A list of stories published in the IPC/Fleetway Publications boys' comic Eagle between 1982 and 1994.
Published: occasional between 3 April to 25 December 1982
Writer: Barrie Tomlinson
Published: 24 September 1983 to 7 June 1986
Writers: Barrie Tomlinson, Alan Hebden, Chris Lowder, Ian Rimmer, James Nicholas, A. Stone, J. Louiss, C. Potter, Roy Preston, Brian Burrell, N. Allen, J. Trevelyan, Ian Mennell, Fred Baker, R. Davies, Ken Armstrong, John Richardson
Artist: José Ortiz, John Cooper, Cam Kennedy, Jesus Redondo, Mike Dorey, Ron Turner, John Stokes, Nevio Zeccara, Alberto Giolitti, Ian Kennedy, John Vernon, Mario Capaldi, John Richardson, Dave D'AntiquesInputting codes into the powerful Amstor Computer generates stories.
Published: 17 May to 23 August 1986
Writer: Gerry Finley-Day
Artists: Jose Ferrer, Eduardo Lozano, Alfonso Azpiri, Jesus PeñaHumanity comes under attack from enormously mutated South American ants.
Published: 7 March to 29 August 1987
Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant (as W. Steele)
Artist: Mike WesternPaul Cannon is a science teacher by day and vigilante by night.
Published: 8 September to 22 December 1990
Writer: Tom Tully
Artist: Eric BradburyA strange creature prowls a fairground.
See main article: Billy's Boots.
Published: 6 April 1985 to 10 May 1986.
Writer: Fred Baker
Artist: John GillattAfter discovering the ancient boots of former footballer Charles 'Dead Shot' Keen, young Billy Dane finds himself playing with the skill of the late England International.
See main article: Bloodfang.
Published: 9 June 1984 to 30 March 1985
Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant (as F. Martin Candor)
Artist/s: Jim Baikie, Carlos Cruz-Diez, VanyoThe life of a Tyrannosaur, later captured by time-travelling bounty hunters and shipped to a zoo in the 22nd century.
Published: 18 February to 1 September 1984
Writers: Scott Goodall, Gerry Finley-Day
Artists: VanyoPeter Trent's twin brother Bob is regressed to a primitive mindset by an industrial accident as the pair try to locate their family.
Published: 28 July to 11 August 1984
Writer: Alan Grant
Artist: Josep Gual
See main article: Charley's War.
Published: 30 January 1988 to 21 April 1990
Artist: Joe Colquhoun Charley Bourne fights in the British army during World War I.
Published: 27 March to 25 December 1982, 19 February 1983
Writers: Roy Preston, Brian Burrell, Alan Moore, Gerry Finley-Day, Malcolm Shaw, Ian Rimmer, Fred Baker, Simon Geller, Ian MennellA being called The Collector introduces morality tales based around items in his collection.
See main article: Computer Warrior.
Published: 6 April 1985 to January 1994
Writers: John Wagner (as D. Spence and R. Clark), Brian Waddle, James Nicholas
Artist: John Cooper, Ian Kennedy, Sandy James, Mike Western, Robin Smith, Mike Dorey, Dave D'AntiquesBobby Patterson finds he can play computer games for real using a "real life code".
Published: 7 May to 29 August 1987
Writer: Alan Hebden
Artists: Carlos Ezquerra, Mike Dorey Bronski, a former KGB agent who lost favour and was punished with hard labour, is recalled to Moscow to join the Special Directorate, a newly formed security team created to combat crime and corruption.
Published: 26 February to 28 July 1983
Writer: Fred Baker
Artist: Rex ArcherThe adventures of a group of comprehensive schoolchildren.
Published: 25 January to 10 May 1986
Writer: Scott Goodall
Artists: Horacio Lalia, John RichardsonDawn Destructor aren't just world famous rock stars; band members Missy Troll, lead guitarist 'Big Chew' Charlie Carver, keyboardist 'Iceberg' Slim Rodell and bassist Girl Pete also run a crime-fighting hotline after hours.
