The 80s Eagle

[MalcolmAndSheldon]

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Two good hand-drawn strips from the 80s Eagle which stuck in my mind were The Tower King - a post apocalyptic adventure where society is reduced to steam-powered medievalism - and The Fifth Horseman: a very strange yet compelling story where the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse appear and begin striking various places on the earth; as the story progressed, it transpired that the four horsemen were actually alien robots. Weird.

Anyone remember Joe Soap?

[ericthecavalier]

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Hi all,

Just found this great thread as I was reminiscing about the old Eagle comic earlier tonight. A couple of the stories that I used to love that haven't been mentioned yet (I think they were Eagle anyway) were Leopard of Lime St and another that I can't remember the name of about a secret agent who'd been 'augmented' to be super strong and fast and he had a computer sort of printed onto his skull.

I did a bit of digging and found most the 80s Eagle comics from 82-89 including many annuals and specials at a *cough* certain bay frequented by pirates *cough*. Hope that may be of use to some peeps

Leopard from Lime Street was in Buster comic (along with March of the Mighty Ones and The Terror Toys). Was the secret agent M.A.C.H O.N.E

[elbubsio]

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Hi all,

Just found this great thread as I was reminiscing about the old Eagle comic earlier tonight. A couple of the stories that I used to love that haven't been mentioned yet (I think they were Eagle anyway) were Leopard of Lime St and another that I can't remember the name of about a secret agent who'd been 'augmented' to be super strong and fast and he had a computer sort of printed onto his skull.

I did a bit of digging and found most the 80s Eagle comics from 82-89 including many annuals and specials at a *cough* certain bay frequented by pirates *cough*. Hope that may be of use to some peeps

[70sLad]

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Hi. I kept my first copy (27th March 1982) and recently bought all the ones up to and including when it changed format to a normal comic. They (just!) fit nicely into one of those cardboard filing/storage boxes. It is a great comic and I loved buying it back in 1982/83. They do show up on ebay regularly for a decent price per issue.

[badlydrawnhamster]

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For anyone interested, here's all 52 pages from the first Doomlord photo strip: http://www36.zippyshare.com/v/QEiXqhfa/file.html

[Charles Buckingham]

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I remember one front cover had the photostrip actor as Doomlord...looked dead cool. Would love to see a website full of all the scanned stories.

Wasn't Invasion 1984 a storyline? Aliens conquering the world etc...?

No, Invasion 1984 was in The Battle but they cut it short to make way for Action Force

[darren]

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some great stuff there never heard of the eighties eagle till now.

i dont bother with ebay tho.

seems to be tons of them in this pic.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/eagle-comi...3D400803869626

if you don't mind spending a few quid , this is a good collection

[Jay Mc]

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/eagle-comi...3D400803869626

if you don't mind spending a few quid , this is a good collection

[marky437]

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That's all 50-60

:-( it's so difficult to find the 80's Eagles in one "complete" pack.......sigh lol

[sixtyten]

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That's all 50-60

[marky437]

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Is that 80s Eagle or the 50-60s? Lol I'll ask - thanks

[Jay Mc]

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EAGLE-COMI...item3a9bb76ee5

There you go and all for less than a big mac meal

[marky437]

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The 80's Eagle - had loads of these in comic but were ruined when i moved house in the late 80's. I was wondering if anyone knows where i can get a electronic scans of all the old 80's Eagles?? What i find irritating is that the classic Dan Dare have had vol after vol of reprints in hard back - yet the 80's Eagle/Dan Dare = nothing and he had some really good stories one of my favs was 'The Flesh Eaters' lol. Would be grateful for any advice

[Charles Buckingham]

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I only periodically read The Eagle, I was too young to remember the original and found it in many ways a little too macarbre for my taste, preferring the more conventional military storys in The Battle etc. But it did have some great tales;

The Collector scared the hell out of me, I remember the story where these 2 guys rear a carnivorous plant that ends up eating them gave me nightmares

Doomlord, again amazingly callous and sadistic, the way it just arbitarily killed off people was horrifying. I never liked it in the photo form (save that for the girl's romance comics) but got much better once it was drawn


Manix was my favourite, again rubbish as a photo strip, I remember 2 characters in one story that were supposed to be transformed into monsters and this was achieved by having them wear masks that looked like they came from a joke shop. Also they kept changing Manix's appearance presumably because the actor who played him got a better gig? Once it was drawn it was excellent, then he could deal with hijacked nuclear submarines and knock down attacking jets by hurling the tailplane from a shot-down transport aircraft at it.

I also liked the one where there were two brothers, one of whom had been mutated by radiation (back when nuclear power was the big scary and not the solution to global warming). Was Death Wish in The Eagle? The story of a millionaire playboy who was horribly disfigured and was incredibly brave in his adventures because he no longer cared if he lived or died?

[JM28Cardiff]

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I remember a strip called Death Wish, about a horribly burned stuntman who wore a mask.