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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. | |
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The Daily World Post preamble page, a way of filling in a lot of the background detail to the forthcoming story. |
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The first three episodes of The Phoenix Mission written by Rod Barzilay and drawn by Keith Watson & Don Harley. |
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| 11 | In the Beginning - How the whole venture started back in 1991. | |
| 12-13 | (Centrespread) The Marco Polo Flight Deck - by Keith Watson. | |
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The DWP Story - How the Daily World Post was created - doctoring old photographs etc.. |
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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. |
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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. |
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THE FABULOUS MEKON - A private commission by Keith Watson for one of his fans. |
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THE KEITH WATSON TOUCH - The visuals, roughs and the last page that Keith Watson ever did. |
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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. |
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FROM THE ASHES - THE PHOENIX RISES - How Alan Vince helped recruit Don Harley to take over the project artwork. |
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THE FIRST EAGLE DAY - Bob 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. |
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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. |
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(Back Page) DAN BEAR - The start of a light humour strip about a society of Bears getting into the Space Race by Andy Boyce. |