See main article: Dan Dare.
Published: 27 March 1982 to January 1994
Writers: Barrie Tomlinson (as D. Horton), Pat Mills, John Wagner, Tom Tully, B. Jones
Artists: Ron Embleton, Oliver Frey, Ian Kennedy, Frank Hampson, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Jesus Redondo, John Gillatt, Manuel Carmona, Keith Watson, Andrew Skilleter, Keith Page, David Pugh, Jonathan Howard, John M. BurnsDan Dare must face the challenge of his great-great-grandfather's oldest enemy, The Mekon.
Published: 28 April 1990 to 16 February 1991
Writer: Tom Tully
Artists: Francisco Solano LópezA group of teenagers leave school and decide to set up a vigilante organisation.
See main article: Death Wish (comics).
Published: 6 April 1985 to 23 January 1988
Writer: Barrie Tomlinson (as D. Horton)
Artists: Vanyo, Rex ArcherLeft with huge facial injuries after a crash, Formula One ace Blake Edmonds dons a mask and sets put to find a stunt that will kill him.
Published: 5 September 1987 to 2 July 1988
Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant (as A. O'Kay)
Artist/s: Robin Smith, Dave D'AntiquesScotland Yard has a new detective - the unstoppable robotic Zed.
Published: 14 June 1986 to 21 February 1987
Writer: Brian Waddle
Artist: John M. BurnsUnemployed friends Chas, Kaz and Dogbone search for jobs and ways to make money.
See main article: Doomlord.
Published: 27 March to 19 June 1982; 14 August to 24 December 1982; 26 February to 2 July 1983; 24 September 1983 to 14 October 1989
Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant (as Grant Grover); Alan Grant
Artists: Alberto Giolitti (as Heinzl), Eric Bradbury, Geoff Senior, Dave D'AntiquesA merciless, powerful alien Doomlord judging humanity's right to exist arrives on Earth.
Published: 28 April 1990 to June 1991[3]
Writer: David Robinson[3]
Artists: Alan Burrows, John Gillatt, Richard Elson, John Stokes[3]
Published: 26 February to 16 July 1983[3]
Writer/s: Alan Hebden[3]
Artist: José Ortiz[3] American adventurer Thaddius Thorn investigates the purported coming of the World Destroyer, the mythical Fifth Horseman.
Published: 21 September 1983 to 21 July 1984; 18 August 1984 to 30 March 1985[3]
Writer: John Wagner (as D. Spence)[3]
Artists: John M. Burns, Josep Gual[3] Scouse amateur boxer Danny Pyke aims for the world championship.
Published: 27 December 1984 to 30 March 1985[3]
Writer: John Wagner, Pat Mills[3]
Artist: John Cooper[3] An unbalanced secret agent is given a superhumanly strong artificial hand to replace one lost during torture.
Published: 30 January to 16 July 1988[3]
Writer: Barrie Tomlinson (as D. Horton)[3]
Artists: Vanyo, Rex Archer[3] A squad of ghost detectives solve crimes.
Published: 28 April to 21 July 1990[3]
Writer: James Nicholas[3]
Artists: Eric Bradbury[3]
Published: 26 February to 2 July 1983[3]
Writer: John Wagner and Alan Grant (as Ian Holland)[3]
Artist/s: Mike Dorey[3] Secret agent Gil Hazzard finds quitting British Intelligence harder than expected.
Published: 6 April to 5 October 1985[3]
Writer: A. Power[3]
Artist: Mike Western, Sandy James[3] Athletically gifted feral boy Jamie Speed is discovered running on the moors. Subsequently, Jamie is adopted by a police officer known as Seargent Joe who helps the boy become a professional athlete. However both Jamie and Joe find the world of athletics has an unsavoury side.
