The Tenth Doctor Archives (Titan Comics) #01 (2016)
Power Rangers: Samurai (Panini Magazines) #01 (19 Apr 2012-16 May 2012)
Tottering Hall: Family Life at Tottering-By-Gently (Orion Media; 2001) ISBN-13: 978-0752841076.
Him off the Viz: The Comic Stripped Bare by Simon Donald (Go Faster Stripe; 2015)
First Appearances:
Private Tom Green (Green's Grudge War) in Action (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #[11] (24 Apr 1976).
Births:
Mervyn Suart (1908); Camillo Zuffi (1912); Trevor Francis (1954); Phil Hall
Notable Events:
Dan Dare, Pilot of The Future radio adaptation began on BBC Radio Four in 1990.
The May un Mar Lady Dave Follows exhibition began in The Potteries Museum in 2008.
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Friday, April 19, 2019
Monday, April 15, 2019
On This Day: 15 Apr
Masters of the Universe sticker album - free with 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 414 (20 Apr 1987).
Ranger: The National Boys' Magazine compiled by Steve Holland & David Slinn (Bear Alley Books) ISBN-13: 9781907081705
Births:
Allen Andrews (1913); Russell Partridge Brockbank (1913); Ian Gammidge (1916); Denis McLoughlin (1918); Alberto Breccia (1919); Mal Dean (1941); Steve Holland (Bear Alley)
Deaths:
Alberto Giolitti (1993)
Notable Events:
A bronze Dan Dare bust (sculpted by John Fowler) was officially unveiled in Southport in 2000, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the character. Given how impressive and realistic the sculpture is, what is most remarkable is that it cost a mere £1,628.
Ranger: The National Boys' Magazine compiled by Steve Holland & David Slinn (Bear Alley Books) ISBN-13: 9781907081705
Births:
Allen Andrews (1913); Russell Partridge Brockbank (1913); Ian Gammidge (1916); Denis McLoughlin (1918); Alberto Breccia (1919); Mal Dean (1941); Steve Holland (Bear Alley)
Deaths:
Alberto Giolitti (1993)
Notable Events:
A bronze Dan Dare bust (sculpted by John Fowler) was officially unveiled in Southport in 2000, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the character. Given how impressive and realistic the sculpture is, what is most remarkable is that it cost a mere £1,628.
Sunday, April 14, 2019
On This Day: 14 Apr
Eagle Family Day
First Appearances:
Captain Brett Cantrell (Plague 2000) in The Crunch (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #14 (21 Apr 1979).
Births:
Gerry Anderson (1929); Dave Gibbons (1949)
Deaths:
Ernest Aris (1963); John Kent (2003)
Notable Events:
Eight thousand members of the Wilfredian League of Gugnuncs celebrated Pip, Squeak and Wilfred in the Albert Hall in 1928.
Just Jake newspaper strip ended in 1952.
Andy Capp newspaper strip began national distribution in The Daily Mirror in 1958.
Cicero newspaper strip began in The Sunday Times in 1968. It was the paper's first regular strip.
Dan Dare III: The Escape computer game released by Virgin Mastertronic in 1990. The game was available for Amiga, Amstrad, Atari ST, CBM 64, IBM PC and Spectrum users.
Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere, was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1996.
The Dan Dare 50th Anniversary Exhibition began at Atkinson Art Gallery, Merseyside, in 2000.
Yesterday's Tomorrow, celebrating the 65th anniversary of The Eagle, began at the British Interplanetary Society, 27/29 South Lambeth Rd, Vauxhall, London, in 2015.
Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics (IDW Publishing; 2016) reprinted the long-overlooked British adaptations of the US SF property.
International Comic Expo began in Margate in 2018.
April 14th is Eagle Family Day, when you should try to do something to make mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters, happy.
Marcus Morris.from Eagle (Hulton Press Ltd.) Vol.3 #01 (10 Apr 1952).
First Appearances:
Captain Brett Cantrell (Plague 2000) in The Crunch (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #14 (21 Apr 1979).
Births:
Gerry Anderson (1929); Dave Gibbons (1949)
Deaths:
Ernest Aris (1963); John Kent (2003)
Notable Events:
Eight thousand members of the Wilfredian League of Gugnuncs celebrated Pip, Squeak and Wilfred in the Albert Hall in 1928.
Just Jake newspaper strip ended in 1952.
Andy Capp newspaper strip began national distribution in The Daily Mirror in 1958.
Cicero newspaper strip began in The Sunday Times in 1968. It was the paper's first regular strip.
Dan Dare III: The Escape computer game released by Virgin Mastertronic in 1990. The game was available for Amiga, Amstrad, Atari ST, CBM 64, IBM PC and Spectrum users.
Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere, was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1996.
The Dan Dare 50th Anniversary Exhibition began at Atkinson Art Gallery, Merseyside, in 2000.
Yesterday's Tomorrow, celebrating the 65th anniversary of The Eagle, began at the British Interplanetary Society, 27/29 South Lambeth Rd, Vauxhall, London, in 2015.
Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics (IDW Publishing; 2016) reprinted the long-overlooked British adaptations of the US SF property.
International Comic Expo began in Margate in 2018.
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
On This Day: 19 Feb
2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 01 (26 Feb 1977).
Captain America (Marvel Comics Ltd.) #01 (25 Feb 1981).
First Appearances:
Airlift Limited (We Fly Anything-Anywhere!) in The Victor (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #53 (24 Feb 1962).
Dan Dare [2] in 2000 A.D. Prog 01 (26 Feb 1977).
Flesh in 2000 A.D. Prog 01 (26 Feb 1977).
Harlem Heroes in 2000 A.D. Prog 01 (26 Feb 1977).
John Probe (M.A.C.H. 1) in 2000 A.D. Prog 01 (26 Feb 1977).
Bill Savage (Invasion!) in 2000 A.D. Prog 01 (26 Feb 1977).
Tharg the Mighty in 2000 A.D. Prog 01 (26 Feb 1977).
Births:
Alan Hunter (1923); Paul Sample (1947); Leslie Ash (1960)
Deaths:
Achille Beltrame (1945)
Notable Events:
Douglas Bader took his first solo flight, after only 11 hours, 15 minutes flight experience, in 1929.
First episode of Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School broadcast on BBC in 1952.
A blue plaque from The Ramsgate Society, was unveiled by Sybil Burr's son William and Lucy Mangan, in 16 Sotheastern Road, Ramsgate, in 2011.
Scorer newspaper strip ended in 2011.
Revolutionary War: Super Soldiers (Marvel) #01 (Feb 2014) released in the US.
Captain America (Marvel Comics Ltd.) #01 (25 Feb 1981).
First Appearances:
Airlift Limited (We Fly Anything-Anywhere!) in The Victor (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #53 (24 Feb 1962).
Dan Dare [2] in 2000 A.D. Prog 01 (26 Feb 1977).
Flesh in 2000 A.D. Prog 01 (26 Feb 1977).
Harlem Heroes in 2000 A.D. Prog 01 (26 Feb 1977).
John Probe (M.A.C.H. 1) in 2000 A.D. Prog 01 (26 Feb 1977).
Bill Savage (Invasion!) in 2000 A.D. Prog 01 (26 Feb 1977).
Tharg the Mighty in 2000 A.D. Prog 01 (26 Feb 1977).
Births:
Alan Hunter (1923); Paul Sample (1947); Leslie Ash (1960)
Deaths:
Achille Beltrame (1945)
Notable Events:
Douglas Bader took his first solo flight, after only 11 hours, 15 minutes flight experience, in 1929.
First episode of Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School broadcast on BBC in 1952.
A blue plaque from The Ramsgate Society, was unveiled by Sybil Burr's son William and Lucy Mangan, in 16 Sotheastern Road, Ramsgate, in 2011.
Scorer newspaper strip ended in 2011.
Revolutionary War: Super Soldiers (Marvel) #01 (Feb 2014) released in the US.
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
On This Day: 05 Feb
Births:
Basil Cooper (1924); Charles Edmund Brock (1970); George Parlett (1902); John Bernard Handelsman (JBH; 1922)
Character Births:
Daniel MacGregor Dare (1967)
Notable Events:
No End of Blame, a play about Victor Weisz's life, began at the Oxford Playhouse in 1982.
LWT filmed a sequence for Surprise! Surprise! in the Marvel UK offices in 1988, allowing 15 year-old Christopher McRoberts to meet some of the creators.
Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics exhibition began at House of Illustration, London, in 2016.
Sci-Feb superhero event began at Humber Royal Hotel, Grimsby, in 2017.
Basil Cooper (1924); Charles Edmund Brock (1970); George Parlett (1902); John Bernard Handelsman (JBH; 1922)
Character Births:
Daniel MacGregor Dare (1967)
Notable Events:
No End of Blame, a play about Victor Weisz's life, began at the Oxford Playhouse in 1982.
LWT filmed a sequence for Surprise! Surprise! in the Marvel UK offices in 1988, allowing 15 year-old Christopher McRoberts to meet some of the creators.
Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics exhibition began at House of Illustration, London, in 2016.
Sci-Feb superhero event began at Humber Royal Hotel, Grimsby, in 2017.
Friday, February 1, 2019
On This Day: 01 Feb
Smash! (Odhams Press Ltd.) #01 (05 Feb 1966).
Tammy (IPC Magazines, Ltd.) #01 (06 Feb 1971).
Star Wars Weekly (Marvel Comics International Inc.) #01 (08 Feb 1978).
Judge Dredd: The Final Cut by Matthew Smith. (Black Flame; Feb 2005) ISBN-10: 1844161358.
First Appearances:
Bad Penny in Smash! (Odhams) #01 (05 Feb 1966).
Births:
Keith Watson (1935)
Deaths:
George Cruikshank (1878); L. Bruce Mayne (1968); Godfrey Douglas Giles (1941); Harry Parlett (1971); Bill Holroyd (2000); Ernest Dudley (2006); Shirley Bellwood (2016)
Notable Events:
Peter Fluck and Roger Law were castaways on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1987.
