ANNUAL (Eagle, 1985)

British annuals are normally a collection of new and reprint material with color and black and white interiors. Published annually in hard cover, they are dated, if at all, one year ahead of the copyright. Most annuals contain illustrated text stories, comic strips and features such as puzzles, games, even articles. The art, mainly unaccredited, is average to good. The Eagle Comic 1950-1969 was one of the flagship titles of British comics. Its reincarnation in the 1980's had a hard act to follow. Like its predecessor the new Eagle's strips covers a range of genres from crime to adventure but it is best known as the home of the Science Fiction strip, Dan Dare Pilot of the future. This EAGLE annual features a ten page painted Dan Dare Vs. The Mekon strip plus an eight page painted Doomlord. Oliver Frey painted cover. This book contains 96 pages, including painted covers. .