A
significant contributor to both Eagle and
Girl was George Cansdale, the
zoologist, writer and TV presenter who wrote half page strips about wildlife for seven years for Eagle, which included series called Around the Countryside, British Birds,
Prehistoric Animals, Our Pets and Nature
Had It First. Impressively ilustrated by Backhouse, Tom Adams and George
Bowe, these informative strips promoted readers’ interest in animals and the
natural world. But George’s involvement in ‘education without force’was not
confined to Eagle and Girl. He wrote several successful Ladybird books, notably The Ladybird Book of Pets and British Wild Animals. From the early
1950s he featured in several wildlife series on television and made regular appearances
on Children’s Hour on the radio.
After Eagle, he was a frequent guest
on Blue Peter on television through
the 1960s, 70s and early 80s.
Geoffrey
Bond wrote six Luck of the Legion novels
in the fifties and sixties and two were translated into French. These were Les
Tigres de Chai-Fang (Sergeant Luck Takes Over) in 1968 and La Garnison Fantome
(Carry On Sergeant Luck) in 1969. They were published by Alsatia with cover illustrations
by Pierre Joubert. Sergeant Luck was created for Eagle and his adventures ran from 1952 to 1961 and occupied the lower part of the centre spread, below the 'Cutaway' drawings. The strip was illustrated by Martin Aitchison.
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