The 80s Eagle

[tony ingram]

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I remember it! I'm trying to remember whether Doomlord was originally in Eagle or not as one of my friends couldn't stand Eagle (He only read 2000AD and Scream whereas I read all three) and yet I remember him being a major fan of Doomlord from the very beginning so that has got me scratching my head a bit.

Doomlord first appeared in the first issue of the revived Eagle, on 27th March 1982. He never appeared in any other title.

[robwheeler]

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Great work - thanks for uploading. 13th Floor used to scare the life out of me as a kid, now I see why. Now, please tell me that I didn't throw my old copies away......

[AFBulimia]

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I remember it! I'm trying to remember whether Doomlord was originally in Eagle or not as one of my friends couldn't stand Eagle (He only read 2000AD and Scream whereas I read all three) and yet I remember him being a major fan of Doomlord from the very beginning so that has got me scratching my head a bit.

The 13th Floor and Monster were definitely Scream originals and I seem to remember Eagle had a similar story to Monster which was a cross between Monster and Stig of the Dump. lol

[sixtyten]

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[willpurry]

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When they published a compilation of Doomlord strips I showed the photo on the cover to Grandma's cat and he had a right hiss.

[Techno]

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I remember it. It was re-launched in 1982 IIRC, those scans seem to be from post-1984 after Scream was merged into it, Scream is discussed elsewhere on this forum somewhere.

I remember that they did a 3D version with the coloured glasses. It was all the rage at the time, I think Tomorrow's World had a 3D edition. I also remember a top-shelf magazine doing a 3D edition...

I think they did a wall chart for the 1982 World Cup, the only time I ever took any interest in it.

I am sure I saw a book about the 1980s Eagle in a bookshop recently. I have had a quick look on Amazon but I can't find one for this period.

[tony ingram]

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Doomlord was terrific. The image of this skull faced alien drinking tea and watching Coronation Street with Mrs Souster, his landlady, has stayed with me for years (Servitor Vek was addicted to Corrie).

[Fearmint]

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Survival was a great strip but the last few episodes stank so hard it was depressing. It's worse even than the last episode of Lost.
The dodgy masks story of Manix was called "Manix meets the Uglies". I bought Eagle right from issue 1 and I could never get over the switch from the first Manix actor to the second bald one. And the drawn version was terrible. Like "Walk or Die", which as a photostrip was great but failed as drawn art.
Best story was 'the House of Daemon'. Fact.
I've scanned all my Eagles and am (slowly) tarting up the scans. Trying hard to resist re-reading them from the scans as I'm doing it but not really succeeding
Looking forward to when it's done and compiling all the Doomlord's into one continuous 'graphic novel'

[ericthecavalier]

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I started buying Eagle properly in 1986 when The Computer Warrior started playing Gauntlet - was a huge fan of that strip. Started buying back issues at our local market so have issues from 82 onwards....and every single issue from 1985-1990, can't bear to throw them.
Fave strips

Computer Warrior
Survival
Doomlord
The 13th Floor
Charley's War

[tony ingram]

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Fab stuff - 13th Floor coming back to me now, and that Amstor thing looks familiar. Certainly was still with it by the time of the Doomlord Show...Anyone remember the early Manix photo-strip called something like "Rise of the Uglies"? Some scientist was making people super-strong, but also making them super-stupid and super-ugly in the process? Ended with them putting him in his own machine of course...

That was the one with the really obvious looking joke shop masks, as I recall. Still preferred the photo strips to the later strips, though-they made Eagle stand out.

[Falco]

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Fab stuff - 13th Floor coming back to me now, and that Amstor thing looks familiar. Certainly was still with it by the time of the Doomlord Show...Anyone remember the early Manix photo-strip called something like "Rise of the Uglies"? Some scientist was making people super-strong, but also making them super-stupid and super-ugly in the process? Ended with them putting him in his own machine of course...

[sixtyten]

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Left out the freebie and Dan Dare

[sixtyten]

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[sixtyten]

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