"Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future is a 1986 video game by Virgin Games for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 home computer systems. It is based on the classic British comic strip ""Dan Dare"". The Commodore 64 version was considerably different in gameplay to the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC versions. The Mekon reveals his typically dastardly plan: Earth must submit to his terms or he will propel a hollowed-out asteroid the size of a small planet into Earth. Dan and his sidekick Digby fly to the asteroid in Dan's spaceship,"
"1986, at about the time when Parliament was about to go into recess. When the series ended in 1987, it was replaced by ""Dan Dire, Pilot of the Future?"", which took a similar comic-book view of politics. This time, the model was Frank Hampson's artwork for Dan Dare, as seen in the popular 1950–1969 comic for boys ""Eagle"". In keeping with the science fiction theme, Kinnock became ""Dan Dire"" (the questioning title was over whether or not he would ever be Prime Minister); Mrs Thatcher became ""The Maggon"" in reference to Dan Dare's arch-enemy The Mekon; and Owen became ""Doctor"
"a test pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Early story-lines featured futuristic science-fiction themes such as piloting a rocketship to the Martian moon Deimos; however later stories were more rooted in present-day themes. Although fairly obscure in the English-speaking world since it did not appear in English translation, the comics series nevertheless gained a small measure of notoriety in 2009 in the United States as a result of speculation concerning the identity of the 1971 airplane hijacker who came to be known as D. B. Cooper, but who had actually identified himself as ""Dan Cooper"". The Cooper Research Team"
"Dan Dare Dan Dare is a British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson who also wrote the first stories. Dare appeared in the ""Eagle"" comic story ""Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future"" from 1950 to 1967 (and subsequently in reprints), and dramatised seven times a week on Radio Luxembourg (1951–1956). The stories were set in the late 1990s, but the dialogue and manner of the characters is reminiscent of British war films of the 1950s. Dan Dare has been described as ""Biggles in Space"" and as the British equivalent of Buck Rogers. Dan Dare was distinguished by"
"Captain Future Captain Future is a science fiction hero – a space-traveling scientist and adventurer – originally published in a namesake pulp magazine from 1940 to 1951. The character was created by editor Mort Weisinger and principally authored by Edmond Hamilton. There have subsequently been a number of adaptations and derivative works. Most significant was a 1978-79 Japanese anime (キャプテン・フューチャー), which was dubbed into several languages and proved very popular, particularly in Spanish, French, German and Arabic. Although sometimes mistakenly attributed to science fiction writer Edmond Hamilton, who indeed authored most of the Captain Future stories, the character was created"
"Riders of the Range and P.C. 49 helped ensure a weekly circulation of almost a million copies, but it was the adventures of Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future, which most captivated readers. Created by Hampson—now a full-time staff artist with his own team—Dan Dare was the UK's first science-fiction comic strip of any significance. Readers were thrilled by the square-jawed British spaceman's weekly exploits, and his struggles with The Mekon. While Morris (who by now had resigned from St James) edited the magazine from Hulton's premises at Shoe Lane in London, the comic was created in a converted bakery"
"future sport of aeroball, a futuristic, violent version of basketball with jet-packs. Similar future sport series had been a fixture of ""Action"", and the similarly-themed film Rollerball had been released the previous year. Wanting to give the new comic a distinctive look, Mills wanted to use European artists, but the work turned in on ""Harlem Heroes"" by Trigo was disappointing. Veteran British artists Ron Turner and Barrie Mitchell were tried out, but the newcomer Dave Gibbons won the editor over with his dynamic, American-influenced drawings and got the job. Mills wrote the first five episodes before handing the strip to"
"The Mekon The Mekon (of Mekonta) is the arch-enemy of the British comic book hero Dan Dare, first appearing in 1950 in the ""Eagle"" comic strip ""Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future"" and created by Frank Hampson. Apart from Dan Dare himself, he is the only character to appear in every one of the numerous versions of the comic strip that appeared in the ""Eagle"", ""2000 AD"" and Virgin Comics. In the 1950s, roughly every other story featured the Mekon. The Mekon was the ruler of the Treens of northern Venus, although he was ousted from this position at the"
"a 4 issue limited series"". Issues #5–15, 17–32, 35–42 and 44–56 were written by Bob Budiansky, with Marvel UK writer Simon Furman taking over for the remainder of the comic. The comic did not attempt to follow the show and some elements and characters were completely absent, including Ultra Magnus, Springer, Arcee, and Metroplex. The comic started much the same as the show; a crew crash landing the Ark on Earth in the distant past. They are befriended by Buster Witwicky. His brother Spike eventually joins the cause as Autobot leader when he became the head of commander Fortress Maximus."