Published: 23 July 1983 to 11 February 1984[3]
Writer: Gerry Finley-Day[3]
Artists: Vanyo[3] Freelance photographer Luke Hackett loses his left hand in a car accident. It is replaced by that of dead gangster Luca Mancino, and starts to control him.
Published: 8 November 1986 to 28 February 1987[3]
Writer: Peter Milligan[3]
Artist: Mike Western[3] MI5 agents Clovis and Chowdhary are blackmailed into carrying out unsanctioned missions.
Published: 11 June to 27 August 1983[3]
Writer: Chris Lowder (as Jack Adrian)[3] Doctor Heinrich Streicher runs a foreboding sanatorium.
See main article: The House of Daemon.
Published: 11 September 1982 to 12 February 1983[3]
Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant[3]
Artist: José Ortiz[3] Architect Elliot Aldrich constructs a dream house for his wife Cassandra. However, the house became possessed by an "evil presence" calling itself Daemon
Published: 2 October to 25 December 1982, 22 January to 19 February 1983, 30 April to 4 June 1983[3]
Writer: Scott Goodall[3] Schoolboy Tim Talbot discovers he can become invisible.
Published: 26 June to 18 September 1982[3]
Writer: Gerry Finley-Day[3]
See main article: Joe Alien.
Published: 6 to 27 May 1989[3]
Artist: Ron Smith[3] The last survivor of friendly alien planet Xgangbe-4 takes the name Joe Alien and uses his telescopic limbs and highly advanced cybernetic brain to help Wildcat's crew find a new home. As such he is put in charge of Shuttle Two and its exploration team.
Published: 12 June to 21 August 1982; 1 to 29 January 1983[3]
Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant (as Grant Grover); Alan Grant[3] Joseph Soaper - also known as 'Joe Soap' - believes himself to be a "enquiry agent" and took inspiration from the tough private detectives in crime stories. However, he was actually a kind-hearted person - and not very successful at what he did, often overlooking important clues or annoying his clients and the police.
See main article: Johnny Red.
Published: 30 January 1988 to 14 October 1989[3]
Artist: John Cooper[3] British fighter pilot Johnny "Red" Redburn starts flying for the Russians in a Hawker Hurricane fighter.
Published: 9 July to 15 October 1988[3]
Artist: José Ortiz[3] In the 21st century war breaks out on Earth, and most of the adult population travels to the Moon to take part in the fighting. As such children step up to take numerous roles to keep the planet functioning in their absence, including policing.
See main article: Kitten Magee.
Published: 8 to 29 April 1989; 3 June to 14 October 1989[3]
Artist: José Ortiz, Alan Burrows[3] Formerly leader and benefactor of the militant World Campaign Against Male Dominance, Kitten Magee provides $20m from her fortune to help fund the Wildcat. As a result, Turbo Jones gives her command of Shuttle Three, backed by her followers and her robot Crud.
Published: 12 April to 20 December 1986[3]
Writer: G. Douglas[3]
Artist: Rex Archer[3] In 2063, the Johnson family crashes on the cube-obsessed world of Linkit and find themselves drawn into a civil war.
See main article: Loner (comics).
Published: 29 April to 20 May 1989; 21 October 1989 to 21 April 1990[3]
Artist: David Pugh, Eric Bradbury[3] The antisocial galactic mercenary known as Loner surprises everyone by putting $20m in his earnings (aided by a lottery win) towards the funding of Wildcat and is given the fourth exploration shuttle. Unlike the other parties he opts to only take his custom six-shooter Babe along to new planets.
See main article: M.A.C.H. 1.
Published: 30 August 1986 to 29 August 1987[3]
Writers: Pat Mills, John Wagner, Roy Preston, Steve MacManus, Alan Hebden[3]
Artists: Ian Kennedy, Mike Dorey, John Cooper, Barrie Mitchell, Jesus Redondo, Francisco Solano López, Massimo Belardinelli, Carlos Freixas, Ramon Sola[3] John Probe is a British Secret Service agent engaging in missions against Communists, terrorists and organised crime.
