Dan Dare lands on Earth again
01/08/2007 . Source: Jessica Martin 
Richard Branson has announced that Virgin Comics will be bringing Dan Dare out of retirement and back into the outer reaches of the galaxy, with a new Dan Dare comic book series. The new series will be published monthly beginning November 2007 and will be written by comic author, Garth Ennis (author of Preacher, The Boys, Hitman, John Woo's Seven Brothers and other titles). Buy Dan Dare in the USA - or Buy Dan Dare in the UK  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 1 million copies each week in the pages of the Eagle Comic.
"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," Garth Ennis told SFcrowsnest.com.
"Dan Dare is an heroic, thoughtful and fiercely independent character; I was an avid reader of his epic journeys. It is a pleasure for Virgin Comics to be involved with such a legendary character - one of the original great aviators," added Richard Branson.
Virgin Comics' Dan Dare is to be 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.
More over at http://www.virgincomics.com
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