"is the main pilot of Hou-oh, and flight and altitude controller for Raijin-Oh, God Raijin-Oh. He is a handsome, smart, rich, realist, but a vain and timid boy. He is very popular with girls in the class, and has his own fan club. His student number is seventh. Hiryu Tsukishiro is his cousin, who is the pilot of Ryu-Oh. Koji Hoshiyama is the main pilot of Jyu-oh, also the power controller for both Raijin-Oh and God Raijin-Oh, and all-weapon controller. He is kind-hearted, timid but courageous, has a pair of binoculars, and he believes in UFOs and aliens. His student"
"future visited by the Teen Titans, before he arrives in the present in #30. Jon was both villain and hero in the months before the series' cancellation. The series concluded in August 2014 with issue #34, in which Jon dies heroically to save friends he has made since #30, and to restore Kon-El (who had not actually died) as the sole Superboy. In 2016, Jonathan Samuel Kent became the new Superboy in DC Comics. He was introduced as the son of Post-""Crisis"" Superman/Clark Kent and Lois Lane, who were reintroduced in DC continuity in the 2015 ""Convergence"" event. Jonathan ""Jon"""
"Future in ""Startling Comics"". In September 1942, Fighting Yank received his own title, billed by tagline as ""America's Bravest Defender"". Fighting Yank also appeared in ""America's Best Comics"" until that series was canceled in 1949. Bruce Carter III obtained his superhuman powers when the ghost of his ancestor Bruce Carter I, a hero from the American War of Independence, appeared to him and showed him the location of a magical cloak that could give the wearer invulnerability and super strength. Only Carter III's girlfriend, Joan Farwell, knows of his dual identity. Along with this magical cloak, Fighting Yank's outfit also"
"cosplay and fanart. When asked by fans, Nishigori stated that Zero Two was his favorite character in the series but expressed that he was more ""attracted to her charismatic personality"" rather than her romantic appeal. Zero Two is an elite pilot originally belonging to the special forces unit with an infamous reputation as the ""Partner Killer"" due to none of her previous co-pilots having survived past three rides. As an artificially-created hybrid of Klaxo sapiens and Homo sapiens, she possesses superhuman abilities such as increased strength and rapid regeneration. Commonly viewed by others as a monster, Zero Two possesses bestial"
"series. The Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, first appeared in issue #1 of Marvel's 4-issue limited series in September 1984, which was extended into the main series. This comic series started with the history of the Autobots and Deceptions on Cybertron, two once peaceful factions that eventually came to war due to Megatron's desire for conquest. In the first few pages of this issue readers were introduced to Optimus Prime, stated as being from ""Iacon"", greatest of the city-states of Cybertron. He was described as ""a leader to inspire the Autobots in their hour of deadliest peril, of all the Autobots,"
"diagonal firing napalm and missiles. Player 1 pilots: Hokuto: A pilot from the 3100s era whose parents were killed by Huge-Boss' attacks. With his mother's hair ribbon as his only tangible remnant of them, Hokuto vows to avenge their deaths with the destruction of Huge-Boss. Anne: A young woman from the early twentieth century who pilots a helicopter. She writes all her experiences as she goes through life. This 'Anne' is reminiscent of Anne Shirley, a literary character which is very popular in Japan. Dietza: A wild rockabilly pilot from the 1950s era. Player 2 pilots: Grother: A confident, no-jokes"
"current commander of NISAR's operations. Hayato is smart, savvy, and ruthless; he knows exactly how to handle the members of his team. An old wound prevents him from piloting. He is typically flanked by a pair of assistants, one of whom looks like an older Shou (with a gray streak in her hair) and a large, powerfully-built man. Professor Shikishima - This creepy, odd-looking scientist has a large, bent screw sticking out of his head. He builds new weapons and technology for Neo Getter Robo, though their reliability is questionable. Jack King - Jack is the pilot of the US"
"future where humans have enslaved genetically-engineered humanoid animals, and leads the fight for their liberation. In 1981 writers John Wagner and Alan Grant created a new series for him, space haulage comedy ""Ace Trucking Co."". Grant says they wanted to exploit Belardinelli's ""fevered imagination"" and wrote a series which featured ""as few actual human beings as possible"" - almost all the characters were aliens. Belardinelli also drew several storylines of the Celtic barbarian strip ""Sláine"" in 1983-84, whose writer, Pat Mills, selected him to visualise the hero's body-distorting ""warp spasm"". Although his strips were popular with the general readership, the"