See main article: M.A.C.H. 1.
Published: 5 September to 12 December 1987[3]
Writers: Steve MacManus, Roy Preston (as G. Miller)[3]
Artists: Ian Kennedy, Mike Dorey, John Cooper, Barrie Mitchell, Jesus Redondo, Francisco Solano López, Massimo Belardinelli, Carlos Freixas, Ramon Sola[3] The early missions of John Probe.
See also: M.A.S.K. (franchise).
Published: 29 October 1988 to 25 March 1989.[3]
Writer: Peter Milligan[3]
Artists: John Cooper, Carlos Pino, Keith Page, A. Williams[3] M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) is an underground task force, battling the criminal organization V.E.N.O.M. (Vicious Evil Network of Mayhem).
See main article: Manix.
Published: 4 September 1982 to 11 June 1983; 9 July to 10 September 1983; 24 September 1983 to 30 March 1985[3]
Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant (as Grant Grover); Alan Grant (as Keith Law), Scott Goodall[3]
Artist: Manuel Carmona[3] Manix is a robotic secret agent, created by a secret department of the British government. His bosses used him to do hidden missions, sometimes using methods that the government and the public wouldn't like. Manix was highly intelligent but unable to think for itself or make moral judgements.
Published: 5 September 1987 to 23 January 1988[3]
Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant (as W. Steele), Alan Hebden[3]
Artists: Ian Kennedy, Mike Dorey[3] Following the successful launch of the M.A.N.T.A. Force ship, the World Government created the Red Venom to help Manta Force colonise New Earth. During its test runs the Red Venom is hijacked by a group of highly skilled soldiers called the Viper Squad. Under the command of Major Vex, the Viper Squad attempted to use the Red Venom to hijack the M.A.N.T.A. Force ship, so they could be the ones to colonise New Earth.
Published: 23 July to 8 October 1988[3]
Artists: Vanyo[3] Individuals discover a mask created by a wizard that turns the wearer into a villain.
Published: 1 September 1984 to 30 May 1985[3]
Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant (as R. Clark)[3]
Artist: Jesus Redondo[3] A deformed man ('Uncle Terry') who grew up locked in an attic inevitably escapes, tending to murder people he didn't like due to his inhuman strength and lack of social restraint.
Published: 28 July 1990 to July 1991[3]
Writers: James Nicholas, B. James[3]
Artists: John Gillatt, Eric Bradbury[3]
Published: 18 February to 25 August 1984[3]
Writer: Alan Hebden[3]
Artists: José Ortiz, Luis Bermejo, Phil Gascoine[3] A group of investigative TV reporters travel to war-torn countries and other dangerous locations.
See main article: One-Eyed Jack (comics).
Published: 9 July 1983 to 15 December 1984[3]
Writer: John Wagner[3]
Artist: John Cooper[3] Eyepatch-wearing Detective Jack McBane undertakes a ruthless war on New York's criminals.
Published: 21 October 1989 to 21 April 1991[3] Serial burglar Doctor Ratty Rat possesses with powerful sonic rasp.
See also: Roadblasters.
Published: 7 May to 22 October 1988[3]
Writer: Barrie Tomlinson (as D. Horton)[3]
Artist: Manuel Cardona[3] The Great Race is arranged on the planet Okreb in 2587, with Turbo Force and the Motor Lords battling for supremacy.
See main article: The Robo Machines (comics).
Published: 10 November 1984 to 27 July 1985[3]
Artists: Mario Capaldi, Kim Raymond[3] Evil scientist Stron-Domez builds Robo Machines and targets conquest of Earth, followed by Security Forces officer Ex-El and his own Robo Machines.
