A major comic book hero-soon to be featured in a major Hollywood film-gets the star treatment in this lavishly illustrated biography. Dan Dare is the creation of legendary artist Frank Hampson, and f
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From Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, to Jeff Arnold in Riders of the Range, The Eagle carried some of Britain’s most popular strips from its launch right through to the sixties. This cool
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