Join Pete and Dave and special guest Richard Sheaf of The Boys Adventure Comic Blog, as we look at the 1984 Eagle Annual – a tome with more fun in its stocking than Joe Soap’s dodgy carrier bag!

In this short confessional, Peter describes his first jumping off point: late September (or was it December?) 1983, when he ditched the Eagle for someone much greener… https://archive.org/download/ee2mandown/EE2%20Man%20Down.mp3 Download

Where Eagles Dare reaches the end of 1983 and its second annual Ernies, looking back at the new Eagle comic! Photostories came to an end, and a new-look comic was hatched. Which story flew? Which creators had the sharpest talons? Join us in this look beak- er, back at the year that changed new eagle. … Continue reading WED 28 – 1983 Ernies

Join Pete and Dave for Christmas 1983. Doomlord, the Hand and Crow Street get festive, Dan Dare gets biblical, Walk or Die gets a B-plot reboot, and Manix gets as toasty as chestnuts on an open fire…

Join Pete and Dave for a somewhat chaotic episode, where we meet Dan Dare’s little friend’s little friend, Hitler comes a cropper, The Hand gets silly(er), and there’s one hell of a french test in Walk or Die.

Join Pete and a bleary Dave for new Eagle issues 83 to 86 covering October/November 1983. Inside we continue with the new look, Danny Pike comes out swinging, Doomlord goes to the dogs, Dan Dare gets Timad, and Manix is the wurst!

Join Pete and Dave for a look at the new look new Eagle for issues 79-82 from September and October 1983.

In issue 78, the new Eagle comic reached its last photo-strip issue – and its future was just around the corner in a quietly-heralded editorial of exciting change. Ringing in these changes in Where Eagles Dare, Peter and Dave are joined by Phillip Vaughan of the ComicScene Podcast to discuss the fumetti era of Eagle … Continue reading WED 23 – Photo Finish!

Shall We Play a Game? In the first Eagle Eye, Where Eagles Dare looks at ‘Eagle: Tops For Photo Stories!’, a unique roleplaying game set around the photo strips of the new Eagle comic, played in Wellington over Anniversary Weekend, January 2019. Featuring an interview with game creator Morgan Davie, we discuss the gameplay, the … Continue reading Eagle Eye 1: ‘Eagle – Tops For Photo Stories!’

It’s here! Where Eagles Dare reaches issues 75-78 – the last photostrip issues of the new Eagle. Inside Manix reaches an Ugly conclusion, Dan Dare reboots his war on the Mekon, Luke Hackett’s mob mission goes Hands-free, It’s back to school for Crowe St Comp, Walk or Die gets cabin fever… and Sgt Streetwise returns! … Continue reading WED 22 – Hoofs Mon!