Classic Dan Dare: The Red Moon Mystery

ISBN: 9781840236668
Dimensions: 296 x 220mm
Hardback: 96pp
Publication date: 22 October 2004
Illustration detail: Colour comic strip
All authors: Frank Hampson

Frank Hampson was perhaps best known as the creator and original artist for Dan Dare, but he also illustrated a number of children’s books for Ladybird. Dan Dare was first published in the British comic The Eagle in April 1950, and was last published as an ongoing series in 1996 — although Dan had undergone more than a few changes by then.

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Synopsis

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 British comic characters, presented in a brand new library series!

In this interplanetary epic, 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!

Bonus material includes a foreword by Uncanny X-Men scribe Chris Claremont, a previously unseen interview with creator Frank Hampson, an article on the post-Hampson Dare, rare artwork, a ‘Who’s Who’, and much more!