Welcome to the first issue of SPACESHIP AWAY 2018. Our cover and centrespread feature a new piece of Dan Dare related art by Graham Bleathman.

Tim Booth adds a gripping mystery to his ongoing Dan Dare story, with eight more pages of Shakedown Cruise.

In the Dan Dare: Pilot of Merit article, Roy Spence highlights his vast collection of Projector and Viewers and details the story-lines of the Dan Dare Film Strips that were available at the time.

Part three of the Operation Pintos story continues. This is followed by three pages of Space News, (plus "Stop Press" below) with up-to-date reviews by Ray Wright.

John Russell Fearn's The Golden Amazon saga continues with Twilight World - Part Three, coloured by Martin Baines.

Andrew Darlington looks at the life of one of the original Dan Dare studio artists, Jocelyn Thomas: Dan Dare's Other Jocelyn. Greta Tomlinson and Joan Porter recalls working with her.