Published: 12 October 1985 to 4 October 1986[3]
Writer: Barrie Tomlinson (as D. Horton)[3]
Artist: Sandy James[3] The Special Operations Squad are an elite anti-terrorist task force consisting of Captain John West, Sergeant Thomas Mackenzie, Corporal Danny Lloyd and Henry ‘Fingers’ Malone called in for the toughest missions.
Published: 26 June to 18 September 1982[3]
Writer: Gerry Finley-Day[3] A mysterious stranger appears in a Mexican border town in the 1870s.
Published: 29 December 1990 to 16 February 1991[3]
Writer: David Robinson[3]
Artists: Vanyo[3] A secret division of Scotland Yard, dedicated to investigating cases involving supernatural beings.
Published: 27 March 1982 to 19 February 1983; 3 to 17 September 1983; 28 January to 31 March 1984[3]
Writer: Gerry Finley-Day[3]
Artist: John Vernon[3] DS Wise is an all-action undercover police officer on the streets of 1980s London, and a master of disguise.
Published: 3 August 1985 to 18 January 1986[3]
Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant (as Rick Clark)[3]
Artist: Mike Western[3] Police dog Shadow hunts for his master's killer.
Published: 6 April 1985 to 6 February 1986[3]
Artist: Jose Casanova, Phil Gascoine
Published: 24 September to 8 October 1988[3] Starcom protects Earth from the evil Emperor Dark.
Published: 9 January 1988 to 21 April 1990[3]
Writers: James Nicholas[3]
Artists: Vanyo[3] The Mole commands anti-terrorist unit Storm Force - consisting of Storm, Stiletto, Magnus, Griffin, Mikron and Porcupine - against foes including Tarantula and the Web Masters.
Published: 7 March 1987 to 30 April 1988[3]
Writer: Barrie Tomlinson (as D. Horton)[3]
Artist: José Ortiz[3] A deadly virus wipes out most of Earth's population apart from a few people with a rare blood group, including young Mark Davies.
See main article: The Thirteenth Floor (comic strip).
Published: 1 September 1984 to 28 February 1987[3]
Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant (under the pseudonym Ian Holland)[3]
Artist: José Ortiz[3] Crazed computer Max in charge of an elevator in a 17-storey apartment building - when someone bad or evil steps inside, Max would take them to The Thirteenth Floor, a virtual reality where they would be tormented or killed.
Published: 27 March to 25 September 1982[3]
Writer: Tom Tully[3] Two talented young footballers - Colin 'Thunderbolt' Dexter and Leo 'Smokey' Beckles - attempt to recruit an under-14s team for their school.
Published: 11 October 1986 to 28 February 1987[3]
Writer: Barrie Tomlinson (as D. Horton)[3]
Artists: Ian Kennedy, Sandy James[3] After Simon Studkins saves the life of a tiny magical creature, it grants him wishes - though they have a tendency to backfire.
See main article: The Tower King.
Published: 27 March to 4 September 1982[3]
Writers: John Wagner and Alan Grant[3]
Artist: José Ortiz[3] Following a nuclear war, a malfunctioning solar-powered satellite bathes the Earth in radiation that makes the production of electricity in any form impossible. Without heating, transport, food, or communication and in the middle of a heavy winter, London swiftly falls into mass panic, resulting in pseudo-medieval anarchy.
Published: 21 October 1989 to 21 April 1991[3]
Artists: Francisco Solano López[3] Orphan Nick Jardine finds his late grandfather's collection of killer toys.
See main article: Turbo Jones.
Published: 8 to 22 April 1989; 3 to 10 June 1989[3]
Artist: Vanyo[3] Science-hero Turbo Jones discovered the meteor shower set to destroy Earth in 2492, and is the driving force behind the Wildcat mission. He also heads up one of the exploration teams, aided by cyborg chimpanzee Robo.
Published: 18 June to 17 September 1983[3]
Writer/s: Scott Goodall[3]
Artist: Ramon Escolano Metaute[3] A group of children on a school trip to Canada become stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash.