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IN AND OUT OF THE EAGLE 45
A notable feature of the 'Dan Dare' strip, particularly in the early days, was that Dan and Digby had relatives, several of whom appeared in the strip. In the original Venus story, Digby actually has a...
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THE SECOND CHRISTMAS EAGLE by John Culshaw
By Christmas 1951, EAGLE's huge popularity was well established and a wide range of EAGLE and 'Dan Dare' related products had appeared on the market, creating Britain's first character based...
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EAGLE TIMES VOL. 36 NO. 4 WINTER 2023
The final EAGLE Times of 2023 is out now and as the cover shows, there is an article about the Classics Illustrated series in this issue. Written by Kevin O'Donnell, it examines this popular...
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JOHN M. BURNS (1938 - 2023)
John Burns, who died on December 29th, aged eighty five, was one of Britain's greatest and most prolific comic strip artists. He was one of a very small group of artists who contributed to both...
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IN AND OUT OF THE EAGLE 46
In 1956, EAGLE's publisher Hulton Press began to publish a series of novels featuring popular characters from the weekly. These included Dan Dare on Mars, Storm Nelson and the Sea Leopard, Jack...
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IN AND OUT OF THE EAGLE 47
The image alongside of a never published Eagle was the mysterious issue that appeared at the end of an episode of Midsomer Murders called 'Electric Vendetta', which begs the question “Why didn’t they...
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IN AND OUT OF THE EAGLE 48
I have mentioned several actors who portrayed Dan Dare in previous posts, but here is a list of all the professional productions in radio, audio CDs, stage and television, with all the actors who have...
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IN AND OUT OF THE EAGLE 49
As this is my forty ninth page it seems only right that it should focus on PC 49 or at least the actor who played him so successfully. EAGLE TIMES has often covered the radio, film and stage career of...
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THE GUINEA PIG
Steve Winders analyses this unusual strip from the sixties EAGLE.In the mid sixties, many of EAGLE's heroes had special powers beyond those of ordinary people and faced equally supernatural and...
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THE 'RETURN' OF STORM NELSON
Three years ago I gave a speech at the EAGLE Gathering in Southport where I commented on the number of storms that were battering the country. I said that giving them names was only encouraging them...
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IN AND OUT OF THE EAGLE 50
There were two 'Dan Dare' Annuals during the run of the original EAGLE, another in 1973 (for 1974), two more for the 2000 A.D. version of Dan and another two during the run of the 1980s EAGLE. However...
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EAGLE TIMES VOL.37 NO.1 SPRING 2024
The first EAGLE Times of 2024 is out now. With articles about 'Knights of the Road' from EAGLE and the 'Dan Dare' story 'Operation Moss' from EAGLE Annual No.8 and features about Milton Caniff,...
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HAPPY HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY TO ROY CROSS
Congratulations to the former EAGLE artist Roy Cross on his hundredth birthday today (23rd April). Between 1960 and 1963, Roy illustrated twenty three cutaway drawings and a series of front page...
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JON HAWARD (1965 - 2024)
We are sorry to report the death of Jon Haward at the early age of fifty nine, after a long period of ill health. Jon illustrated several 'Dan Dare' serials for the second version of EAGLE in 1990 and...
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ROY CROSS 23rd April 1924 - 24th April 2024
I'm sorry to report that Roy Cross, the EAGLE and Airfix artist and accomplished painter of sailing ships has died, the day after his hundredth birthday. Scroll down to read our tribute to his...
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HARRY LINDFIELD
We have learned that Harry Lindfield, who drew the 'Mark Question' strip in EAGLE, which ran from 1957 - 58, has died recently at the age of ninety one. Harry also contributed to EAGLE's companion...
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EAGLE TIMES VOL. 37 No. 2 Summer 2024
The new EAGLE Times is out now. It features a report on our recent Gathering in Cardiff and a range of other articles, including pieces about 'Storm Nelson', the first 'Dan Dare' stage play and the...
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IN AND OUT OF THE EAGLE 51
There are several books about EAGLE, but only two about Dan Dare's creator Frank Hampson. These are The Man Who Drew Tomorrow, published in 1985 and Tomorrow Revisited, published in 2010. Both books...
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EAGLE TIMES Vol. 37 No.3 Autumn 2024
The latest EAGLE Times includes articles on the strip stories 'Riders of the Range', 'Danger Unlimited' and 'Lincoln ofAmerica'. There are also features on 'The Royal Oak Tragedy' in the Second World...
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ROD BARZILAY
We were sorry to read of the death of Rod Barzilay, who passed away in August. Rod was a founder member of the EAGLE Society. He nurtured a long time ambition to produce a new 'Dan Dare' story in the...
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THE THIRD CHRISTMAS EAGLE by John Culshaw
Having spent the first Christmas issue of EAGLE on Venus and the second on Mars, Dan and Digby were on Mercury for the third, dated 24th December 1952. As in 1951, there was just a single reference to...
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THE SEVENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY GATHERING
The EAGLE Society will be celebrating the seventy fifth anniversary of EAGLE at our next Gathering, which will be in Plymouth, running from Monday April 28th - Wednesday April 30th 2025. Our principal...
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EAGLE TIMES Vol. 37 No. 4 WINTER 2024
The final EAGLE Times of 2024 is out now. It features articles about the text series 'The Three 'J's', the late American artist Ramona Fradon and the back page biography of Abraham Lincoln. Also...
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IN AND OUT OF THE EAGLE 52
This post comes thanks to Geoff Harrison who administers the 'New Zealand Comics' page on Facebook, who posted the episode of 'Under the Golden Dragon' shown above from Comet weekly and to Philip...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY EAGLE - SEVENTY FIVE YEARS OLD
It is now seventy five years since EAGLE was launched, on April 14th 1950. A huge success for its first decade, it ran until 1969, when it was absorbed by its rival paper Lion. Created by the Rev....
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