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By John Freeman on 18 July 2007

The latest issues of Eagle Times (the quartely journal of the EagleSociety, dedicated to the memory of Britain’s National picture stripweekly – Eagle) is now out.

50+ A4 pages (of which 20 are in colour, including beautiful full colour Frank Hampson covers) on all things related to Eagle magazine.

The lead article is on Frank Hampson’s work pre-and post-Dan Dare. Other features are Keith Watson’s take on Dan Dare, Dan Dare artist Harold Johns, a PC49 radio play adaptation, Frank Hampson’s homes, 50s pop music, new fiction from Geoffrey ‘Luck of the Legion’ Bond, letters and much more besides.

Publication dates are as follows:

31st March,

30th June

30th September

14th December

Subscription rates are are as follows:

UK members £22

Overseas members (surface mail) £26

Overseas members (air mail) £29 in £’s sterling please.

Editorial address: Editorial office, 24 Stanfield Road, Duston, Northants, NN5 6EZ

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.