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SPACESHIP AWAY

Part 1  (24 pages)

October 2003

Rod welcomes you to

Spaceship Away

 

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Contents - Issue 1

Cover A Keith Watson painting of the Anastasia leaving the Red Moon
2 Letter from the Editor (Rod Barzilay) and  contents list.
3 A roll call of Phoenix project contributors who in one way or another have    helped to bring the Phoenix Mission strip into being.
4

The Daily World Post preamble page, a way of filling in a lot of the background detail to the forthcoming story.

5-10

The first three episodes of The Phoenix Mission  written by Rod Barzilay  and  drawn by Keith Watson & Don Harley.

11 In the Beginning - How the whole venture started back in 1991.
12-13 (Centrespread) The Marco Polo Flight Deck - by Keith Watson.
14

The DWP Story - How the Daily World Post was created - doctoring old photographs etc..

15

The first edition of  the Daily World Post  - by comparison with the later version one can see how the behind the scenes story detail has been thought through more carefully.

16

THE LAUNCH   - In 1992 the Phoenix project was officially launched by Rod Barzilay and Keith Watson  -  This is the story of that day and how the fans were asked to support the attempt at re-creating a 1950’s style Dan Dare adventure.

17

THE FABULOUS MEKON - A private commission by Keith Watson for one of his fans.

18-19

THE KEITH WATSON TOUCH - The visuals, roughs and the last page that Keith Watson ever did.

20

DARK DAYS &  TRAGIC EVENTS  - The passing of both Keith Watson  and Simon Garrett  was a very sad and tremendous loss to the project, and Dan Dare fandom.

21

FROM THE ASHES - THE PHOENIX RISES -  How Alan Vince helped recruit Don Harley to take over the project artwork.

22

THE FIRST EAGLE  DAYBob Rothwell’s ground breaking event was a good opportunity to show fans how the project was coming along, and recruit more people to help us out.

23

 STOP PRESS! - MORE DAN DARE TO COME - Announcing that from Part 2 we would be running another Dan Dare strip - PROJECT PLUTO by Nicholas Hill and Martin Baines.

24

(Back Page)  DAN BEAR - The start of a light humour strip about a  society of Bears getting into the Space Race by Andy Boyce.