History ComicStrip / DanDare

* TheSpock: Sondar, whose species (Treens) have suppresed all emotion.

* CycleOfRevenge: Discussed in "Voyage To Venus", after the Treen are defeated, the people of Earth state their conditions, such as total disarmament (an agreement shared among all parties), and an end to the enslavement of Atlanteens. Things such as Food are only done at request, and only if the Treen are willing to provide. When the Treen question why Earth, as the conquerors, not just take the resources, Dan explains that Earth has learnt from its own history that to do so, and become an occupying force, would only breed resentment and lead to future conflicts.

* ShinyLookingSpaceships: The ships weren't usually shiny as such, but were almost always brightly coloured. (The spaceship interiors, on the other hand, were often cramped and utilitarian.)

* CycleOfRevenge: Discussed in "Voyage To Venus", after the Treen are defeated, the people of Earth state their conditions, such as total disarmament (an agreement shared among all parties), and an end to the enslavement of Atlanteen's. Things such as Food are only done at request, and only if the Treen are willing to provide. When the Treen question why Earth, as the conquerors, not just take the resources, Dan explains that Earth has learnt from its own history that to do so, and become an occupying force, would only breed resentment and lead to future conflicts.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The first story was set in the then-distant 1990s.

* BadBoss: in the Ennis' miniseries, Mekon executes an underling for questioning his orders; THEN he executes some more of his underlings for unquestioningly following his orders which resulted in Dare and his men escaping. Pick your poison, huh?

* IronicEcho: In the 2008 mini-series: "You were asking about Digby."[[spoiler: To clarify: Digby is killed during a battle against the Mekon's forces. When Dan Dare is seemingly captured and brought before the Mekon, the Mekon mockingly asks him "No Digby?" Then, in the final battle, the Mekon ends up powerless and prone before Dare, who provides the Ironic Echo before a well-deserved stabbing.]]

* OfficerAndAGentleman: Pretty much everyone, but especially Dan.

* KeepCirclingTheTapes: Out of a twenty-six episode series only six episodes of the AnimatedAdaptation are available on DVD. Two additional episodes can be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFPGwUMf8_Y found]] on [[YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxJiPjef2k8]] but one is incomplete.

* KeepCirclingTheTapes: Out of a twenty-six episode series only six episodes of the AnimatedAdaptation are available on DVD. Two additional episodes can be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFPGwUMf8_Y found]] on [[YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxJiPjef2k8]] but one is incomplete.

** Let's not forget the ComicBook/TwoThousandAD stories. Dan was far more of a gung-ho bruiser who'd prefer to KillEmAll then talk things out.

* SpotOfTea: Digby is something of a tea addict.

* SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay: The strip made some effort to get the science right, but there were some errors, such as spacesuits hanging and folding in a way that looks like they are not pressurized (because they were drawn from real-life models wearing overalls), and spaceships manouevring like aeroplanes.

Oh, and Music/EltonJohn wrote a song about him. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-QD7CWVMyM Give a listen. It's cool.]]

Oh, and Creator/EltonJohn wrote a song about him. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-QD7CWVMyM Give a listen. It's cool.]]

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: In the short Eagle Annual stories, Dan often found himself up against a skinny/fat pair of crooks called Starbuck and Vulcani (who appeared to have wandered in off the set of fellow Eagle strip [=PC49=]).

* CycleOfRevenge: Discussed in "Voyage To Venus", after the Treen are defeted, the people of Earth state their conditions, such as totl disarmamnt (an agreement among all parties), and an edn to the enslavmnt of Atlanteen's. Things such as Food are only done at request, and only if the Treen are willing to provide. When the Treen question why Earth, as the conquerrs, not just take the resourcs, Dan explains that Earth has learnt from its own history that doing so and becoming an occupying force only breeds resentment, which would then lead to future conflicts.

* CreatorCameo: Several characters were drawn to resemble members of Hampson's team: Gretchen Franklin as Peabody, Eric Eden as O'Malley and Hampson himself as Deputy-Controller O'Brien.
** Desmond Walduck, who drew ''Prisoners of Space'', added himself to the last instalment as a press photographer.

* ManEatingPlant: The Saturnian moon Phoebe is full of these.

* RaygunGothic

* {{Zeerust}}

->''"Kingfisher's ready to go, Sir Hubert"''