Eagle Times Summer 2016 Issue Out Now

By John Freeman on July 9, 2016

The latest issue of the Eagle Society’s Eagle Times is available now, featuring:

The Adventures of Tintin: King Ottokar’s Sceptre – a comparison of three editions of Herge’s picture strip story: the 1947 book by Casterman of Paris, its first publication in English in Eagle in 1950, and the later edition, by Methuen (in a different translation) in 1958
Man of Courage – part 2, concluding an examination of Eagle’s strip about the life of St. Vincent de Paul, and its “mystery” writer, Francis Dickson, alias “R.B. Saxe”
Dan Dare Storyboard 1950 – on a recently acquired original board for one of the Dan Dare film strips based on the first Venus story and produced in the 1950s by Martin Lucas Ltd as part of their Mini Cine range
PC49 and the Case of the Purple Holdall – the latest Eagle Times adaptation of a PC49 radio story, originally written by Alan Stranks
The Devil’s Henchmen – an examination of the seven-episode black-and white western strip that appeared in Eagle in 1962, drawn by the former ‘Riders of the Range’ artist, Frank Humphris
As Drawn by Ashwell Wood: Some Dan Dare Era Spaceships – on the space-related artwork of Leslie Ashwell Wood, Eagle‘s most prolific cutaway artist, featuring work from Eagle (1954), the Dan Dare Spacebook (1952) and his Inside Information series (1970)
Eagle‘s Special Investigator Macdonald “Mac” Hastings – on the life of Eagle’s well-known journalist, whose written works outside Eagle included a series of mystery novels featuring an investigator called Montague Cork
From Ruislip to Troy – a look at the long and varied career of the former ‘Garth’ artist, Martin Asbury
The Eagle Society Annual Gathering 2016 – a report on the Society’s visit to Donnington Manor Hotel in Sevenoaks, Kent, where the theme was ‘Great Lives of Eagle’, and visits were made to Chartwell (Winston Churchill’s former home) and Quebec House, Westerham (former home of General James Wolfe)
In and Out of the Eagle: some more episodes in the series presenting collections of Eagle-related snippets
They Helped to Bring You Eagle: No. 2 Bruce Smith – the layout artist and creative letter-heading artist, who worked on Eagle in the 1960s
Rivals of Jeff Arnold: Tex Ritter – the cowboy singer and film star, who featured in comic books published by Fawcett and Charlton Comics

• Membership of The Eagle Society is via Annual Subscription to Eagle Times magazine, which is published four times annually. The Subscription rate for 2016 is UK £27, Overseas £38 (in £s Sterling, please)

Postal applications to: Keith Howard, 25A Station Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 2UA United Kingdom

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John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “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.

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