"a top pilot in the Space Corps. The first edition of the novel includes as a bonus a reprint of a 1933 children's book by Nowlan and Dick Calkins entitled ""Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"", which was 32 pages long and in full color. Buck Rogers: A Life in the Future Buck Rogers: A Life in the Future is the title of a science fiction novel by Martin Caidin published in 1995. The novel is a reimagining of Buck Rogers, a pulp fiction character created in the 1920s by Philip Francis Nowlan and later popularized in a long-running comic"
"that every episode of the series will be written by Levinson, additional executive producers are to include Drake, Future the Prince, Ravi Nandan, and Kevin Turen, and that production companies involved with the production are slated to include A24 Television. On June 5, 2018, it was announced that the pilot would star Zendaya, Storm Reid, Maude Apatow, Brian ""Astro"" Bradley, Eric Dane, Angus Cloud, Alexa Demie, Jacob Elordi, Barbie Ferreira, Nika King, Hunter Schafer, and Sydney Sweeney. On October 31, 2018, it was reported that Algee Smith had been cast to replace Brian ""Astro"" Bradley in the series regular role"
"meet its pilot, the Tivolian Prentis, whom they recognize as one of the ghosts in the future. Prentis had stopped on Earth while carrying the corpse of the Fisher King, a powerful warlord, to its resting place. The Doctor observes Prentis' ship still has the stasis chamber, both power cells, and the absence of glyphs on the walls. In 2119, Cass reads the Doctor's ghost's lips to get a set of names, those of the base crew and Prentis, the Doctor, and Clara. Clara relays this via phone to the Doctor in the past, who laments he now knows his"
"Of The Future"", oppose the machine forces that dominate Earth. Each episode began with the following introduction, plus a recap of the storyline: """"Power on."""" Actor Timothy Dunigan, outfitted in his character's full regalia (one of the ""Power Suits"" of exoskeletal armor that Robert Short Productions artificed for the cast), turned to the camera and delivered this line. Voiceover artist Brad Crandall: By the year 2132, advanced robotic soldiers known as ""Bio-Mechs"" had replaced humans in the armed forces of the world's nations. The existence of Bio-Mechs meant that wars could be fought without significant loss of life, allowing turning"
"Head, sent to personally oversee his overspending. Ariel (anime) Dr. Kishida: a mad scientist from SCEBAI who builds ARIEL and persuades his granddaughters and niece to pilot against Alien invaders. Mia Kawaii: Dr. Kishida's niece, who is enrolled in college and persuaded to pilot it if her Uncle pays her tuition. Aya Kishida: a high school student who would rather be studying for her exams than fighting aliens; Dr. Kishida's granddaughter. Kazumi Kishida: a middle school student who wants to please her grandfather, and really likes piloting ARIEL. Saber Starblast: a mysterious alien vigilante who helps ARIEL combat the invading"
"is set in 2063). In all but the earliest stories, his regular copilot, Plum-Duff (sometimes Plumduff) Charteris, accompanied Jet-Ace. Many of the insightful scenarios, written in the 1950s, seem applicable more than a half a century later. For example, in one adventure, Jet-Ace was involved in fighting a group of aliens who endeavored to destroy humankind by contaminating the planet's atmosphere. In later stories, Jet-Ace and Plumduff belonged to various law enforcement agencies, such as the ""Solar Police"", rather than military organizations. The Finnish cartoonist Petri Hiltunen created a spoof of Jet-Ace, ""Rocket Reynolds"", under a pseudonym ""Valentin Kalpa"". Mike"
"Dare"" (). The 2007 series had the first three issues collected into one hardback volume, released in April 2008 (), but the whole series was collected into a single volume by Virgin Comics later in the year, with Dynamite Entertainment also making hardcovers and softcovers available early in 2009: A collection of stories from 2000 AD was published in November 2015. Dan Dare Dan Dare is a British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson who also wrote the first stories. Dare appeared in the ""Eagle"" comic story ""Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future"" from 1950 to 1967"
"""Jet Pilot"" was ""All American Men of War"" #89 (January–February 1962, DC Comics). ""Jet Pilot"" is one of several comics-based works, including ""Okay Hot-Shot, Okay!"" and ""Von Karp"", inspired by the World War II Navajo U.S. Air Force fighter pilot Johnny Cloud of DC Comics' ""The Losers"". The same ""All American Men of War"" issue was the inspiration for several other Lichtenstein paintings, ""Okay Hot-Shot, Okay!"", ""Brattata"", ""Blam"", ""Whaam!"" and ""Tex!"" Lichtenstein usually simplified from his source material, but in ""Jet Pilot"" the gun sight is more detailed than in the source. In Lichtenstein's image the line of enemy bullets"