The Royal Mail released Greeting Stamps - Messages, a set of ten first class stamps bearing the likeness of Dan Dare, Rupert Bear and Biggles among others, in 1994. Released alongside the stamps were envelope stickers with comic-book iconography.
A statue of newspaper strip character GI Bride (from Lobey Dosser), sculpted by Ranald MacColl, was unveiled in Glasgow in 2011.
Tammy (IPC Magazines, Ltd.) #01 (06 Feb 1971).
Star Wars Weekly (Marvel Comics International Inc.) #01 (08 Feb 1978).
Judge Dredd: The Final Cut by Matthew Smith. (Black Flame; Feb 2005) ISBN-10: 1844161358.
First Appearances:
Bad Penny in Smash! (Odhams) #01 (05 Feb 1966).
Births:
Keith Watson (1935)
Deaths:
George Cruikshank (1878); L. Bruce Mayne (1968); Godfrey Douglas Giles (1941); Harry Parlett (1971); Bill Holroyd (2000); Ernest Dudley (2006); Shirley Bellwood (2016)
Notable Events:
Peter Fluck and Roger Law were castaways on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1987.
The Royal Mail released Greeting Stamps - Messages, a set of ten first class stamps bearing the likeness of Dan Dare, Rupert Bear and Biggles among others, in 1994. Released alongside the stamps were envelope stickers with comic-book iconography.
A statue of newspaper strip character GI Bride (from Lobey Dosser), sculpted by Ranald MacColl, was unveiled in Glasgow in 2011.
Saturday, January 12, 2019
On This Day: 12 Jan
The Crunch (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Cadet Anderson: Teenage Kyx by Alan Grant, Carlos Ezquerra, Patrick Goddard & Steve Yeowell. (Rebellion; Jan 2017) ISBN 978-1781-08539-4.
The Complete Scarlet Traces volume 1 by Ian Edginton & D'Israeli (Rebellion; Jan 2017) ISBN 978-1781-08501-1
Judge Dredd: Psykogeddon by Dave Stone. (Black Flame; Jan 2006) ISBN-13: 9781849971003.
First Appearances:
Ross Harper (Who Killed Cassidy?) in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Bearpaw Jay, The Mantracker in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Doctor Kyser (The Kyser Experiment) in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Mike Preston (The Walking Bombs) in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Mark Sabor (Arena) in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Durham Red in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 505 (17 Jan 1987).
Births:
Jack Greenall (1905); Angus Scott (1909); Juan Jesús García Alvarez (Xuasus; 1968)
Deaths:
Florence Anderson (1972); Richard Hook (2010); Tony Harding (2014)
Notable Events:
The Schoolboys' Own Exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, London, ended in 1952. Eagle was represented by a Dan Dare Rifle Range, with the best shot of the day qualifying for a specially-made B.S.A. air rifle. The best of these was awarded the Eagle Marksman of the Year trophy by Marcus Morris.
Ronald Searle was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1959.
Cadet Anderson: Teenage Kyx by Alan Grant, Carlos Ezquerra, Patrick Goddard & Steve Yeowell. (Rebellion; Jan 2017) ISBN 978-1781-08539-4.
The Complete Scarlet Traces volume 1 by Ian Edginton & D'Israeli (Rebellion; Jan 2017) ISBN 978-1781-08501-1
Judge Dredd: Psykogeddon by Dave Stone. (Black Flame; Jan 2006) ISBN-13: 9781849971003.
First Appearances:
Ross Harper (Who Killed Cassidy?) in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Bearpaw Jay, The Mantracker in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Doctor Kyser (The Kyser Experiment) in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Mike Preston (The Walking Bombs) in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Mark Sabor (Arena) in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Durham Red in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 505 (17 Jan 1987).
Births:
Jack Greenall (1905); Angus Scott (1909); Juan Jesús García Alvarez (Xuasus; 1968)
Deaths:
Florence Anderson (1972); Richard Hook (2010); Tony Harding (2014)
Notable Events:
The Schoolboys' Own Exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, London, ended in 1952. Eagle was represented by a Dan Dare Rifle Range, with the best shot of the day qualifying for a specially-made B.S.A. air rifle. The best of these was awarded the Eagle Marksman of the Year trophy by Marcus Morris.
Ronald Searle was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1959.
Saturday, January 5, 2019
On This Day: 05 Jan
Avengers Assemble (Panini Publications) vol.? #01 (01 Feb 2012).
Births:
John Bernard "J.B." Handelsman (1922); Kev Crossley
Deaths:
Eric W. Pasold (1978); Peter Weston (2017)
Notable Events:
Jimpy newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1946.
The first episode of A Whole Scene Going On, presented by Barry Fantoni, broadcast on the BBC in 1966.
Miracle Comics' American Eagle original stage show began at The Old Red Lion, St. John Street, London in 1988.
The Dan Dare exhibition at Bourne Hall, in Ewell, ended in 2002.
The Ballad of Halo Jones returned to the stage for a brief run of the play, as part of Thought Bubble, in 2012.
Births:
John Bernard "J.B." Handelsman (1922); Kev Crossley
Deaths:
Eric W. Pasold (1978); Peter Weston (2017)
Notable Events:
Jimpy newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1946.
The first episode of A Whole Scene Going On, presented by Barry Fantoni, broadcast on the BBC in 1966.
Miracle Comics' American Eagle original stage show began at The Old Red Lion, St. John Street, London in 1988.
The Dan Dare exhibition at Bourne Hall, in Ewell, ended in 2002.
The Ballad of Halo Jones returned to the stage for a brief run of the play, as part of Thought Bubble, in 2012.
Monday, December 31, 2018
On This Day: 31 Dec
Judge Dredd: Crime Chronicles - The Devil's Playground by Jonathan Clements. (Big Finish Productions; 2009)
Births:
Alfred Taylor (1889); Patricia Lamburn (1925); Dave Westaway (1946); Tom Morton (1955)
Deaths:
Maurice Dodd (2005)
Notable Events:
The Schoolboys' Own Exhibition began at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, London, in 1951. Eagle was represented by a Dan Dare Rifle Range, with the best shot of the day qualifying for a specially-made B.S.A. air rifle.
The Schoolboys' Own Exhibition began at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, London, in 1952. Eagle took a 40' stand (the largest in the exhibition) in order to show off all the products based on characters from the comic. For added effect, the stand was in the form of Dan Dare's spaceship. Brian Reece and Wilfred Pickles were there for the grand opening.
The AAARGH! comic exhibition, organised by Michael Kustow, began at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1971. It was the first serious exhibition of comic art in the UK.
Due to family ill-health, Mike Conroy was forced to close Maya Merchandising (an offshoot of The Edge of Forever), which ceased trading on this day in 1982. The Perfect Mailing Company took over existing orders
Happy Birthday Broons! was broadcast on BBC One Scotland in 2006.
Just Dandy, a celebration of The Dandy, was broadcast on BBC One Scotland in 2012.
Births:
Alfred Taylor (1889); Patricia Lamburn (1925); Dave Westaway (1946); Tom Morton (1955)
Deaths:
Maurice Dodd (2005)
Notable Events:
The Schoolboys' Own Exhibition began at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, London, in 1951. Eagle was represented by a Dan Dare Rifle Range, with the best shot of the day qualifying for a specially-made B.S.A. air rifle.
The Schoolboys' Own Exhibition began at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, London, in 1952. Eagle took a 40' stand (the largest in the exhibition) in order to show off all the products based on characters from the comic. For added effect, the stand was in the form of Dan Dare's spaceship. Brian Reece and Wilfred Pickles were there for the grand opening.
The AAARGH! comic exhibition, organised by Michael Kustow, began at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1971. It was the first serious exhibition of comic art in the UK.
Due to family ill-health, Mike Conroy was forced to close Maya Merchandising (an offshoot of The Edge of Forever), which ceased trading on this day in 1982. The Perfect Mailing Company took over existing orders
Happy Birthday Broons! was broadcast on BBC One Scotland in 2006.
Just Dandy, a celebration of The Dandy, was broadcast on BBC One Scotland in 2012.
Saturday, December 29, 2018
On This Day: 29 Dec
Births:
David Nixon (1919); E.W. Hildick (1925); Dave McKean (1963)
Deaths:
Don Lawrence (2003); Robert A. Monkhouse (2003); Tony Greig (2012); Jim Baikie (2017)
Notable Events:
Dan Doofer newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1945.
BBC Radio 4 broadcast a 30-minute program featuring Dan Dare and Judge Dredd in 1991. Garth Ennis, Rian Hughes and John Wagner added their thoughts.
The Bogie Man television movie, based on the comic by Alan Grant, John Wagner & Robin Smith, was broadcast in 1992.
J.H. Batchelor awarded M.B.E. for "services to Illustration" as part of the Queen's New Year Honours list in 2012.
David Nixon (1919); E.W. Hildick (1925); Dave McKean (1963)
Deaths:
Don Lawrence (2003); Robert A. Monkhouse (2003); Tony Greig (2012); Jim Baikie (2017)
Notable Events:
Dan Doofer newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1945.
BBC Radio 4 broadcast a 30-minute program featuring Dan Dare and Judge Dredd in 1991. Garth Ennis, Rian Hughes and John Wagner added their thoughts.
The Bogie Man television movie, based on the comic by Alan Grant, John Wagner & Robin Smith, was broadcast in 1992.
J.H. Batchelor awarded M.B.E. for "services to Illustration" as part of the Queen's New Year Honours list in 2012.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
On This Day: 12 Dec
Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition (Manga Publishing Ltd.) #01 (Jan 1996)
Sláine the Exile by Steven Savile (Black Flame; 2006) ISBN-10: 1 84416 387 3
First Appearances:
M.A.C.H. Zero in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 43 (17 Dec 1977)
Births:
David Wright (1912); Fred Kida (1920)
Deaths:
D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd. chairman David Coupar Thomson (1954); Dudley Pout (1991); Luis Bermejo (2015)
Notable Events:
Charles H. Bennett attended the Punch table in 1866 for the final time before his death.
Douglas Bader was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1940, for his service during the Battle of Britain.
Bob Monkhouse was a castaway, alongside Denis Goodwin, on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1955.
