Dan Dare

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On August 27, 2007, Richard Branson announced that Virgin Comics will be bringing super hero Dan Dare back with a Dan Dare comic book series, published monthly beginning November 2007 and written by comic author Garth Ennis, who said: "Dan Dare is the quintessential British hero. He's our Captain America, our Superman, our Batman, he's all of them rolled into one. He's the original and the best."

Dan Dare has been an icon since 1950. Elaborate stories of his space travel and galactic battles defending people of the universe captivated post- War baby boomers. Dan Dare's adventures burst to the forefront of pop culture, selling nearly a million copies each week in the pages of the Eagle Comic.

Virgin Comics' Dan Dare is set in the future, albeit not too many decades from the present day. Colonel Dare is still vibrant and courageous -- but now he's retired. His retirement is a self-imposed exile, the result of his disgust with politics and the post-nuclear warfare that has destroyed North America and much of Asia -- leaving the UK as the world's last remaining superpower. Readers familiar with Dan Dare stories will recognize many of the original cast including a wiser and more experienced Digby; the innovative, brilliant and beautiful Professor Peabody; and of course the enemy of all that is good, the super-intelligent ruler of the Treens -- The Mekon, together with a mix of galactic evil beings.

The Dan Dare Corporation is the global rights holder in the intellectual property Dan Dare and the Eagle Comic. It represents the film, television, merchandising, and publishing rights.

Website: http://www.dandare.com/