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And Introducing... A Leg Started conversation Sep 26, 2002
Entry: Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future - A774407
Author: And Introducing... A Leg (Pen Name: Bic) - U194118
I'm wondering if I should delete the bit about the TV series and just go with the comic strip. I might add something about the Radio Luxembourg series of the 1950s, too.
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Smij - Formerly Jimster Posted Sep 26, 2002
Superb work there. Well done!
My Dad used to get Eagle as a kid. being a resourceful chap though, he'd go to the factory where they'd print the comic up and steal dummy pages out of the skips and compile 'pirated' copies. Such was the need to be the first one to read Dan dare's latest adventures.
Good to see mention of Frank Bellamy too. he used to illustrate the Radio Times (as most Doctor Who fans of the '70s will remember). Talented artists both!
Jimster
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Sep 26, 2002
Well, call me gob-smacked. Great stuff! 
I think the tv series ought to stay in, but that's just my personal opinion. I also think that the 2000AD years qualify as Un-Death, not an After-Life, but that's just my personal view of one of the dumbest revivals in the history of British Comics. 
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There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Sep 26, 2002
I could have sworn I'd already posted to this thread 
Anyways, great stuff 
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Ausnahmsweise, wie üblich (Consistently inconsistent) Posted Sep 27, 2002
Excellent!
I'd forgotten all about Digby, and the female scientist.
I remember Mekon. He hovered around in a small, one man space ship (like a stainless steel bowl). (I found an image. I don't think I can post the link here. I used "Google for an Image" with "Mekon Eagle comic" as key words. )
I got the Eagle, and my little brother got Robin, then later, swift.
Awu
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Stuart Posted Sep 27, 2002
Hi Bic,
Marvellous. One wonders where you got all the information from, or have you been saving it up since the 1950s with the expectation of contributing to h2g2.
I remember getting paralyser pistol for Christmas one year. Basically it was a flash light shaped like a torch with two interchangeable coloured lenses. A green one for paralyse and a red one for kill. I must have zapped the Mekon hundreds of times. Such is the imagination of youth. 
Stuart
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Zarquon's Singing Fish! Posted Sep 27, 2002
I've only just skimmed this entry - I'll have a good look tonight. My brother used to get the Eagle.
First impressions are of how well it's written.
Who could forget Digby though?
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Sep 27, 2002
Everybody surely knows that the mekon rode a one man flying porta-loo, as immortalised in Private Eye? 
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And Introducing... A Leg Posted Oct 10, 2002
Jumping Jupiter!!! I'm happy now!
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Oct 10, 2002
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Zarquon's Singing Fish! Posted Oct 10, 2002
Yes, a brilliant entry, and well deserved.
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Frankie Roberto Posted Nov 4, 2002
Just finished subbing it at A847514. Let me know if there are any glaring errors I've introduced (though I didn't need to do much). I'll return it to the editors tomorrow.
Frankie
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And Introducing... A Leg Posted Nov 5, 2002
Thanks, Frankie, it looks great!
Leg
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Peer Review: A774407 - Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future
- 1: And Introducing... A Leg (Sep 26, 2002)
- 2: Smij - Formerly Jimster (Sep 26, 2002)
- 3: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Sep 26, 2002)
- 4: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Sep 26, 2002)
- 5: Ausnahmsweise, wie üblich (Consistently inconsistent) (Sep 27, 2002)
- 6: Stuart (Sep 27, 2002)
- 7: Zarquon's Singing Fish! (Sep 27, 2002)
- 8: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Sep 27, 2002)
- 9: h2g2 auto-messages (Oct 10, 2002)
- 10: And Introducing... A Leg (Oct 10, 2002)
- 11: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Oct 10, 2002)
- 12: Zarquon's Singing Fish! (Oct 10, 2002)
- 13: Frankie Roberto (Nov 4, 2002)
- 14: And Introducing... A Leg (Nov 5, 2002)
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