"which they then can pilot and use to stop the Kikaika Empire's advances. Kenichi Minezaki is the sixth grade main pilot of Mach Ptera and Gosaurer. His parents run a sports store named ""Minezaki Sports"". He is an active and cheerful boy who likes to skateboard, but like Jin and Kotaro, he is having a hundred percent problems of academics. He is friends with Saneyasu and Kazutaka. Hiromi Tachibana is the pilot of Land Stego and the conservative son of a klutzy doctor who lives in Harukaze City, a neighboring city to Aozora and Hinobori. He has a hobby for"
"pilot. Christopher Lambert did not wish to do television, though he agreed that there should be a series, and originally Connor MacLeod was to be the protagonist. After Lambert declined, and because there were still films being made with the Connor character, it was decided at Adrian Paul's request to have the series focus on another MacLeod. Lambert agreed to appear in the pilot and pass the torch. They were only able to afford him for three days of filming. Lambert declined to do any future episodes. Alastair Duncan, Anthony De Longis, Alexis Denisof, Geraint Wyn Davies, Gary Daniels, and"
"more concerned with ambition and status than the need to serve and protect the population. A strong theme within the story is the need for cooperation between talented individuals to achieve a common goal. Shunsuke Akagi (voiced by Kentarou Itou) — The primary pilot of Dai-Guard. The headstrong, idealistic and impulsive, 25 year old Akagi can be seen as the heart and brawn of the three Dai-Guard pilots. Beforehand, he was merely an office worker for the 21st Century Defense Security Corporation, but he manages to achieve his dreams of becoming a ""Giant Robot pilot."" During the return of the"
"his powers are only temporary and he must expose himself to the radiation to recharge them. Captain Future (Nedor Comics) Captain Future is a fictional superhero character (not to be confused with the pulp magazine character of the same name) who first appeared in ""Startling Comics"" #1 (June, 1940) from Nedor Comics. Captain Future appeared in issues 1 through 40 of ""Startling Comics"", and issues 1-3, 5, and 22 (June, 1947) of ""America's Best Comics""; after that, the character fell into the public domain. In 2003 he appeared in AC Comics' ""Sentinels of America"" #1, along with Black Terror, Miss"
"for the failure of the Mekon's plans to gain power. Last Three of Venus The Last Three of Venus are fictional aliens, adversaries of the British comic book hero Dan Dare, appearing in the Eagle comic strip ""Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future"": they are allies of Dan Dare's arch-enemy The Mekon. The Last Three are creators of the elektrobots that the Mekon uses to conquer the Earth in ""Reign of the Robots"" and are mentioned at the end of the coda story ""The Ship that Lived"", when the Mekon escapes after sending them a distress signal in the Flamelands"
"Days of Future Past ""Days of Future Past"" is a storyline in the Marvel Comics comic book ""The Uncanny X-Men"" issues #141–142, published in 1981. It deals with a dystopian future in which mutants are incarcerated in internment camps. An adult Kate Pryde transfers her mind into her younger self, the present-day Kitty Pryde, who brings the X-Men to prevent a fatal moment in history that triggers anti-mutant hysteria. The storyline was produced during the franchise's rise to popularity under the writer/artist team of Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin. The dark future seen in the story has been"
"in the future timeline, Rachel's lover) and Nathan Summers (son of Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor) but is defeated by the X-Men, X-Factor, the New Mutants and the Fantastic Four. Rachel joins the European mutant team Excalibur, whose series twice revisited the ""Days of Future Past"" timeline. The first time was in a story by Alan Davis entitled ""Days of Future Yet To Come"", in which a time-traveling Excalibur and several Marvel UK heroes overthrow the Sentinel rulers of future America. This storyline also reveals that Excalibur's robotic ""mascot"" Widget had been possessed by the spirit of the future Kitty Pryde."
"Space Pilot 3000 ""Space Pilot 3000"" is the pilot episode of ""Futurama"". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 28, 1999. The episode focuses on the cryogenic freezing of the series protagonist, Philip J. Fry, and the events when he awakens 1,000 years in the future. Series regulars are introduced and the futuristic setting, inspired by a variety of classic science fiction series from ""The Jetsons"" to ""Star Trek"", is revealed. It also sets the stage for many of the events to follow in the series, foreshadowing plot points from the third and fourth"