Issue 1


SPACESHIP AWAY Part 1 (24 pp) October 2003 Rod welcomes you to Spaceship Away	Page	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* 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.
	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*.