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Dan Dare inspired British firm gets Boeing backing
Boeing has announced its investment in Reaction Engines Limited, a leader in advanced propulsion systems based in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Reaction Engines’ technology will contribute to the next generation of hypersonic flight and space access vehicles. Reaction Engines is known… Read More ›
New York Times best-selling thriller author James Swallow pens new Commando tale
Hallucinations in the Burmese jungle, dogfights above the curvature of the Earth, betrayals in France, and friends torn apart by World War Two! It’s all happening in the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 5243 – 5246), out soon… Read More ›
In the Spotlight: Marvel UK’s European Comic Reprints
Over on his Boys Adventure Comics Blog, downthetubes contributor Richard Sheaf has highlighted the inclusion of a strip from Le Lombard‘s Franco-Belgian Tintin comic magazine in a short-lived Marvel UK comic. It’s an example of European reprint by the company,… Read More ›
British Interplanetary Society to celebrate the Eagle comic and the launch of the career of Dan Dare
On the 14th April 1950, a generation of spotty kids, some of which would become major players in British aerospace business, picked up an imposing colourful and authoritative weekly magazine (masquerading as a comic) which had been especially designed… Read More ›
Remembering Marvel UK’s The Real Ghostbusters: An Interview with artist Brian Williamson
One of the first comics I wrote for on a regular basis, thanks to faith in me from launch editor Richard Starkings, was Marvel UK’s The Real Ghostbusters. Well, there’s now a fan site dedicated to the title – The… Read More ›
Creating Comics: A Turn of the Millennium Interview with Alan Moore, Part Two
First published on the Engine Comics web site way back in 2002, this is the second part of a wide-ranging interview with Alan Moore specifically about writing comics with Daniel Whiston is a fascinating read, and is re-published here on… Read More ›
Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Dan Dare at the British Interplanetary Society
To co-incide with the 65th anniversary of seminal British picture strip weekly, Eagle, the British Interplanetary Society held a one day conference on Tuesday 14th April 2015 entitled ‘Yesterday’s Tomorrow’. Richard Sheaf reports… A packed programme introduced by the… Read More ›
New “Daredevil” licensed clothing, mugs and t-shirts inspired by Netflix show on the way
Disney Consumer Products is clearly setting some store in the success of the Marvel Netflix series, Daredevil, because it recently unveiled a lineup of product partners for the new show, which will return for a second season on the digital subscription… Read More ›
“Eagle Daze” – Part One: When an Eagle became ensnarled in a Mirror’s Net
We are pleased to publish the memories of Roger Perry – memories of now more than half-a-century ago – of his days at Fleetway Publications working on Girl and Eagle… When an Eagle became ensnarled in a Mirror’s Net “Halfway through 1962,… Read More ›