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espanolbot (espanolbot) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-03-08 20:03:00

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char: dan dare, creator: garth ennis, creator: gary erskine, title: dan dare

Dan Dare is Awesome: Meeting the Mekon.
After much delay, I have been able to obtain the omnibus trade of this series, and I have to say that I recommend it highly.

Here's one of my favourite scenes from the series

Dare launches his secret plan by flying into the ship of the Mekon (former dictator of Venus). Here he meets his archenemy, as well as the UK Prime Minister who has sold out the entire planet in order to save his job in a post-Mekon controlled Earth,

"You interupted my villainous monologue! You shall pay!"

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	icon_uk 2009-03-08 04:43 pm UTC (link)
	Ah the Mekon, when little green men were REAL little green men! I love "We always fight squalid little men like you", you can FEEL the contempt in every syllable. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	espanolbot 2009-03-08 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	I think that it's mildly amusing that his version of Mekon appears to be riffing Davros (genetically engineering monsters, floating about in a life support system, styled heavily on Nazis), yet I think that the Mekon predates him by at least ten years or so doesn't he? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-03-08 05:43 pm UTC (link)
	25 years (Mekon 1950, Davros 1975) and the similarities have been there from the outset I think. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dr_hermes 2009-03-08 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	I, for one, welcome our new Mekon overlords. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-03-08 06:05 pm UTC (link)
	At least with Treens you stand a chance of appealing to their better nature. Daleks? Not so much! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	espanolbot 2009-03-08 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah. :) The Daleks are sort of like the Terminator, except they can use emotional blackmail and sarcasm. Which makes them even all the more awesome. ^^ (Reply to this) (Parent)

	volksjager 2009-03-08 05:18 pm UTC (link)
	I have thought of picking this up alot. Can you just jump in ? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	espanolbot 2009-03-08 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	Pretty much, most of the background info is explained in-story, anything else can be picked up by briefly skimming the character's wikipedia page. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	barnesarama 2009-03-09 02:23 am UTC (link)
	Dan Dare is the RAF in sapce, with an added helping of the adventures of a young Winston Churchill thrown in for good measure. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	woogledesigns 2009-03-09 07:37 am UTC (link)
	Oh but get some of the original albums first. It's all space kink with stiff upper lips! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	magus_69 2009-03-08 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	Why yes, this scene fully deserves its mention on TV Tropes' Crowning Moment of Awesome page, why do you ask? (Reply to this)