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THE EAGLE SOCIETY is dedicated to the memory of EAGLE - Britain's National Picture Strip Weekly - the leading Boy's magazine of the 1950s and 1960s. We publish an A4, quarterly journal - the Eagle Times.

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Thursday 23 September 2021

EAGLE TIMES Vol. 34 No. 3 Autumn 2021


The new EAGLE Times is out now. Featuring an interview with writer Alan Hebden and an article about his strip The Tower King, the 1980s EAGLE is strongly represented in this issue. Dan Dare is featured in two articles - about the Phant war drum from the Rogue Planet story and Part Three of Ernest Reed's examination of The Phantom Fleet. There are also articles about the Riders of the Range story, Last of the Fighting Cheyenne, the back page biography of  Gordon of Khartoum and the first of a new series about Sporting Heroes who appeared in EAGLE features the famous West Indian cricketer Sir Learie Constantine. Finally, the new two part Archie Willoughby story which begins in this issue is set at the 1957 World Science Fiction Convention held in London and features several well known attendees.

2 comments:

Andrew C said...

Can I submit some information to the Eagle Society?

Jim Duckett said...

Yes of course, Andrew. Sorry to get back to you so late. Send your information as a comment on this blog or to the e-mail address on the right.