeing of Earth. Hampson's bold use of colour and figurative style (he used real-life models) were groundbreaking in post-war austerity Britain. In Dare Dare, the Biography, Daniel Tatarsky, with the entire Eagle archive open to him, researches the adventures of Dan Dare (and his co-pilots), and brings Britain's favourite space hero to life. Talking to the original writers and illustrators, Tatarsky tells the story of Dare and Eagle magazine, and paints a portrait of a nation emerging from world war II, ready for life on other planets.