This website is dedicated to the artwork of my father, Frank Hampson, his life, and the birth of Eagle comic. It contains images of his original artwork including Dan Dare, Road of Courage, and Ladybird, some of which will be for sale.

Looking for Dan Dare original art? 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 series 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).

Dan Dare was distinguished by its long, complex storylines, snappy dialogue and meticulously illustrated comic-strip artwork by Hampson and other artists, including Harold Johns, Don Harley, Bruce Cornwell, Greta Tomlinson, Frank Bellamy, and Keith Watson.

the Dan Dare artwork for each week's story episode was created... (Each Showcase page contains a very high-resolution scan of original artwork that was used to print the pages of Eagle. They are not scans from the actual pages of Eagle. This is to show just how amazingly detailed and colourful the artwork

Here are some examples of artwork from the Dan Dare stories after Frank Hampson left in 1959. After his departure, the quality of the strips (which had until then been of an incredibly high standard) varied greatly, but these images show some …

Two mural paintings, panels of "Dan Dare" characters and machines with extra-terrestrial backgrounds, by Frank Hampson, 1977. Commissioned by the Science Museum for the Exploration Gallery [displayed 1977-1986].

An interactive introduction to Dan Dare, featuring a complete history of every version of Dan Dare, plus lots of Dan Dare images, games and puzzles.

Artwork from The Man from Nowhere offered for sale by Joan Porter, original Dan Dare studio artist and long term assistant to my father. This website is dedicated to the artwork of my father, Frank Hampson, his life, and the birth of Eagle comic.

The Eagle Comic originally ran from 1950–1969 and was reprinted in 1982–1994. Within days of being launched, the comic, which consisted of 20 pages, 8 of which were in full stunning colour, was selling nearly 1 million copies per week. The original pioneering artwork by Frank Hampson was simply superb.

Original Artwork Showcase 3 A scan of a sequence of frames from the "Rogue Planet" Dan Dare story, the second part of a trilogy also consisting of "The Man From Nowhere" and "Reign of the Robots", which ran in Eagle during the mid-1950's.