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HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUPERT
A tribute by Steve WindersCongratulations to Rupert Bear who celebrates his hundredth birthday this month. Created six years before Winnie the Pooh, nine years before Tintin, twelve years before...
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FRANK HUMPHRIS AND THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN
A Report by Steve WindersThe above picture is a print taken from a painting of Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Riders of the Range artist Frank Humphris. The original...
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ROCKIN' AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREEN
In 1987, Mel Smith and Kim Wilde, credited as 'Mel and Kim' as a parody of the popular sister act of that name, recorded a cover version of Brenda Lee's 1958 song Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree to...
View ArticleGUILDHALL LIBRARY DAN DARE TALK
EAGLE and its creation DAN DARE launched in the City of London at Shoe Lane seventy years ago. On Wednesday January 6th from 2-3 p.m. Lester Hillman will explore the phenomenon of DAN DARE and how...
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EAGLE TIMES Vol. 33 No.4
The Christmas EAGLE Times is out now. Featuring articles on Riders of the Range, Christmas in EAGLE, Frank Hampson and Norman Williams'Great Adventurer strip, the Pay Rates for the Christmas 1958 issue...
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IN AND OUT OF THE EAGLE 21
Junior Boy’s Own is a record label launched in 1992, specialising in ‘acid house’ electronic dance music. It has released works by Underworld, Xpress2 and The Chemical Brothers. The above CD cover is...
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DON HARLEY (1927 - 2021)
Sadly, Don Harley who was one of the great Dan Dare artists on the original EAGLE has died. Born in London, he attended Epsom College of Art and after hearing a talk by Frank Hampson about Dan Dare and...
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EAGLE TIMES Vol. 34 No. 1
The new EAGLE TIMES is out now and now is a good time to subscribe for all four 2021 issues. A subscription is just £30 for U.K. addresses and cheques should be sent to: Bob Corn, Wellcroft Cottage,...
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THE SMOKEMAN STORY
STEVE WINDERS EXAMINES THE UNUSUAL CAREER OF EAGLE'S SUPER HERO FROM THE 1960S AND THE BACKGROUND TO HIS DEVELOPMENT IN THIS ARTICLE THAT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2006. In Volume 17 No.3, dated January...
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THE IRON MAN
STEVE WINDERS EXAMINES THE CAREER OF EAGLE'S POPULAR ANDROID1963 was a good year for iron men. First there was the American Marvel super hero Iron Man who debuted in issue 39 of Tales of Suspense in...
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EAGLE TIMES Vol. 34 No.2 Summer 2021
The latest EAGLE Times is out now. It includes tributes to the late Don Harley and the Duke of Edinburgh and articles about the back page biography of Sir Walter Raleigh and the Riders of the Range...
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IN AND OUT OF THE EAGLE 22
Two contributors to EAGLE had been prisoners of the Germans during the War and both recalled their experiences in significant post war films. Guy Morgan, who wrote the Storm Nelson strip for EAGLE,...
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GRETA TOMLINSON (1927 - 2021) a tribute to the former EAGLE artist by Steve...
Greta Edwards (nee Tomlinson) was born in Burnley Lancashire. She studied at Burnley Art School and the Slade School of Fine Art in Oxford and London, graduating in 1949. Seeking work, she applied for...
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EAGLE TIMES Vol. 34 No. 3 Autumn 2021
The new EAGLE Times is out now. Featuring an interview with writer Alan Hebden and an article about his strip The Tower King, the 1980s EAGLE is strongly represented in this issue. Dan Dare is featured...
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THE EAGLE SOCIETY 70th ANNIVERSARY GATHERING IN SOUTHPORT 2021
Report by Reg HoareFor those who gathered for the 2019 meeting in Scotland, it would have been unbelievable at that time to think it would eventually be some two and a half years before the seventieth...
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IN AND OUT OF THE EAGLE 23
The 2002 C.G.I. Dan Dare TV series was heavily criticised by fans for changing Digby from a Wiganer to a cockney. Digby was voiced by the British actor Julian Holloway, son of London born Stanley...
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EAGLE TIMES Vol.34 No.4
The Christmas edition of EAGLE Times is out now. A bumper 56 page issue, it includes articles about Christmas in EAGLE, the 1961 Riders of the Range Annual (by Ian Millstead) and the Riders of the...
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IAN KENNEDY (1932 - 2022)
The popular Dan Dare artist Ian Kennedy has sadly died aged 89. Ian illustrated the strip for the 1980s EAGLE, taking over from Gerry Embleton in 1982 and quickly establishing himself as one of the...
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IN AND OUT OF THE EAGLE 24
In his book Agent Zigzag, the story of Edward Chapman, a British double agent in the Second World War, Ben Macintyre dealt with one of the most important figures involved in counter espionage against...
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IN AND OUT OF THE EAGLE 25
Congratulations to 2000 A.D. weekly which celebrates its impressive 45th anniversary this February. It was the comic which brought back Dan Dare after a seven year break following the end of his...
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