Eagle Annual 024 (1975) Hulton Press

 

Eagle Annual 1975 was the last of the first series. Times were changing rapidly as were boys' tastes in magazine and annuals. However, the old favourites such as Dan Dare made it through to the end, even if some of the others fell by the wayside. Odd that Dan Dare's rocket look suspiciously like a combination of Thunderbirds 1 and 3...

Original Price : 90p

Published by : IPC Magazine Ltd, A Fleetway Annual in 1974

Dimensions : 19cm x 27.5cm with 128 pages.

Selected highlights:

• Looking into Space predicts men on Mars
• Focus your stamp collection on Railways
• Ships Through the Ages says you could build a nuclear powered ship for £14,500,000 in 1962
• Dan Dare misses out on a White Christmas

Contents
Dan Dare	4	Round the World By Rail	68
You Know Them - or Do You?	12	The Knight Who Never Was	70
Thumbing a Lift From the Sharks	13	Falling to Earth - At 120 Miles an Hour	73
El Bandido	16	They Don't Know Their Food ABC	76
Question Time	22	Trapped At Three Fathoms	79
Seeing Isn't Believing	24	Speedway - The Thrills and Spills Sport	81
Famous Fathers, Famous Sons	25	The Bandit Buster	86
Laugh Time	30	He was the Greatest Hoaxer of Them All	94
Danger in the Snow	32	Smile Please!	96
Finger Tip From Disaster	40	Nothing New Under the Sun - The Tank	97
Cook's Tour	41	Choose Your Car	98
Secret of the Forbidden Mountain	42	A Worthwhile Trip	100
The Phantom Raiders	45	Before the Take-Off	104
Hares On the Racing Track	46	So You Want To Be a Soccer Star?	106
Nothing New Under the Sun - Steam Turbine	49	Go On, Just Make a Guess!	110
Full Speed Ahead	50	Nothing New Under the Sun - The Compass	112
Greatest of Them All	54	Looking into Space	113
Nothing New Under the Sun - Cinerama	62	The Escape That Wasn't	118
Adventurers of the High Seas	63	Beast of the Gedauvan	120

Eagle Annual 023 (1974) Hulton Press

 

Eagle Annual 1974 has several pages of cartoons amongst its regulars. One page is dedicated to computer gags, with mice being the cause of a computer fault. Nothing changes...

Original Price : 80p

Published by : IPC Magazines Ltd, A Fleetway Annual in 1973

Dimensions : 19.5cm x 27.5cm with 128 pages.

Selected highlights:

• The Mail man has his story told
• A Man Called Nimble - I thought that was bread?
• Learn about locks and keys
• Practise a few simple magic tricks

Contents (adjusted from 3 columns to 2 for this web page)
Dan Dare and the Space Poachers	3	The Mountain	64
London Landmark	11	Britain's First Bobbies	65
Earthquake	12	Heroes in a Mission of Horror	66
Wolfe of Quebec	14	Tregarth's Luck	68
Super Savers!	16	Life Savers in Action	74
Did You Know?	18	Hard-to-Hit Warrior	75
All the Fun of the Fifth	19	Wartime Wonders	76
Duel in the Desert	20	One of the Bull Dog Breed	80
Have a Laugh	22	A Man Called Nimble	82
Eternal Water Baby	23	Guardians of Sport	92
The Story of Tin	24	Moving the Mail	96
The Day Theodore Got Them Hooked	26	The Lions are Loose	98
Face to Face with an A-Bomb	29	When Knights were Bold	100
Up to All Sorts of Tricks	36	Kidnapped by Texas Rangers	102
Shoes by the Million	38	Quick on the Draw	104
Trial by Battle	40	Hidden Dangers Below the Waves	105
Have a Laugh	48	The Better Man	106
Super Strikers!	49	They're a Big Hit!	108
To the Death!	50	What Do you Know About War?	111
World Cup Story	52	It's a Dog's Life	112
Have a Laugh	55	Danger - Computers at Work	113
Let's Lock Up!	56	Daredevil on the Devil's Tower	114
Brain Box	58	Crime-Busting - The Scientific Way	116
Balloons for Lumberjacks	60	Super Strikers!	119
Fun and Games in the Highlands	62	Secret of Lagoon Island	120

Eagle Annual 022 (1973) Hulton Press

Eagle Annual 1973 sees Dan Dare survive to fight another day and also has major articles on martial arts and fighting with foils. Also has a story on boxing. Violent times, perhaps?

Original Price : 75p

Published by : IPC Magazines Ltd, A Fleetway Annual in 1972

Dimensions : 19.5cm x 27.5cm with 128 pages.

