Dan Dare Returns in a Graphic Novel Reboot Addressing Climate Change and Modern Themes

B7 Comics will publish Dan Dare: First Contact, a graphic novel reboot of the 1950s British space comic, written by Alex de Campi and illustrated by Marc Laming, scheduled for release in November. The project, backed by the Dan Dare Corporation, reimagines Colonel Dan Dare and characters like Prof Jocelyn Peabody and Digby for contemporary audiences, with updates including Peabody now of Indian descent and Digby as a young engineer from Wigan. Set in a future Earth ravaged by climate change, the story depicts Britain as a progressive spacefaring nation while the U.S. has privatized space flight. The reboot follows a successful Kickstarter campaign and aims to introduce new readers while honoring the original's sense of hope, contrasting with past iterations like Grant Morrison's 1990 revisionist strip. The timing aligns with renewed public interest in space, highlighted by NASA's Artemis II mission and the film adaptation of Project Hail Mary.