Thursday, 3 March 2022

Eagle Annual 014 (1965) Hulton Press

 

Eagle Annual 1965 gets smaller with less pages than previously, and has no engineering, science or nature sections. Even one of the Dan Dare stories is no longer in colour. Is this the beginning of a decline?

Published by : Odhams Books Ltd in 1964

Dimensions : 21cm x 26cm with 160 pages.

Selected highlights:
  • Was Christopher Marlowe murdered? Find out here.
  • Dan Dare sees Fire in the Sky!
  • See if you can Catch A Crook, again?
  • Flying Saucers. Fact or Fantasy?
Contents
STORIES ADVENTURE STRIPS 
Box of Tricks by John Challis4Dan Dare in March of the Ants10
Night Trip to Priory Rock by Edgar Garrett25Mann of Battle in Mission to the Marquis33
Crazy Cat Blues by Dick Tatham37Heros the Spartan in Mark of the Warrior41
The Numismatist by David Motton45Christopher Marlowe50
The Road From Gundagai by Brogan Roberts70Sgt. Bruce in Wages Snatch76
The Death Beam by James Kenner80Dan Dare in Fire in the Sky97
Fear Strikes the Forest by Edward Osmond93Blackbow the Cheyenne in Town for Ransom111
The Last Lap by Stephen Chelsworth106Mann of Battle in Thunder in the Desert125
Night Intruders by Roy Brown129Sgt. Bruce in The Highwaymen133
Dummy Run by Peter Chard137Blackbow the Cheyenne in The Storm Maker144
TRUE LIFE ADVENTURE INTEREST 
The Texas Rangers29Transport Crossword18
José de San Martín60Flying Saucers, Fact or Fantasy ?19
Mountain Rescue101Puzzle Corner40
Captain Falconer and the Pirates155The Fastest Man on Land56
SPORT Delta X-Ray Six88
Soccer, and the Men Who Made It14Steam on the Road115
Cricket, and the Men Who Made It66The Adventure Trail120
Boomerangs at the Oval85Bicycles From the Beginning150
Motor Racing, and the Men Who Made It140HOBBIES 
HUMOUROUS STRIPS Going Fishing for Pike48
Fidosaurus9, 132Snap, Snappy, Snappiest74
XYZ Cars84, 159Going Fishing for Carp148



2 comments:

  1. So that file is just the strips - not the text features ?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Indeed, that is so. The scan I have does not include the text pages.

    ReplyDelete

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