Selected highlights:

• Pele appears to have a blue face
• Attacked by Ants is followed by the Attack on Pearl Harbour
• Digby is attacked by a sabre-toothed winged beast
• Speed Champions shows how much Formula 1 has changed over the years

Contents
	page		page
Dan Dare and		Go-go gunners	59
the Planet of Peril	4	String and struts	65
The king of football	13	Speed champions	74
The charioteers	18	The martial arts of Japan	81
The great train chase	22	The square ring	90
Christmas cards	33	Attacked by ants	91
Water sports above and below the		The attack on Pearl Harbour	97
waves	34	Pleasure piers	98
The births of bridges	40	Portuguee's ride	100
Fencing with foils	43	The day the games ended	102
The aerial steam carriage	49	The heroes of Wembley	108
Winning with a wreck	50	Two pioneers of the space age	113
The battle of Johnson's drift	52	Chief Joseph's long march	116

Eagle Annual 021 (1972) Hulton Press

Eagle Annual 1972 sees decimalisation hide a 12% rise in the price. Dan Dare fights the Mekon again and H.M.S. Victory is cutaway once more, only this time in colour. Time and its recording are explained.

Original Price : 70p

Published by : IPC Magazines Ltd in 1972

Dimensions : 19.5cm x 27cm with 128 pages.

Selected highlights:

• Learn about Admiral Nelson
• The Shot that lead to World War 1
• Find out who was the best football goalkeeper
• Explore the Isle of Man's TT circuit

Contents
He Lived His Books	2
Dan Dare and the Mekon Menace	5
Descent to Danger	13
How Time Has Marched On	14
The Unseen Barrier	16
The Runaway Engine	19
The Bumper Bundles	26
Close Shave	31
The Beginnings of Flight	32
Special Investigator	40
The Siege of Castlemorrone	41
Football's Famous Families	49
Gladiator of the Skies	54
Poison in their Tentacles	56
The Battle for the Bridge	58
The Story of Swimming	60
The Balloon Buster	63
Nelson	66
H.M.S. Victory	72
The World's Most Important Motorcyle Race	74
The Shot that killed Millions	78
The Smoke Jumpers	80
Clouds of Sail	86
The Bombardment of Paris	88
The Train that Downed a Plane	95
Sixty to One	96
Well Saved	99
Contests of Strength and Skill	104
The Mystery of Grelsea Island	106
The Unfinished Duel	113
The Last Victory	121
Early Laughter Makers	125
The Wolf Rock Lighthouse	126

Eagle Annual 020 (1971) Hulton Press

 

Eagle Annual 1971 is the first published by IPC magazines physically shrinking again, but raising the page count as a compensation. Dan Dare seems to be the only regular carried over from previous issues leaving plenty of space for both fiction and non-fiction stories.

Original Price : 12s 6d (62½p)

Published by : IPC Magazines Ltd in 1970

Dimensions : 19.5cm x 27cm with 128 pages.

Selected highlights:

• Kamikazi Squadrons explained
• Learn about the seaplane forerunners to the Spitfire
• See how the West was Tamed
• Understand Heraldic design

Contents
Round the World with Drake	2-3
The Race to the North Pole	5
Dan Dare and the Funfair of Death	7
The Story of William Tell	15
The Fall of Constantinople	17
Sink at Sight!	25
The Incredible Trek	26
Menace of the Tropic Seas	28
Track Chat	30
Iwo-Jima	33
Murder of a King	41
New Horses on the Old Trails	42
Deep-Sea Trawling	44
Birth of the Ashes	48
Drive to Danger	49
Daredevil Dragsters	52
The Lost City of the Incas	56
The Wonderful Story of Heraldry	62
The Taming of the West	70
The Wonderful World of Charles Dickens	76
The Bridge over the Remagen	81
The Race that helped to win a War	87
The Diving Dutchman	88
The Spanish Doubloon	90
Master Marksmen	96
Highways to Tomorrow	102
The Rescue of Arrow IV	103
In the Land of Oil	108
Land of the Corsairs	112
The Runner who Humiliated Hitler	114
Danger-Man at Work!	115
Suicide Squadron	120
The Lonely Men of the Sea	126

Eagle Annual 019 (1970) Hulton Press

 

Eagle Annual 1970 grows in size, physically, but shrinks in the number of pages. Aeromodelling gets a good review as does the subject of collecting picture cards. The regulars of Dan Dare and Guinea-pig show up as usual.

Original Price : 12s 6d (62½p)

Published by : Odhams Books Ltd in 1969

Dimensions : 23cm x 30.5cm with 116 pages.

Selected highlights:

• Dan Dare rides a hoverscooter
• Blackbow fights off a cougar
• The B.R.M. racing car is cutaway
• E.S.P. gets a testing

Contents

Ransom for a Colt 4

Crossword Corner 8

The Iron Man 9

The Magic Mile 13

The Hoodoo 17

Farming the Sea Bed 21

Legends in Their Lifetime: Edward Whymper 25

Shadow of the Guillotine 28

Collecting Picture Cards 32

Both Feet on the Ground 36

The Great Race for Dawson 41

Mickey Merlin 46

Legends in Their Lifetime: Charlie Chaplin 50

Volunteer for Adventure 52

The Guinea-Pig 57

Undersea Patrol 61

Championship Cars: Bentley 4½-litre 66

The Iron Man 68

Men of Many Sports 72

Dan Dare and the World of Thought 77

Alfred the Great 81

Blackbow the Cheyenne 85

Scouts' World 90

Slumberjack 94

The Long Arm of Interpol 96

It's the Thought That Counts! 100

The Sky Buccaneers 102

Championship Cars: BRM 1½-litre 108

Satellite One-Zero 110