Two pages from a later Dan Dare tale go under the hammer next month
David Motton
In Review: The Complete Comet Jet Ace Logan
Derring-do in outer space and across space-time – classic British SF comics, collected
Spaceship Away, the Dan Dare-inspired SF comic anthology, celebrates landmark sixtieth issue
A landmark issue for the long-running independently-published SF comic magazine
New Spaceship Away is a treat for 2000AD and EAGLE artist John M. Burn fans
The new Spaceship Away is jam comes packed with enjoyable, classic strips
In Review: Vworp Vworp Issue Four
If you’re a fan of Doctor Who comics there is, simply, no good reason why you would not want this on your shelf
“The Uninvited Death”, a murder mystery novel from veteran Dan Dare author David Motton published
Levellers Press have published Commando and Dan Dare writer David Motton‘s long-awaited murder mystery novel, The Uninvited Death. Set in and around a market town in East Anglia, a man is found stabbed to death in a hotel car park… Read More ›
Comic Connections: TV Century 21, Dan Dare and Eagle – and Doctor Who
Revealing the many links between Gerry Anderson’s publications such as TV Century 21 and Dan Dare and Eagle…
Snapshots in Time: British comics editors on a night out in the 1950s
Dan Dare writer and author David Motton has unearthed a wonderful snapshot from his early days while working on British comics that he has kindly shared with downthetubes. “Very recently, my son Gregory (vide ‘Dan Dare All Treens Must Die’,… Read More ›
Spaceship Away nears its half century edition
The latest issue of Spaceship Away, Part 49, brings the Eagle-inspired comic zine closer to an impressive half century of issues, with a dramatic image of the “Dan Dare” villain, Xel, on its cover by Keith Watson
Snapshot in Time: Brian Woodford and The Launch of Boys’ World, Part One
A Short Introduction: Before his unexpected passing in 2016, author Roger Perry – a longtime contributor to this site and veteran of the British comics industry – sent downthetubes a number of articles which we planned to run, working back… Read More ›