Leonard Cottrell was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1966.
Hogarth (an episode in the Omnibus documentary series) focusing on William Hogarth, and directed by Gerald Scarfe, broadcast on BBC One in 1971.
Baz & Co. newspaper strip ended in 1992.
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future CGI animated series began on Channel 5 in 2001.
The Gorillaz released G–Sides in 2001.
Sláine the Exile by Steven Savile (Black Flame; 2006) ISBN-10: 1 84416 387 3
First Appearances:
M.A.C.H. Zero in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 43 (17 Dec 1977)
Births:
David Wright (1912); Fred Kida (1920)
Deaths:
D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd. chairman David Coupar Thomson (1954); Dudley Pout (1991); Luis Bermejo (2015)
Notable Events:
Charles H. Bennett attended the Punch table in 1866 for the final time before his death.
Douglas Bader was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1940, for his service during the Battle of Britain.
Bob Monkhouse was a castaway, alongside Denis Goodwin, on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1955.
Leonard Cottrell was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1966.
Hogarth (an episode in the Omnibus documentary series) focusing on William Hogarth, and directed by Gerald Scarfe, broadcast on BBC One in 1971.
Baz & Co. newspaper strip ended in 1992.
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future CGI animated series began on Channel 5 in 2001.
The Gorillaz released G–Sides in 2001.
Friday, December 7, 2018
Revolver
Jul 1990 - Jan 1991 (7 issues)
Fleetway Publications
Note: Dan Dare continues in Crisis.
Fleetway Publications
01 (Jul 1990; cover price £1.65) Purple Days, Dan Dare, Pinhead Nation, Happenstance and Kismet, Rogan Gosh and Dire Streets begin. Nine Inches to the Mile complete strip.
02 (Aug 1990) God's Little Acre complete strip. Amarchitra! Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! text feature by Brendan McCarthy.
03 (Sep 1990) Waltz complete strip. Seattle text feature (uncredited).
04 (Oct 1990) Plug into Jesus and The Crossing complete strips.
05 (Nov 1990) Circular Motion and The Greatest and Most Fantastic Superhuman Being of All Time Ever Strip... complete strips.
06 (Dec 1990) Martello 117 complete strip. Christmas full-color pin-up.
07 (Jan 1991) The Secret Garden, 51 Stars, Zen and the Art of Shopping and All Around the World complete strips. Goodbye, Baby & Amen text feature announcing cancellation of title.
Note: Dan Dare continues in Crisis.
Monday, December 3, 2018
2000 A.D. Specials
2000 A.D. Summer Special Supercomic
Jun 1977 (1 issue)
IPC Magazines Ltd.
2000 A.D. Sci-Fi Special
1978 - 1996 (18 issues)
IPC Magazines Ltd.
2000 A.D. Action Special
Apr 1992 (1 issue)
Fleetway Editions Ltd.
Jun 1977 (1 issue)
IPC Magazines Ltd.
nn (Jun 1977; cover price 30p) Harlem Heroes, Judge Dredd, Invasion, Dan Dare, M.A.C.H. 1, The Phantom Patrol and Flesh strips. The Thing from Nowhere text story. What Will We Look Like in 52,000 A.D.? and Will They Believe Their Eyes? text features. Star Wars and Stamps of Success features. What's Your Space IQ? quiz. 2000 A.D. full-color poster.
2000 A.D. Sci-Fi Special
1978 - 1996 (18 issues)
IPC Magazines Ltd.
nn (1978; cover price 35p) Judge Dredd begins. Dan Dare, Mach Zero, The Mach-Man File strips. Rick Random and the SOS From Space reprint from Super Detective Library. Frank Bellamy and the Dan Dare Strip text feature by Alan Vince. Space Chicks and Warlords Of Atlantis photo features. Mach Zero and The Mekon Fact File full-color pin-ups.
nn (1979; cover price becomes 40p) Strontium Dog and M.A.C.H. One begin. The Kids from Kosma, Future Shocks First Encounter and The Last Jungle in the World strips. Dan Dare - The Planet of Frozen Fear and A Breath of Fresh Air text stories. John Howard Interview. Meteor photo feature. You Are a Judge and You Are a Strontium Dog quizzes. Tharg's Cosmic Puzzle. Mek Wars! full-color poster.
nn (1980; cover price becomes 45p) Ro-Jaws' Robo Tales The Robot Revolution and The Wanderer, Tharg's Future-Shocks A Holiday in Hell!, Whatever Happened to Colony 9, and The Final Secret complete strips. The Steel Claw reprint from Valiant. Strontium Dog text story (uncredited). South Galaxy Echo text feature on Harry Harrison. The Empire Strikes Back photo feature. House of the Future illustrated feature. Tharg full-color pin-up.
nn (1981) Nemesis the Warlock begins. Southern Comfort and Tharg's Future-Shocks A Space Oddity! complete strips. One-Eyed Jack reprint from Valiant. Tharg the Mighty photo strip. Night-Land text story by John Agee. Desert Asteroid Authors, space shuttle and Diary of an Alien Editor! text features. Superman II photo feature.
nn (1982; cover price becomes 50p) Rogue Trooper begins. Blackhawk and Ace Trucking Co. strip. Selected Judge Dredd newspaper strip reprints. Pursuit Across the Cursed Earth! text story by Bill Henry. Dragonslayer photo feature. You Are a Mean Arena Player! quiz. Get the God-Droid! board game.
nn (1983; cover price becomes 55p) Tharg the Mighty strip begins. Selected Judge Dredd newspaper strip reprints, and Invasion! reprint from 2000 A.D.. The Von Ballin Tape text story by Jack Hamilton Teed. Games People Still Play! text feature. Return of the Jedi photo feature. Tharg the Mighty full-color photo poster. The Dark Judges full-color photo pin-up
nn (1984; cover price becomes 60p) Flesh and Invasion! reprints from 2000 A.D.. Tharg's Future-Shocks A Droid in Distress! and A Promised Land! complete strips. Selected Judge Dredd newspaper strip reprints. The Nightcomers text story by Jack Hamilton Teed. The Right Stuff photo feature. Sláine pin-up.
nn (1985) DR & Quinch complete strip. Tharg's Future-Shocks Do You Copy? complete strip. Ro-Busters reprints from Starlord. Selected Judge Dredd newspaper strip reprints. Rogue Trooper text story (uncredited). Tharg's Futureworlds pin-up and quiz. Strontium Dog cut-out. Tharg photo feature. Halo Jones full-color poster.
nn (1986; cover price becomes 65p) The Man Who Couldn't Die! complete strip. Unseen Sláine strip. Strontium Dog reprints from Starlord. Selected Judge Dredd newspaper strip reprints. Judge Dredd quiz. Sláine and Judge Dredd full-color pin-ups.
nn (1987; cover price becomes 75p) Enemy Alien complete strip. Nemesis the Warlock photo strip. Strontium Dog reprints from Starlord. Selected Judge Dredd newspaper strip reprints. Diary of an Alien Editor text feature. Strontium Dog, Nemesis the Warlock and DR & Quinch full-color pin-ups. Hammerstein cut-out.
nn (1988) Tyranny Rex begins. Zenith and What's Up Doc? complete strips. Ro-Busters reprints from Starlord. Tyranny Rex The Art of Becoming text story by Tomasso Kyle. The Ballad of Halo Jones text feature on theatre production. Smart People photo feature.
nn (1989; cover price becomes 80p) Moon Runners, Judge Corey and Zippy Couriers complete strips. The Amazing Maze Dumoir reprints from 2000 A.D.. Secrets of the Command Module illustrated feature. Crime Blitz! board game. 2000 A.D. pin-up.
nn (1990; cover price becomes 95p) Armoured Gideon begins. Bix Barton and The Journal of Luke Kirby complete strips. Nemesis the Warlock reprints from 2000 A.D.. Selected Judge Dredd newspaper strip reprints. Indigo Prime Requiem text story by John Smith. Tharg's Future Shocks: The Index text feature.
nn (1991; cover price becomes £1.50) Brigand Doom and Sam Slade Robo-Hunter begins. Tyranny Rex Touched by the Hand of Brendan text story by John Smith. Robo-Hunter text feature by Mike Butcher. Bix Barton full-color pin-up.
nn (1992) Tales from Mega-City One: Animal House text story by John Smith. Public Enemy interview with John Lydon. Future Shock: Index Update text feature.
2000 A.D. Action Special
Apr 1992 (1 issue)
Fleetway Editions Ltd.
nn (Apr 1992; cover price £1.75) Steel Claw, The Spider, Mytek the Mighty, Cursitor Doom. Kelly's Eye and Doctor Sin strips. Tales Before Dreddtime text feature by Lew Stringer.
Friday, November 30, 2018
Eagle [Vol.21] #2
03 Apr 1982. Cover price 20p.
32 pages. Colour & B&W contents.
IPC Magazines Ltd.
Edited by David Hunt.
Photo cover by Gary Compton.
Free Golden Eagle badge.
Contents:
Eagle says a special thank you to the following for their help this issue... The Magna Carta School, Staines. Epic Records.
There's still an educational element to Eagle's remit, with surprising success. One such fact is that penguins can catch colds, as the Antarctic is so cold it is germ free, thus penguins have no immunity to the sniffles. Non-fiction highlight of the issue, and I can't get the image of penguins sneezing out of my head - smiling each time I imagine them wiping their beaks on their wings, grumbling away. This is the Eagle of old shining through the new paint job. Barely visible, but still there.
Alan Grant is a great writer, but here panders to a degree of clichéd writing which doesn't feel real. In only two installments of the story, Harvey has lost all credibility as a reporter. Tailing the police officer, Harvey loses him at a train station, though sees a vaguely-familiar man get on the train - a closer look reveals that he is wearing the same distinctive alien ring. Arriving at King's Cross Station, he finally remembers the man's name, Sir Matthew Hodges, Cranbridge's member of Parliament.
While the photographic standards are, admittedly, better than average, there is still no discernible advantage to presenting Doomlord in such a manner. Artistic quibbles aside, it is to the strip's credit that the casual murder of bystanders isn't shied away from - with one such unfortunate shown to be disintegrated when the alien's disguise begins to falter.
