The late lamented comedy double act Morecambe and Wise
have an unusual connection to Eagle’s 1961
- 62 strip Danger Unlimited. The
strip was written by ‘Steve Alen’ whose real name was Leonard Fincham and who
in 1954 co-wrote Running Wild, the
very first TV series starring the pair. Another contributor to this show was
Denis Gifford, the comic historian. Unfortunately the series was a disaster and
put Morecambe and Wise off television for several years. However Leonard
Fincham had several more successful TV writing credits including single episodes
of The Avengers, The Invisible Man and the Police drama No Hiding Place and six episodes of Interpol Calling, for which he was also story editor. Danger
Unlimited, which ran for 29 episodes was not his only work for Eagle. He also wrote text stories under
the pseudonym Lee Mayne, notably the Special
Agent serials about Interpol Inspector Jean Collet, alias ‘the Hawk’.
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