EAGLE 79

COVER DATE: 24th September, 1983

FREE GIFT
Potato gun and Mekon Target Poster

NOTES
First issue with all drawn strip. Change in paper stock and format.

CONTENTS

Dan Dare

Fireflight 45 episodes (Eagle 39 to 83) 130 pages
Script: Pat Mills, Artist: Ian Kennedy
Featuring: The Mekon
Colour centrespread and back page. Episode in Eagle 44 redrawn from Frank Hampson's original art. Story started in Fireflight continued untitled from Eagle 48. Changed to colour cover and centrespread in Eagle 50. Ran as colour centrespread and one B&W page in Eagle 79. Ran as colour cover, centrespread and one B&W page in Eagle 82 and Eagle 83.

Doomlord

The Deathlords 14+ episodes (Eagle 79 to 93) 45 pages
Script: Alan Grant, Artist: Heinzl

Crowe Street Comp.

Crowe Street Comp. 45+ episodes (Eagle 49 to 93) 135 pages
Script: Fred Baker, Artist: Rex Archer

The Hand

The Hand 24+ episodes (Eagle 70 to 93) 64 pages
Script: Gerry Finley-Day, Artist: Vanyo
Colour. First episode printed on interior and back page. Changed from full-colour to B&W in Eagle 79.

Walk or Die

Walk or Die 29+ episodes (Eagle 65 to 93) 102 pages
Script: Scott Goodall, Artist: Howard Payton, Escolano
Photo-strip. Changed to line-art in Eagle 79

Manix

The Hitler File 10 episodes (Eagle 79 to 88) 30 pages
Script: Alan Grant, Artist: Manuel Carmona

One-Eyed Jack

The Jigsaw Killer 2 episodes (Eagle 79 to 80) 6 pages
Script: Unknown, Artist: John Cooper

The Fists of Danny Pyke

The Fists of Danny Pyke 15+ episodes (Eagle 79 to 93) 45 pages
Script: John Wagner, Artist: John Burns
Ran uncredited in Eagle 85.

The Amstor Computer

714299 - The Computer Murder (Eagle 79 to 79) 2 pages
Script: B J Tomlinson, Artist: Jose Ortiz
Readers could submit story numbers. The winning reader had their number used in the strip and won £5

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