The Adventures of Fred is a precursor to Mr. Bean, or Matt Lucas' Pompidou, perhaps. Utilising signs to tell its story, with the Inspector Clouseau-like character oblivious to their warnings, the single-page introduction is, however, merely adequate. Comedy is difficult, and when there is the added complication of creating scripts achievable through photography, it makes necessary exaggeration almost impossible. It is impossible to capture crazy antics in photo strips with the same anarchy present in drawn strips.
Pell's next hit is Tony Lombardo, a man who spends his free time on the shooting range. Deciding on an appropriate method with which to dispose of Lombardo, Pell breaks into the man's office and sets up a pistol to fire the next time someone speaks into the 'phone. Having seemingly set up the perfect murder, he is interrupted by an opportunistic thief who sees the office door open. Tied to the chair, in line with the pistol, Pell is forced to wait on Lombardo returning to his office to release him, hoping that nobody uses the 'phone...
A taut story, with a clever set-up, handled in a clunky manner through the photo strip format. The character of Pell would be revisited in Accident Man, proving that no good idea goes to waste, though here the conceit is badly squandered. With Lombardo's pistol so prominent in the photographs, it is likely he would move it back to its proper location before going anywhere near his 'phone.
The Unexplained!, a text feature which covers supernatural dogs, is suitably placed at the end of The Collector, though is far from an in-depth account of such beasts. Such a small feature was never going to be satisfying, or include the best (i.e. downright creepiest) stories, yet the complete absence of credible (and documented) reports make this a brief note that, yes, such things might exist. Maybe. Possibly. If you squint hard, and don't try to rationalise away such things. More gravity would have helped, but the main problem is with the length.
As the nature of the articles are not usually of interest, I normally give Daley's Diary a brief glance, note the contents, then move on. But this issue's contents has an intriguing comment regarding the fate of the Grand National.
The Kármán line, sixty-two miles above Earth, is generally accepted as the point at which Earth's atmosphere gives way to outer space, which itself is far higher than the flying ship is portrayed as being. It is a curious statement to make - one hundred miles places the parliament in space, though far, far too low to be in a stable orbit. Comic-book science, however, cocks a snook at such details.
At only two pages it is difficult to imagine how this is going to play out without an increase in space for the strip, though the art more than makes up for such brevity. While robots masquerading as humans is an overplayed device, the final panel is a surprising reversal of conventional depictions of the security of Earth space.
An extremely stiffly posed shot in the first panel of Sgt. Streetwise is enough to turn me off reading the strip immediately, and I honestly don't care what happens. Already, two issues in, the photo strips have outstayed their welcome.
Lord Spencer's men arrive via train, and is told he will be ruler of the Tower of London within the hour. Mick Tempest, the Tower King, has other ideas, and charges into the battle, though must retreat due to overwhelming forces. At Tower Bridge a small group of Tempest's men prepare to hold off the invaders until the bridge can be raised.
Beautiful, engaging, and utterly compelling, The Tower King continues to impress.
The Money Page, for which read "readers' mail" (with additional quirks), poses two problems, the first of which is the more troublesome - Glamorous Teacher, which praises attractive teachers, and showers gifts upon them, is annoying. Summing up a person's career with a statement of how good they look? Not cool. It would have been more appropriate to reward teachers who provided real, solid life-changing classes. The kind of teachers who are remembered long after their pupils have left school. They may not be the most photogenic, but their value to society is incalculable.
The second issue with the letters page is the poor formatting, wasting much of the page. When readers have spent time writing to a publication their comments should be presented in a respectful manner, and with enough variation in content that the page isn't fragmented snippets. As a new title the number of suitable letters might have been low, though this is where thoughtful, and erudite, responses come into play. By padding the page with an ugly border, then boxing off each section, there's so little presented that the title might as well have not bothered including it.
32 pages. Colour & B&W contents.
IPC Magazines Ltd.
Edited by David Hunt.
Photo cover by Gary Compton.
Free Golden Eagle badge.
Contents:
2 Eagle Hotline The Eagle Has Really Landed! text introduction by David Hunt. / Your Free Gift / Get Ready For... Roar film preview / Eagle Book of Records reader feedback requested. / New This Week introduction to The Money Page and The Adventures of Fred. / Odd Spot photograph (uncredited). / Happy Birthday / Last Minute Department reader feedback requested.
3 Doomlord UNTITLED [No Trace of the Spaceship], part two, w: Alan Grant; photography by Gary Compton.
7 Wellie of the Week Terry Wogan photograph (uncredited). / Eagle Sweet Talk Scarey Sticks / Things that Go Chomp in the Night! / Rocky Horror! / Caught by the Camera Boeing 727 photograph by Hans Wendt. / Ernie UNTITLED [Being a Star Comes Naturally] w:/a: Dave Follows.
8 Squadron Leaders advertisement for Humbrol 1/48 and 1/72 scale models.
9 Eagle Data File Sea King Har 3 fact file; illustration (uncredited).
10 The Adventures of Fred UNTITLED [Read the Signs] w: UNKNOWN (uncredited); photographs (uncredited).
11 The Collector Assassin w: Brian Burrell; a: Pat Wright, photography by Sven Arnstein.
14 The Unexplained! Demon Guard (one third page) text feature by UNKNOWN (uncredited); a: UNKNOWN (uncredited). / The Symbol of Excellence (one sixth page) newsagent order form.
26 Daley's Diary It's Best by Boat! / Forgotten Losers / Lauda's Crown? / The Dutch Master / The Last National? text features by Daley Thompson.
16 Dan Dare Return of the Mekon, part two, w: John Wagner & Pat Mills; a: Gerry Embleton.
18 Sgt. Streetwise UNTITLED [The Thames Gang], part two, w: Gerry Finley-Day; photographs by Dave Watts.
21 The Tower King UNTITLED [Lord Spencer's Arrival], part two, w: Alan Hebden; a: Jose Ortiz.
24 Free with Battle in-house advertisement for Battle and Strike Force sticker album; a: UNKNOWN (uncredited).
25 Eagle Interview Bob Champion (three fifths of page) interview by UNKNOWN (uncredited); photograph by UNKNOWN (uncredited). / Kids are Tough! Michael Goes on Parade (two fifths of page) text feature about Michael Webb by UNKNOWN (uncredited); photograph (uncredited).
26 The Money Page: Glamorous Teacher Miss Palmer, Magna Carta School, Staines; photograph (uncredited). / Big Mouth Belt Up, Jim! / School Uniform readers' mail. / Superdad! Nick and Matt Oakley photograph (uncredited). / Brothers & Sisters Get it Taped! / Super Sis readers' mail.
27 Thunderbolt and Smokey! UNTITLED [West Against North], part two, w: Tom Tully; photographs by John Powell.
31 Read Mike Read UNTITLED [The big mistake that I've always made with any sport I've participated in...] (half page) text feature by Mike Read; photographs (uncredited); illustration (uncredited). / Shopwatch It's Looking Good for Spring [Wrangler; Palitoy Pocketeers games] shopping feature (uncredited). / Next Week
9 Personality Plus Clare Grogan pin-up and mini-bio (uncredited). / 10 'Happy Birthday' LP's Up for Grabs! competition.
Eagle says a special thank you to the following for their help this issue... The Magna Carta School, Staines. Epic Records.
There's still an educational element to Eagle's remit, with surprising success. One such fact is that penguins can catch colds, as the Antarctic is so cold it is germ free, thus penguins have no immunity to the sniffles. Non-fiction highlight of the issue, and I can't get the image of penguins sneezing out of my head - smiling each time I imagine them wiping their beaks on their wings, grumbling away. This is the Eagle of old shining through the new paint job. Barely visible, but still there.
At the offices of the Cranberry Argus, reporter Howard Harvey - the only witness to Doomlord's arrival on Earth - tried to convince his editor that his story was true.If you are even minimally aware of series such as The Invaders you will know that attempting to convince superiors, or authorities, of alien activity is likely to end in failure. Worse, it might be seen as an eccentricity which points to instability, losing the character their safety nets of regular income and credibility. It is never a good sign when a character jumps straight to his "They're coming... They're coming..." act, rather than patiently investigating and collecting evidence.
Alan Grant is a great writer, but here panders to a degree of clichéd writing which doesn't feel real. In only two installments of the story, Harvey has lost all credibility as a reporter. Tailing the police officer, Harvey loses him at a train station, though sees a vaguely-familiar man get on the train - a closer look reveals that he is wearing the same distinctive alien ring. Arriving at King's Cross Station, he finally remembers the man's name, Sir Matthew Hodges, Cranbridge's member of Parliament.
While the photographic standards are, admittedly, better than average, there is still no discernible advantage to presenting Doomlord in such a manner. Artistic quibbles aside, it is to the strip's credit that the casual murder of bystanders isn't shied away from - with one such unfortunate shown to be disintegrated when the alien's disguise begins to falter.
The Adventures of Fred is a precursor to Mr. Bean, or Matt Lucas' Pompidou, perhaps. Utilising signs to tell its story, with the Inspector Clouseau-like character oblivious to their warnings, the single-page introduction is, however, merely adequate. Comedy is difficult, and when there is the added complication of creating scripts achievable through photography, it makes necessary exaggeration almost impossible. It is impossible to capture crazy antics in photo strips with the same anarchy present in drawn strips.
"Welcome. I see you have returned to sample another weird and bizarre tale from my museum of extraordinary exhibits.Rivalries in London's gangland sees numerous unlikely and odd "accidents" claim the lives of various people. Edward Rogan, a food connoisseur is poisoned at his own dinner table, the Gray brothers - driving enthusiasts - were involved in a fatal smash when their brakes failed, and Charley "Birdy" Burdett, fell from an office block while birdwatching. Accidents they are not, for they are the work of an assassin whose modus operandi has earned him the moniker "Heartless" Harvey Pell.
The story behind this charm bracelet is unusual. A romance, perhaps? Alas, no, let me tell you about the person who used to wear this... Harvey Pell, the man who had no heart!
