One of the things which I re-discovered whilst having my clear-out this weekend was an early
Eagle comic which CJ and Jo gave me on my 60th birthday.
The Eagle was a superb children's comic and the only one that my parents would buy for me when I was young. For those who have never heard of it a brief read of the
Wikipedia article is worthwhile and interesting. And for those of you in that category then these illustrations will mean nothing - sorry. But for the few who will these should be quite nostalgic:
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| Dan Dare was the comic's well-known hero. But readers will always remember the Mekon too - a real baddie! |
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| The centre spread always had an educational cut-away of something. When I was reading it I recall Harris Tweed and Boy were where TinTin is here |
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| Text from centre spread |
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| It was quite adult in its approach |
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| Very 'British' |
Other names from this edition were PC49, Jeff Arnold (Riders of the Range) and Tommy Walls (an unashamed sponsorship by Walls Ice Cream). In fact there was quite a lot of advertising in the comic.
Reading this issue today I was struck by just how adult much of the content was in its approach and vocabulary.
I too was bought the Eagle but surprisingly can remember little about it.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I recognize here is TinTin. My brother and I had a number of those cartoon albums.
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