Eagle Annual: The Best of the 1950s Comic

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Evans, Janet (1998), "What's in the picture?: responding to illustrations in picture books", Early Childhood Education Series, London: Sage, ISBN 978-1-85396-379-7 Along with IPC's entire comics line, Eagle was sold to Robert Maxwell in 1987. [60] Although not as successful as its predecessor, over 500issues were published. A change to a monthly anthology caused by falling sales was a portent of the comic's future. Toward the end of its life issues contained reprints of earlier work, including reprints of stories from other comics, such as M.A.C.H.1 from 2000 AD and Charley's War from Battle. There were also new Dan Dare stories written by Tom Tully and illustrated by David Pugh. The relaunched Eagle was dropped in 1994. [57] [61] Mergers with other comics [ edit ] In an attempt to emulate the success that Fleetway had had with girls' magazines, the relaunched Eagle initially contained a large number of photo stories such as Doomlord, Sgt. Streetwise, Manix and Walk or Die, but this style was soon replaced by the more traditional comic-strip format. Other stories included Bloodfang, The House of Daemon, Computer Warrior and Detective ZED. Vaughn, Owen (30 October 2009), Now where was I? The uncanny Chris Claremont on rejoining the X-Men, entertainment.timesonline.co.uk , retrieved 19 June 2010 A modified Dan Dare was briefly featured in IPC Media's 2000 AD (1977–1979). The public reaction to this, along with news of a planned television series, persuaded IPC's comic arm Fleetway to relaunch Eagle in 1982, as a weekly comic edited by Dave Hunt. The first issue was dated 27 March 1982.

The above illustration shows the spaceship, the fins on the trousers and the connecting line to the ship that are all featured on the 1965 Annual cover. I'm not suggesting the Annual art is by Watson but his art is obviously the inspiration for the cover whoever drew it! And it's gorgeous too! Khoury, George (2004), True Brit: a celebration of the great comic book artists of the UK, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing, ISBN 978-1-893905-33-7 Amidst a takeover of the periodical's publisher and a series of acrimonious disputes, Morris left in 1959; Hampson followed shortly thereafter. Although Eagle continued in various forms, a perceived lowering of editorial standards preceded plummeting sales, and it was eventually subsumed by its rival, Lion, in 1969. [5] Eagle was relaunched in 1982 and ran for over 500issues before being dropped by its publisher in 1994. Morris was instrumental in launching the short-lived Society for Christian Publicity, formed to take control of The Anvil and to perhaps produce further Christian publications, [13] and in January 1949 the Daily Mirror published an optimistic piece about the rumoured publication by the Society of a "new children's comic". This intrigued local journalist Norman Price, and the following month he met Morris, and helped him express his desire to see such a magazine by co-writing with him "comics that bring horror to the nursery", published in the Sunday Dispatch. [10] [14] Morris's article provoked a strong reaction from its readers; letters of support flooded into his home. [15] Also the starscape looks a bit sparse - Frank tended to add in lots of extra details in his colour starscapes instead of just plain white dots - especially on large pieces like covers.a b c A Tribute to Frank Hampson 1918–1985, tameside.gov.uk, 12 September 2007 , retrieved 24 June 2010 The original Dan Dare was no longer a feature of the comic, his eponymous great-great grandson taking on the mantle of space explorer instead. Drawn by Gerry Embleton, and later Ian Kennedy, and set 200years after the original story, the first story-arc featured the return of Dan Dare's earliest nemesis, The Mekon. IPC were unable to recreate the popularity of the original strip, and in 1989 the original Dan Dare returned to the comic, in a six-part story illustrated by original Eagle artist Keith Watson. [56] [57] Sanders, J. (2021) King's Reach: John Sanders' 25 Years at the Top of Comics Oxford: Rebellion, p. 100 a b c d The Eaglution of British Comics (part 1) by Michael Carroll, 26 May 2018. Article featuring a chart showing which comics were merged with Eagle, with the dates they were founded and merged. Retrieved 27 May 2018. Tatarsky, Daniel (2009), Eagle Annual: The Best of the 1960s Comic, London: Orion, ISBN 978-0-7528-8895-8

Burton, Richard "'The Eagles' are launched!" in Burton (ed.) Comic Media News #30 (Mar-Apr 1977), p. 11 Techno Delic" Steven, may I ask what the source of your information regarding Walt Howarth doing those two Eagle covers is please? actual treatment of the space-suited figure shares the, unaccountable, awkwardness also present in the Look andEric Meredith from Chester was employed as technical adviser by the Eagle Comic as the 'Man from Eagle' who undertook daring stunts and wrote about his experiences in the comic. In the twentieth century it was standard practice in the British comics industry to merge a comic into another one when it declined in sales. Typically, a few stories from the cancelled comic would continue for a while in the surviving comic, and both titles would appear on the cover (one in a smaller font than the other) until the title of the cancelled comic was eventually dropped. In this way, two comics were merged with the original Eagle, Swift in 1963 and Boys' World in 1964, before the Eagle itself came to an end when it was merged with Lion in 1969. [5]