Pell's next hit is Tony Lombardo, a man who spends his free time on the shooting range. Deciding on an appropriate method with which to dispose of Lombardo, Pell breaks into the man's office and sets up a pistol to fire the next time someone speaks into the 'phone. Having seemingly set up the perfect murder, he is interrupted by an opportunistic thief who sees the office door open. Tied to the chair, in line with the pistol, Pell is forced to wait on Lombardo returning to his office to release him, hoping that nobody uses the 'phone...
A taut story, with a clever set-up, handled in a clunky manner through the photo strip format. The character of Pell would be revisited in Accident Man, proving that no good idea goes to waste, though here the conceit is badly squandered. With Lombardo's pistol so prominent in the photographs, it is likely he would move it back to its proper location before going anywhere near his 'phone.
The Unexplained!, a text feature which covers supernatural dogs, is suitably placed at the end of The Collector, though is far from an in-depth account of such beasts. Such a small feature was never going to be satisfying, or include the best (i.e. downright creepiest) stories, yet the complete absence of credible (and documented) reports make this a brief note that, yes, such things might exist. Maybe. Possibly. If you squint hard, and don't try to rationalise away such things. More gravity would have helped, but the main problem is with the length.
As the nature of the articles are not usually of interest, I normally give Daley's Diary a brief glance, note the contents, then move on. But this issue's contents has an intriguing comment regarding the fate of the Grand National.
I shall be very sorry, like all lovers of sport, if this year's Grand National is the last to be run. It's become part of the British way of life.While various attempts, over the years, to have the race brought to an end due to animal welfare concerns, there has never really been a sense that such concerns might actually come to anything. What was different in the early eighties? I kinda want to know how close the race came to ending, but I'm not interested - or invested - enough to go looking. Context in the reporting of current events is appreciated, especially when texts are analysed at such a remove. Approaching the commentary now, without immediate access to material of the period covering the event in detail, makes for a frustrating and tantalising read.
The year was 2210, one mile above the Earth, in the parliament of the Terran Federation, delegates sit in emergency session. . . .Dan Dare begins strong, with an armada of eight thousand ships approaching Earth. The president reveals that he is a robot, exploding with enough force to destroy the satellite upon which the parliament are aboard. Luna Base, HQ of the Terran Defence Fleet, launch a force to repel the invasion, though possibly not in time.
The Kármán line, sixty-two miles above Earth, is generally accepted as the point at which Earth's atmosphere gives way to outer space, which itself is far higher than the flying ship is portrayed as being. It is a curious statement to make - one hundred miles places the parliament in space, though far, far too low to be in a stable orbit. Comic-book science, however, cocks a snook at such details.
At only two pages it is difficult to imagine how this is going to play out without an increase in space for the strip, though the art more than makes up for such brevity. While robots masquerading as humans is an overplayed device, the final panel is a surprising reversal of conventional depictions of the security of Earth space.
An extremely stiffly posed shot in the first panel of Sgt. Streetwise is enough to turn me off reading the strip immediately, and I honestly don't care what happens. Already, two issues in, the photo strips have outstayed their welcome.
Lord Spencer's men arrive via train, and is told he will be ruler of the Tower of London within the hour. Mick Tempest, the Tower King, has other ideas, and charges into the battle, though must retreat due to overwhelming forces. At Tower Bridge a small group of Tempest's men prepare to hold off the invaders until the bridge can be raised.
Beautiful, engaging, and utterly compelling, The Tower King continues to impress.
The Money Page, for which read "readers' mail" (with additional quirks), poses two problems, the first of which is the more troublesome - Glamorous Teacher, which praises attractive teachers, and showers gifts upon them, is annoying. Summing up a person's career with a statement of how good they look? Not cool. It would have been more appropriate to reward teachers who provided real, solid life-changing classes. The kind of teachers who are remembered long after their pupils have left school. They may not be the most photogenic, but their value to society is incalculable.
The second issue with the letters page is the poor formatting, wasting much of the page. When readers have spent time writing to a publication their comments should be presented in a respectful manner, and with enough variation in content that the page isn't fragmented snippets. As a new title the number of suitable letters might have been low, though this is where thoughtful, and erudite, responses come into play. By padding the page with an ugly border, then boxing off each section, there's so little presented that the title might as well have not bothered including it.
Eagle [Vol.21]
#03
Monday, November 26, 2018
Eagle [Vol.21] #1
27 Mar 1982. Cover price 20p.
32 pages. Colour & B&W contents.
IPC Magazines Ltd.
Edited by David Hunt.
Cover by Gerry Embleton.
Free Space Spinner.
Contents:
A messy cover, with Embleton's art covered by redundant lines of text, half of the space given over to promoting a free gift... which would have covered the announcement that there was a free gift. Sheer genius. The messy appearance is continued inside, with Eagle Hotline, a catch-all editorial page appearing to have taken some design hints from early eighties magazines. It is nice to see Eagle's past remembered, with Dan Dare and Digby, Harris Tweed, and Jeff Arnold represented, though this, for the moment, is all the Eagle relaunch has to say about its illustrious original incarnation.
How do you compete with one of the most celebrated and beloved titles to bear the Eagle name? By changing everything which made the original so compelling, and to promote photo strips over traditional comic strips.
Doomlord, the first of this issue's photo strips, attempts to present a dramatic SF tale with all the limitations of its photography undermining any credibility. Doomlord's introduction, it must be admitted, is fairly impressive given that he appears to be wearing a discarded duvet, with a mask which is far more convincing that that used in photos of Tharg. It isn't a perfect introduction to Doomlord, but it isn't anywhere near as bad as some complaints about the revived series would have you believe.
The world really wasn't calling for a mix of Invasion of the Bodysnatchers and The Day the Earth Stood Still, but Alan Grant provides enough interest to keep things moving along without getting caught up in extraneous detail.
A mandatory sports strip for Eagle, Thunderbolt and Smokey!, is a run-of-the-mill school-based photo strip.
That the only black character is named Smokey should tell you all you need to know.
On a more positive note, the strip presents a problem, shows a partial solution, and throws a few wrenches in the works. From a purely storytelling standpoint, this is a fairly strong opening, though presented in dreary grey, page after page of photographs, this can't quite overcome its appearance. If this had been a traditional comic strip its plot might have been enough to make a success of the concept, yet there is nothing here worth getting excited about.
Sgt. Streetwise is slightly better, being the adventures of Detective-Sergeant Wise of Special Undercover Operations. Wise operates on his own, without a radio, cuffs, or weapon, even going so far as to forgo identity papers, and after his homeless disguise is blown has to take on a new identity to continue his work.
Snow-covered streets add slightly to the feel of the strip, though this is a pale imitation of detective television shows, and requires a great deal of suspended disbelief at the frankly ludicrous set-up. As with all the photo strips, the reproduction isn't sharp enough to justify such an elaborate means of creation, and there's no real sense of drama despite a well-staged opening.
Splitting the strip, so that Dan Dare could take the colour centre-pages is annoying, and completely unnecessary, displaying a lack of
The return of Dan Dare comes in Return of the Mekon.
Another strip split to take advantage of colour pages, this time continuing on the back page, Dan Dare is a decidedly odd return. Focusing on the Mekon rather than the titular hero, the story goes so far as to kill off Dare on the final panel. This can be taken as a statement of intent for the revived title - don't expect things to remain as they were. It is only partially successful in bringing back Dan Dare's world, feeling slightly too rushed to properly establish a timeline of events.
Its primary selling point, a modern world deprived of power, had already been visited in the television series The Changes, based on Peter Dickinson's books, though in a slightly different form.
The strip's introductory text is slightly over-playing the reality of such a situation - heat can be provided from fires, and printing presses of old did fine without electricity. Regardless, one has to hand it to Hebden - the text boxes prefacing the story is very dramatic and attention-grabbing manner in which to begin the story. The close of the story proves that there are forms of transport in the new landscape of London, though given that the strip had already shown us horses...
Eye of the Fish, a complete story, is introduced by The Collector.
Yes, it is a slight, and incredibly silly, variant on a well-worn theme, but it doesn't really need to be brilliant. A complete story, however well crafted, is essential to giving readers of an anthology value for money - you never know if they are going to purchase the next issue, so as long as they get one full story then their purchase has been validated.
With a superb beginning from The Tower King, an intriguing question (or two) lingering in Dan Dare, and Doomlord's inherent possibilities, this is a solid, if unexceptional, beginning. Or, if you prefer, it is a rather subdued revival with much potential.
32 pages. Colour & B&W contents.
IPC Magazines Ltd.
Edited by David Hunt.
Cover by Gerry Embleton.
Free Space Spinner.
Contents:
2 Eagle Hotline Eagle is Back! text introduction by David Hunt. / A Welcome from the Stars comments from John Craven, Peter Davison, Roy Castle, Ian Botham, Lenny Henry, and John Bond; photographs (uncredited). / How Times Change the new artists - the men who capture the action on film for our exciting photo-stories! Introduction to John Powell, Dave Watts, and Gary Compton. / Wanted! reader feedback requested. / Ernie UNTITLED [Eagle's Official Eagle Mascot] w:/a: Dave Follows.
3 Doomlord An Alien Stalks the Earth, part one, w: Alan Grant; photography by Gary Compton.
7 Kids are Tough! Darren Defies Thugs! text feature about Darren Daly by UNKNOWN (uncredited); photograph (uncredited). / Big Mouth readers' mail. / Eagle Interview Peter Davison by UNKNOWN (uncredited); photographs (uncredited), illustration by Dave Follows.
8 The Whole Town's Popping! advertisement for Waddingtons Pop-Aways.
9 Personality Plus Bryan Robson pin-up and mini-bio (uncredited). / Fifty Freebie Man. United Books Up for Grabs! competition.
10 Thunderbolt and Smokey! UNTITLED [Two players don't make a football team], part one, w: Tom Tully; photographs by John Powell.
14 Sgt. Streetwise The Police Had Need of Men Like Him... Men Who Stayed Streetwise!, part one, w: Gerry Finley-Day; photographs by Dave Watts.
