tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post7906344620124779817..comments2024-03-28T14:59:05.258-07:00Comments on GARY DOBBS AT THE TAINTED ARCHIVE: EAGLE ANNUAL the best of the 1950'sGary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-811911529035710202008-12-18T14:20:00.000-08:002008-12-18T14:20:00.000-08:00I have one single Eagle my uncle gave me, from som...I have one single Eagle my uncle gave me, from some time in the 60's (it was still tabloid format at this stage, but Dan Dare is smaller and moved to the inside, the cover is taken up by a story called UFO Agent). I can't beleive how good it is, it reads like one of the better christmas annuals of a comic, but they used to put out something of that quality every week!Michael Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13262567602680316293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-10633912581814449062008-12-18T11:44:00.000-08:002008-12-18T11:44:00.000-08:00Yes, the Eagle was one of the great comics for sur...Yes, the Eagle was one of the great comics for sure, though as a kid in the '50s with only pennies a week for pocket money I mainly bought the text story papers, like The Champion and The Rover. They lasted longer!<BR/><BR/>I do still have a genuine, original Eagle Annual from that era. And, of course, all its stories and features are complete rather than tasters.<BR/><BR/>Another novelty I have is a pinball "bagatelle" game featuring Eagle's Riders of the Range. <BR/><BR/>In the 1960s I worked for Odhams Books, who as part of the huge IPC group were responsible by then for publishing the Eagle's annual. I wrote scripts for strips featuring Blackbow the Cheyenne and the Iron Man. One year I wrote the lead text story. About a World War II Atlantic convoy, it was called <I><B>The Stragglers</B></I>. Later, that story was picked up and reprinted, many times, in a popular Hamlyn anthology, <B><I>Thrilling Stories for Boys</I></B>.<BR/><BR/>KeithChap O'Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404176810063857291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-53026534594710676842008-12-18T10:19:00.000-08:002008-12-18T10:19:00.000-08:00Charles - yeah the Eagle was a UK thing but I thin...Charles - yeah the Eagle was a UK thing but I think Dan Dare has been published in the US.Gary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-42826227183819329292008-12-18T09:16:00.000-08:002008-12-18T09:16:00.000-08:00I don't think we got those over here. I don't rem...I don't think we got those over here. I don't remember ever hearing of them.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-84546439115982670882008-12-18T06:37:00.000-08:002008-12-18T06:37:00.000-08:00Ray - there is a PC 49 story in this annualRay - there is a PC 49 story in this annualGary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945802533317836555.post-69744135639626692292008-12-18T05:41:00.000-08:002008-12-18T05:41:00.000-08:00Collecting cheese labels was fun. Mostly from tria...Collecting cheese labels was fun. Mostly from triangles that came in many flavours like tomato, ham, blue cheese etc. Unlike today when cheese triangles come in just one flavour.<BR/>All through the fifties and into the early sixties the 'Eagle' was the number one comic followed closely by the 'Beano' and the 'Dandy'. If I recall rightly 'Lion' and 'Tiger' were the 'opposition'. Just as 'School Friend' was the rival to 'Girl'.<BR/>Size wise - think of 'Eagle' as 'Financial Times' and 'Lion' the equivelant of the 'Daily Mirror'. <BR/>As for the Eagle Annual itself mine ended up very much like the one pictured.<BR/>The only thing I have against this annual is that there are just tasters and not enough complete stories which is a pity.<BR/>Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't recall seeing a 'PC49' story in the annual. This character was brought to life in a BBC radio series.Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18154296143024548830noreply@blogger.com