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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.

This weblog has been created to provide an additional, more immediate, forum for news and commentary about the society and EAGLE-related issues. Want to know more? See First Post and Eagle - How it began.
Showing posts with label Sir Walter Raleigh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sir Walter Raleigh. Show all posts

Wednesday, 11 August 2021

EAGLE TIMES Vol. 34 No.2 Summer 2021

 


The latest EAGLE Times is out now. It includes tributes to the late Don Harley and the Duke of Edinburgh and articles about the back page biography of Sir Walter Raleigh and the Riders of the Range strip The Heir of Duncreiff. Dan Dare features in articles about his Phantom Fleet adventure and Frank Hampson's studio ideas book. There is also a feature about how the EAGLE Book of Cars and Motorsport inspired some young readers to restore a jeep and the final instalment of the latest Archie Willoughby adventure The Case of the Plastic Cowboys. Details of how to join the Society and obtain copies are on the right.

Tuesday, 13 April 2021

EAGLE TIMES Vol. 34 No. 1


 The new EAGLE TIMES is out now and now is a good time to subscribe for all four 2021 issues. A subscription is just £30 for U.K. addresses and cheques should be sent to: Bob Corn, Wellcroft Cottage, Wellcroft, Ivinghoe, Bucks LU7 9EF.

This 48 page Spring issue features articles about the Dan Dare adventure The Phantom Fleet, the Riders of the Range adventure The War With Geromino, the 1960s TV show Ready Steady Go, Ashwell Wood's Cutaway drawing of the 1953 National Radio Show, the new 'humorous' Ladybird books, the 1961 strip The Golden Man about Sir Walter Raleigh and the first part of a new two part Archie Willoughby story The Case of the Plastic Cowboys.