16 Dan Dare Return of the Mekon, part one, w: Barrie Tomlinson; a: Gerry Embleton.
18 Sgt. Streetwise The Police Had Need of Men Like Him... Men Who Stayed Streetwise! cont.
19 Eagle Fun Spot School Report - Jim Davidson; photograph (uncredited), illustration by Dave Follows.
20 The Tower King UNTITLED [A Gutted City, Haunted by Crazies], part one, w: Alan Hebden; a: Jose Ortiz.
24 Squadron Leaders advertisement for Humbrol 1/48 and 1/72 scale models.
25 Eagle Data File F-15 Eagle fact file; illustration (uncredited).
26 Daley's Diary Strange Names! / Arnold's Dilemma / Great Mates / 'Picca-Dilley'! / A marathon a day... text features by Daley Thompson.
27 The Collector Eye of the Fish w: Roy Preston; a: Pat Wright & Ron Smith, photography by Gary Compton.
31 Read Mike Read UNTITLED [I'm the strange character who struggles in to London at the crack of dawn] (half page) text feature by Mike Read; photographs (uncredited). / Shopwatch UNTITLED [Kensington board game; The Puffin Adventure Sports Series] shopping feature (uncredited); illustration by Dave Follows.
32 Dan Dare Return of the Mekon, cont.
A messy cover, with Embleton's art covered by redundant lines of text, half of the space given over to promoting a free gift... which would have covered the announcement that there was a free gift. Sheer genius. The messy appearance is continued inside, with Eagle Hotline, a catch-all editorial page appearing to have taken some design hints from early eighties magazines. It is nice to see Eagle's past remembered, with Dan Dare and Digby, Harris Tweed, and Jeff Arnold represented, though this, for the moment, is all the Eagle relaunch has to say about its illustrious original incarnation.
How do you compete with one of the most celebrated and beloved titles to bear the Eagle name? By changing everything which made the original so compelling, and to promote photo strips over traditional comic strips.
Midnight. A fireball streaked down over the sleeping town of Cranbridge -Officer Murton is immediately killed by Doomlord, having his knowledge absorbed, and is soon disintegrated with a beam from the alien's ring. Howard Harvey is rendered unconscious, before Doomlord takes the physical appearance of Murton. When Harvey awakens, he travels to the police station to report Murton's death, but is brought face-to-face with Murton, very much alive, and wearing the alien's ring.
The only witnesses were P.C. Bob Murton and Howard Harvey, a reporter from the Cranbridge Argus -
Doomlord, the first of this issue's photo strips, attempts to present a dramatic SF tale with all the limitations of its photography undermining any credibility. Doomlord's introduction, it must be admitted, is fairly impressive given that he appears to be wearing a discarded duvet, with a mask which is far more convincing that that used in photos of Tharg. It isn't a perfect introduction to Doomlord, but it isn't anywhere near as bad as some complaints about the revived series would have you believe.
The world really wasn't calling for a mix of Invasion of the Bodysnatchers and The Day the Earth Stood Still, but Alan Grant provides enough interest to keep things moving along without getting caught up in extraneous detail.
A mandatory sports strip for Eagle, Thunderbolt and Smokey!, is a run-of-the-mill school-based photo strip.
The educational record of Dedfield School was second-to-none! But when it came to getting results on the sports field, it was a very different story...Losing seven-nil, Dedfield - nicknamed 'Dead-Loss' - are a football team without support from their teachers, though Colin Dexter (Thunderbolt) is determined to turn the team's fortunes around. When he learns that Smokey Beckles, recently transfered to the school, isn't going to play for a losing team, his hopes seem dashed.
That the only black character is named Smokey should tell you all you need to know.
On a more positive note, the strip presents a problem, shows a partial solution, and throws a few wrenches in the works. From a purely storytelling standpoint, this is a fairly strong opening, though presented in dreary grey, page after page of photographs, this can't quite overcome its appearance. If this had been a traditional comic strip its plot might have been enough to make a success of the concept, yet there is nothing here worth getting excited about.
Sgt. Streetwise is slightly better, being the adventures of Detective-Sergeant Wise of Special Undercover Operations. Wise operates on his own, without a radio, cuffs, or weapon, even going so far as to forgo identity papers, and after his homeless disguise is blown has to take on a new identity to continue his work.
Snow-covered streets add slightly to the feel of the strip, though this is a pale imitation of detective television shows, and requires a great deal of suspended disbelief at the frankly ludicrous set-up. As with all the photo strips, the reproduction isn't sharp enough to justify such an elaborate means of creation, and there's no real sense of drama despite a well-staged opening.
Splitting the strip, so that Dan Dare could take the colour centre-pages is annoying, and completely unnecessary, displaying a lack of
The return of Dan Dare comes in Return of the Mekon.
It appeared to be the final confrontation between two beings whose adventures had thrilled a generation. Colonel Dan Dare, valiantly fighting to save Earth from the sworn for of mankind... the cold, merciless mastermind of Venus - the Mekon!The Mekon surrenders after an intense battle, vowing that one day he will get his revenge on Dare. The World Supreme Court, highest judicial body on Earth, passes judgement, sentencing the Mekon to be placed in a life support capsule, enclosed in a meteor, then set adrift in space. Forever. Because a slap on the wrist and a fine isn't going to deter such a heinous villain as the Mekon. Preparations are duly made, and a meteor, with the Mekon imprisoned inside, is sent off into space.
In such a prison, time became meaningless. Was it a month, a year, or a century before other beings approached the meteor?Aliens pick up the meteor hoping that valuable ore will be discovered within it, and cut it open - despite getting a life-reading from within.
The inhabitants of the planet Korzak were a meek race... and the sight of the green-skinned being terrified them!Informed that Treens have lived in peace for many years, leaderless and abandoned, becoming farmers and traders, the Mekon is outraged. Deciding to exact his revenge on Dare, he orders his rescuers to take him to the location of his enemy, beaming down to the planet to continue his battle - only to discover that Dan Dare died hundreds of years before. A gravestone states that he died before his battles with the Treen Empire, puzzling the Mekon, and though he cannot defeat a dead man, he can take his revenge on the planet Earth.
Another strip split to take advantage of colour pages, this time continuing on the back page, Dan Dare is a decidedly odd return. Focusing on the Mekon rather than the titular hero, the story goes so far as to kill off Dare on the final panel. This can be taken as a statement of intent for the revived title - don't expect things to remain as they were. It is only partially successful in bringing back Dan Dare's world, feeling slightly too rushed to properly establish a timeline of events.
The solar power satellite was the most important result of the American space programme of the 1980's. A vast array of solar panels had been placed in stationary orbit above the equator...There's a lot to like in The Tower King, and much back-story to deliver, which it does as rapidly as possible. The extended sequence of reported information, which builds up to the appearance of the titular character, may take up two whole pages, but as it is essential to everything which follows it is a justifiable journey. The city of London, seen only partially in the vignettes, may not be the most original choice of location to place the series in, though the concepts are interesting enough to overcome this lack of imagination.
Solar energy from the sun was converted into microwaves and beamed down to a huge receiving station on the ground, where the microwaves were reconverted into electric power and fed into a grid.
It should have been the start of a new era.
Instead, it was the beginning of a disaster!
The microwaves had disrupted the balance of the Earth's atmosphere, making the generation of electricity in any form impossible. Without it, aircraft fell out of the sky... Ships drifted helplessly... Road traffic ground to a halt...
...and nuclear power stations melted down!
Without electricity there was no radio or TV... No telephones or newspapers... No form of transport... Nor was there heat or light.
In the days that followed, panic swept the world as nobody knew what was happening.
Without electricity food production and distribution broke down, forcing starving mobs out to the countryside in a desperate bid to find some.
Finally, after panic and starvation, came disease and death on a scale unknown since the black death.
Small bands of survivors formed tightly-knit groups to defend themselves and continue life in the ruins of civilisation. In London, within the walls of the Tower of London, such a group was led by a man named Mick Tempest.
Its primary selling point, a modern world deprived of power, had already been visited in the television series The Changes, based on Peter Dickinson's books, though in a slightly different form.
The strip's introductory text is slightly over-playing the reality of such a situation - heat can be provided from fires, and printing presses of old did fine without electricity. Regardless, one has to hand it to Hebden - the text boxes prefacing the story is very dramatic and attention-grabbing manner in which to begin the story. The close of the story proves that there are forms of transport in the new landscape of London, though given that the strip had already shown us horses...
Eye of the Fish, a complete story, is introduced by The Collector.
"Welcome. I am known as The Collector! Some of my exhibits may seem a little out of the ordinary to you. But then so, too, are the reasons why I keep them!"Terry Lansberry and his father go fishing near a sign which prohibits such activity, but their illicit sport is soon brought to a halt by darkening skies. Terry disappears in a flash of light, swiftly followed by his father, thereafter learning an important lesson...
Yes, it is a slight, and incredibly silly, variant on a well-worn theme, but it doesn't really need to be brilliant. A complete story, however well crafted, is essential to giving readers of an anthology value for money - you never know if they are going to purchase the next issue, so as long as they get one full story then their purchase has been validated.
With a superb beginning from The Tower King, an intriguing question (or two) lingering in Dan Dare, and Doomlord's inherent possibilities, this is a solid, if unexceptional, beginning. Or, if you prefer, it is a rather subdued revival with much potential.
Eagle [Vol.21]
#02
Friday, November 23, 2018
On This Day: 23 Nov
First Appearances:
Dagger Man in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #166 (26 Nov 1977).
Births:
Neville Main (1913); Charles Grigg (1916); Harley Lawrence Schwadron (1942); Sandra Marrs (1973)
Deaths:
Graham Laidler (Pont; 1940); Dorothy Craigie (1971); Dennis Mallet (1988); Lilli Ursula Barbara Victoria Davidson (Victoria; 1999)
Notable Events:
Eve newspaper strip began in The Daily Sketch in 1953.
Juvenile Publications were moved from 161–166 Fleet Street to the old Daily Herald building at 96 Longacre in 1963.
Alan McKenzie, Mark Millar, Grant Morrison, Sean Philips, John Smith and Steve Yeowell attended a joint 2000 A.D. / Judge Dredd The Megazine signing at Mike Conroy's The Edge of Forever, 82B Broadway, Bexley Heath, Kent, in 1991. Judge Dredd was also in attendance.
Alan Moore's Outbreaks of Violets, a set of 24 cards with art by a variety of European artists, was given away at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards.
Thought Bubble Comic Con, the Leeds Sequential Art Festival, began at Clarence Dock, Leeds, in 2013.
Peter Firmin received a special lifetime honour at the BAFTA Children's Awards in 2014.
Dan Dare: A Brief History video uploaded to YouTube in 2016 to celebrate the launch of the B7 Media / Big Finish audio adventures.
Dagger Man in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #166 (26 Nov 1977).
Births:
Neville Main (1913); Charles Grigg (1916); Harley Lawrence Schwadron (1942); Sandra Marrs (1973)
Deaths:
Graham Laidler (Pont; 1940); Dorothy Craigie (1971); Dennis Mallet (1988); Lilli Ursula Barbara Victoria Davidson (Victoria; 1999)
Notable Events:
Eve newspaper strip began in The Daily Sketch in 1953.
Juvenile Publications were moved from 161–166 Fleet Street to the old Daily Herald building at 96 Longacre in 1963.
Alan McKenzie, Mark Millar, Grant Morrison, Sean Philips, John Smith and Steve Yeowell attended a joint 2000 A.D. / Judge Dredd The Megazine signing at Mike Conroy's The Edge of Forever, 82B Broadway, Bexley Heath, Kent, in 1991. Judge Dredd was also in attendance.
Alan Moore's Outbreaks of Violets, a set of 24 cards with art by a variety of European artists, was given away at the 1995 MTV Europe Music Awards.
Thought Bubble Comic Con, the Leeds Sequential Art Festival, began at Clarence Dock, Leeds, in 2013.
Peter Firmin received a special lifetime honour at the BAFTA Children's Awards in 2014.
Dan Dare: A Brief History video uploaded to YouTube in 2016 to celebrate the launch of the B7 Media / Big Finish audio adventures.
Monday, November 5, 2018
On This Day: 05 Nov
Remember, remember, the fifth of November,Wallace & Gromit: Anoraknophobia by Tristan Davies & Nick Newman (Hodder &Stoughton; 1998).
Gunpowder Treason and Plot.
I know of no reason why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Captain Britain vol.IV: The Siege of Camelot (Panini Books; 2009).
The Beatles Story (ROK Mobile Comics) #01 (2012).
Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2015 edited by Tim Benson. (Random House Books; 2015) ISBN-13: 978-1847947635
First Appearances:
Robo Machines in Eagle and Scream! (IPC Magazines Ltd.) vol.20? #138 (10 Nov 1984).
Births:
Edmund Xavier Kapp (1890); Bud Neill (1911)
Deaths:
Percy Fearon (Poy; 1948); Mabel Lucie Attwell (1964); René Goscinny (1977); Robert Maxwell (1991); Ron Bennett (2006)
Notable Events:
Robert Maxwell decided to go for a swim in the Atlantic in 1991.
Pedigree Books incorporated in 1996.
Spider-Man made a personal appearance at Nightingales in Chorley in 1984.
Ian Botham was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1989.
Dan Dare: Pilot Of The Future CGI television series began in 2002.
Procon 1 took place at the Ramada Hotel, Bristol, in 2004.
Alan Moore's single The Decline of English Murder released in 2012.
Leeds Comic Con, part of Thought Bubble, the Leeds Comic Art Festival, began in 2016.
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Eagle Vol.1
Eagle Vol.1
14 Apr 1950 - 06 Apr 1951 (52 issues)
Hulton Press, Ltd.
Edited by Marcus Morris.
14 Apr 1950 - 06 Apr 1951 (52 issues)
Hulton Press, Ltd.
Edited by Marcus Morris.
01 (14 Apr 1950; cover price 3d) Dan Dare, The Adventures of P.C. 49, Captain Pugwash, Professor Brittain Explains, Seth and Shorty, Skippy the Kangaroo, Heroes of the Clouds, Discovering the Countryside, Real Life Mysteries, Chicko, Rob Conway, Tommy Walls and The Great Adventurer strips begin. Plot Against the World by Chad Varah, and Lash Lonergan's Quest by Moore Raymond text serials begin. The Spies who Saved London text feature by Bernard Newman.
Note: Cricket Coaching feature by Learie Constantine. Make Your Own Model Racing Car by G.W. Arthur-Brand and Sporting Personalities: Stanley Mortensen features.
02 (21 Apr 1950)Note: Cricket Coaching feature by Learie Constantine.
03 (28 Apr 1950) Grandpa begins. School For Spies text feature by Bernard Newman.
Note: Cricket Coaching feature by Learie Constantine; Try It Yourself, Make Your Own Model Racing Car by G.W. Arthur-Brand and Sporting Personalities: Reg Parnell features.
04 (05 May 1950)Note: Cricket Coaching feature by Learie Constantine.
05 (12 May 1950) The Spy Catchers text feature by Bernard Newman.Note: Make Your Own Model Racing Car by G.W. Arthur-Brand and Sporting Personalities: Bruce Woodcock features.
06 (19 May 1950)Note: Cricket Coaching feature by Learie Constantine.
07 (26 May 1950)Note: Cricket Coaching by Learie Constantine and Make Your Own Model Racing Car by G.W. Arthur-Brand.
08 (02 Jun 1950) Codes And Ciphers text feature by Bernard Newman.Note: Cricket Coaching feature by Learie Constantine.
09 (09 Jun 1950)Note: Cricket Coaching by Learie Constantine and Make Your Own Model Racing Car by G.W. Arthur-Brand.
10 (16 Jun 1950)Note: Cricket Coaching feature by Learie Constantine.
11 (23 Jun 1950)Note: Cricket Coaching by Learie Constantine and Make Your Own Model Racing Car by G.W. Arthur-Brand.
12 (30 Jun 1950) Spy Messages text feature by Bernard Newman.Note: Cricket Coaching feature by Learie Constantine.
13 (07 Jul 1950)Note: Cricket Coaching feature by Learie Constantine. Make Your Own Model Racing Car by G.W. Arthur-Brand and Sporting Personalities: Reg Harris features.
14 (14 Jul 1950)Note: Cricket Coaching feature by Learie Constantine.
15 (21 Jul 1950) Emergency Call text story by Ronald Syme.Note: Cricket Coaching by Learie Constantine and Make Your Own Model Racing Car by G.W. Arthur-Brand.
16 (28 Jul 1950) Harris Tweed - Extra Special Agent begins. Spies Museum text feature by Bernard Newman. The Strange Affair of Hairy Harry text story by Chesney MacGuire.
Note: Sporting Personalities: Jack Parker feature.
17 (04 Aug 1950) Cortez, Conqueror of Mexico begins. The Fires Within text story by Charles Willis.
Note: Try It Yourself and Sporting Personalities: Cathie Gibson features.
18 (11 Aug 1950; cover price becomes 4d) The Secret of the Mine text serial by Ronald Syme begins. The Churchill Murder Plot text by Bernard Newman. The Wreck of the "White Queen" text story by Sydney J. Bounds.
Note: Improve Your Swimming feature by Roy Romaine, English and European Breast Stroke Champion. A Model Plane to Make and Fly by G.W. Arthur-Brand, Try It Yourself and Sporting Personalities: Gordon Richards features.
19 (18 Aug 1950) Ambush in the Desert text story by Lewis Jackson.Note: A Model Plane to Make and Fly by G.W. Arthur-Brand, Try It Yourself and Improve Your Swimming feature by Roy Romaine.
20 (25 Aug 1950) Secret Inks text by Bernard Newman. Car Fourteen text story by Duncan Hall.
Note: Improve Your Swimming feature by Roy Romaine. A Model Plane to Make and Fly by G.W. Arthur-Brand, Try It Yourself and Sporting Personalities: Jaroslav Drobny features.
21 (01 Sep 1950) Couriers of The Jungle text story by R.A. Garland.Note: Improve Your Swimming feature by Roy Romaine. A Model Plane to Make and Fly by G.W. Arthur-Brand feature.
22 (08 Sep 1950) The Truth About Cowboys text series by Grierson Dickson begins. The Head-Hunter text story by Tony Lethbridge.
Note: Improve Your Swimming feature by Roy Romaine. Building a Model Railway by J. Walkden Fisher, Try It Yourself and Sporting Personalities: R.T. Simpson features.
23 (15 Sep 1950) The 'Black Cutter' text story by E. Harper.Note: Improve Your Swimming feature by Roy Romaine. Running a Model Railway by J. Walkden Fisher feature.
24 (22 Sep 1950) The Truth About Cowboys text by Grierson Dickson. Land Ahead text story by Martin O'Connor.
Note: Improve Your Swimming feature by Roy Romaine. Running a Model Railway by J. Walkden Fisher, Try It Yourself and Sporting Personalities: Leslie Compton features.
25 (29 Sep 1950) Feet Filled With Lead text story by Bernard J. Farmer.Note: Learn Boxing with Freddie Mills, Running a Model Railway by J. Walkden Fisher and Try It Yourself features.
26 (06 Oct 1950) The Truth About Cowboys text by Grierson Dickson.Note: Learn Boxing with Freddie Mills and Running a Model Railway by J. Walkden Fisher features.
27 (13 Oct 1950) Journey into an Undiscovered World by Macdonald Hastings, "Eagle" Investigator's First Assignment.
Note: Learn Boxing with Freddie Mills and Running a Model Railway by J. Walkden Fisher features.
28 (20 Oct 1950) Michael Thinks Twice text story by C. Bell.Note: Learn Boxing with Freddie Mills, Running a Model Railway by J. Walkden Fisher and Sporting Personalities: Bill Liddell features.
29 (27 Oct 1950) Flight into Danger text story by Michael Carreck.Note: Learn Boxing with Freddie Mills and Running a Model Railway by J. Walkden Fisher features.
30 (03 Nov 1950) I Make a Submarine Escape text by Macdonald Hastings.Note: Learn Boxing with Freddie Mills and Running a Model Railway by J. Walkden Fisher features.
31 (10 Nov 1950) The Sea Adder text story by Richard Tracy.Note: Learn Boxing with Freddie Mills and Running a Model Railway by J. Walkden Fisher features.
32 (17 Nov 1950) Curious Creatures begins. Hawk-Eye and the Wolf Cub text story by D.E. Roberts.
Note: Sporting Personalities: Freddie Williams feature. Learn Boxing with Freddie Mills and Running a Model Railway by J. Walkden Fisher features.
33 (24 Nov 1950) Thunder Reef 'A New Serial of Smuggling on the Coast of Brittany' text by Adrian Seligman begins. Ticket to Tombstone text by Charles Chilton.
Note: Learn Boxing with Freddie Mills and Running a Model Railway by J. Walkden Fisher features.
34 (01 Dec 1950) I Take a Riding Lesson from the Household Cavalry text by Macdonald Hastings.
Note: Learn Boxing with Freddie Mills and For Collectors Only features.
35 (08 Dec 1950) Ticket to Tombstone text by Charles Chilton.Note: Learn Boxing with Freddie Mills and For Collectors Only features.
36 (15 Dec 1950) Ticket to Tombstone text by Charles Chilton.Note: For Collectors Only feature.
37 (22 Dec 1950) Riders of the Range begins. The Story of the Christmas Tree. Bagpipes for the Gallant text story by E. Vincent.
Note: Football Hints feature by Billy Wright, Captain of the Wolves and England. For Collectors Only and Sporting Personalities: Lt. Colonel Harry M. Llewellyn O.B.E. features.
38 (29 Dec 1950) I Join The Circus text by Macdonald Hastings.Note: Football Hints by Billy Wright and For Collectors Only features.
39 (05 Jan 1951) The Strangest Hotel In The World text by Alastair Scobie.Note: Football Hints by Billy Wright and For Collectors Only features. The First Man To... series begins.
40 (12 Jan 1951) I Learn to Fly text by Macdonald Hastings.Note: Football Hints by Billy Wright and For Collectors Only features.
41 (19 Jan 1951) I Fly Solo text by Macdonald Hastings.Note: Football Hints by Billy Wright and For Collectors Only features.
42 (26 Jan 1951) The Aster Road Burglary text story by F.P. Nevin.Note: Football Hints by Billy Wright and For Collectors Only features.
43 (02 Feb 1951) The Clue of the Chopsticks text story by Moore Raymond.Note: Football Hints by Billy Wright and For Collectors Only features.
44 (09 Feb 1951) Lion Hunt text by Alastair Scobie.Note: Football Hints by Billy Wright and For Collectors Only features.
45 (16 Feb 1951) Ware Highwaymen! text story by Frank R. Grey.Note: Football Hints by Billy Wright and For Collectors Only features.
46 (23 Feb 1951) Lost in the Bush text by Alastair Scobie.Note: Football Hints by Billy Wright and For Collectors Only features.
47 (02 Mar 1951) A.N. Other text story by John Graves.Note: Football Hints by Billy Wright and For Collectors Only features. Sporting Personalities: J.A. Palmer-Tomkinson feature
48 (09 Mar 1951) I Ride the Cresta - and Join the Shuttlecock Club! text by Macdonald Hastings.
Note: Football Hints by Billy Wright and Advice on Your Pets by Professor Cameron features.
49 (16 Mar 1951) Treasure In The Hills text story by Stephan Hopkinson.Note: Sporting Personalities: Geoffrey Duke and Advice on Your Pets by Professor Cameron features.
50 (22 Mar 1951) The Scarlet Snuffbox text serial by E. Garnett begins. The Stolen Helicopter text story by Alan Hastings.
Note: Jiu-Jitsu for Self-Defence by Mazure and Advice on Your Pets by Professor Cameron features.
51 (30 Mar 1951) He Fell to Fame text story by Moore Raymond.Note: Jiu-Jitsu for Self-Defence by Mazure and Advice on Your Pets by Professor Cameron features. Did You Have an Easter Egg feature.
52 (06 Apr 1951) Danger on the River text story by Webster Murray.Note: Jiu-Jitsu for Self-Defence by Mazure. Rowntree's Present Eagle Eye, Nature Detective feature begins. Advice on Your Pets by Professor Cameron feature.
Eagle
Vol.2
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Audio Productions
While this is most likely far from complete, it is an improvement on what previously appeared on the website.
Audio CD:
Radio Adaptations:
Bristow
Clare in the Community
Dan Dare, Pilot of The Future
The Fosdyke Saga
Gentleman Jim
Modesty Blaise
Modesty Blaise: A Taste of Death
Neverwhere
The New Adventures of Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future
Signal to Noise
Superman
The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch
When the Wind Blows
Radio Specials:
Bash Street Unplugged
Holy Mackerel - It’s My Life!
Inside the Brain of Gerald Scarfe
Phill Jupitus' Comic Love
The Reunion
Audio CD:
The Adventures of Luther Arkwright adapted Mark Wright, based on the comic by Bryan Talbot. (Big Finish; Mar 2005)
The Avengers - Steed and Mrs Peel: The Comic Strip Adaptations adapted by Simon Barnard, Paul Morris, Paul Magrs & John Dorney. (Big Finish; Apr 2016)
The Avengers - Steed and Mrs Peel: The Comic Strip Adaptations adapted by Robert Khan, Tom Salinsky, Paul Morris, Simon Barnard, Matt Fitton, John Dorney (Big Finish; Nov 2016)
Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures vol.1 adapted by Richard Kurti & Bev Doyle. (B7 Media / Big Finish; Dec 2016)
Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures vol.2 adapted by Richard Kurti & Bev Doyle. (B7 Media / Big Finish; Apr 2017)
Judge Dredd: Wanted: Dredd or Alive by David Bishop. (Big Finish; Mar 2002)
Judge Dredd: Death Trap! by David Bishop. (Big Finish; Apr 2002)
Judge Dredd: The Killing Zone by Dave Stone. (Big Finish; Jun 2002)
Judge Dredd: The Big Shot! by David Bishop. (Big Finish; Jul 2002)
Judge Dredd: Trapped on Titan by Jonathan Clements. (Big Finish; Sep 2002)
Judge Dredd: Get Karter! by David Bishop. (Big Finish; Oct 2002)
Judge Dredd: I ♥ Judge Dredd by Jonathan Morris. (Big Finish; Nov 2002)
Judge Dredd: Dreddline by James Swallow. (Big Finish; Mar 2003)
Judge Dredd: 99 Code Red! by Jonathan Clements. (Big Finish; Sep 2003)
Judge Dredd: War Planet by Dave Stone. (Big Finish; Sep 2003)
Judge Dredd: Jihad by James Swallow. (Big Finish; Mar 2004)
Judge Dredd: War Crimes by David Bishop. (Big Finish; Apr 2004)
Judge Dredd: For King and Country by Cavan Scott. (Big Finish; Apr 2004)
Judge Dredd: Pre-Emptive Revenge by Jonathan Clements. (Big Finish; Oct 2004)
Judge Dredd: Grud is Dead by James Swallow. (Big Finish; Oct 2004)
Judge Dredd: Solo by Jonathan Clements. (Big Finish; Dec 2004)
Judge Dredd: Crime Chronicles 1: Stranger Than Truth by David Bishop. (Big Finish; Oct 2009)
Judge Dredd: Crime Chronicles 2: Blood Will Tell by James Swallow. (Big Finish; Nov 2009)
Judge Dredd: Crime Chronicles 3: The Devil's Playground by Jonathan Clements. (Big Finish; Dec 2009)
Judge Dredd: Crime Chronicles 4: Double Zero by James Swallow. (Big Finish; Jan 2010)
Strontium Dog: Down to Earth by Jonathan Clements. (Big Finish; Jun 2002)
Strontium Dog: Fire from Heaven by Jonathan Clements. (Big Finish; May 2003)
Radio Adaptations:
Bristow
Clare in the Community
Dan Dare, Pilot of The Future
The Fosdyke Saga
Gentleman Jim
Modesty Blaise
Thirty Minute Theatre Modesty Blaise (Last Day in Limbo)
Modesty Blaise: The Silver MistressModesty Blaise: A Taste of Death
Neverwhere
The New Adventures of Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future
Signal to Noise
Superman
The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch
When the Wind Blows
Radio Specials:
Bash Street Unplugged
Holy Mackerel - It’s My Life!
Inside the Brain of Gerald Scarfe
Phill Jupitus' Comic Love
The Reunion
On This Day: 24 Oct
Eagle and MASK (Fleetway Publications) #[345] (29 Oct 1988).
The Cream of Tank Girl by Jamie Hewlett & Alan C. Martin. (2008).
Dan Dare: Mission of the Earthmen by Eric Eden, Don Harley & Bruce Cornwell. (Titan Books; Oct 2017) ISBN-13: 978-1785-86289-2.
Rage #1 (24 Oct 1990 - 06 Nov 1990) *magazine*
Births:
John Phillips (1808); Phil Colman (1911); Mindy Newell (1953)
Deaths:
Dino Leonetti (2006)
Notable Events:
When the Wind Blows animated feature released in cinemas in the UK in 1986.
Judge Dredd appeared on Alexei Sayle's television series Stuff on BBC One in 1991.
The first episode of The End of the F***ing World broadcast on Channel 4 in 2017.
The Cream of Tank Girl by Jamie Hewlett & Alan C. Martin. (2008).
Dan Dare: Mission of the Earthmen by Eric Eden, Don Harley & Bruce Cornwell. (Titan Books; Oct 2017) ISBN-13: 978-1785-86289-2.
Rage #1 (24 Oct 1990 - 06 Nov 1990) *magazine*
Births:
John Phillips (1808); Phil Colman (1911); Mindy Newell (1953)
Deaths:
Dino Leonetti (2006)
Notable Events:
When the Wind Blows animated feature released in cinemas in the UK in 1986.
Judge Dredd appeared on Alexei Sayle's television series Stuff on BBC One in 1991.
The first episode of The End of the F***ing World broadcast on Channel 4 in 2017.
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