I've added some new items of merchandise - and these are highlighted in red
I've previously looked at some of the spin-off merchandise associated with Swift comic (here), Swift books (here) and Robin comic merchandise (here). In a similar vein I thought I should look into the merchandise produced by their sister title Girl. I've look at Girl novels (here and here) but this is the other merchandise that was produced.
I thought I'd be able to find more merchandise but googling 'girl comics merchandise' turns up a lot of stuff which is not to do with the Girl comic I'm after. Anyway, I'm sure more will turn up but here's what I've found so far...
Pelham puppet of 'Lettice Leefe' - a character created by John Ryan (who created Captain Pugwash and Harris Tweed for Eagle)
Pelham also made a 'Belle of the Ballet' puppet as well
And then there's this - a Girl doll - featuring the Girl logo on the dress and the belt buckle
from 'British dolls of the 1950s' by Susan Brewer (2009)
And there's this piece of Eagle/Girl crossover merchandise - yes, it's a table tennis set!
I'm sure there's more out there so if you have any images you could share just let me know.
Ah, a carpet sweeper! What a delightful piece of tie-in merchandise
And here's some more Girl products - I'd love to get bigger and better pictures of all of these but at least it gives me some stuff to look for
from 'The history of girls' comics' by Susan Brewer (2010)
And, thanks to friend of the blog Jeremy Briggs we can also add these images...
...a blond haired version of the doll shown above...
Hello I notice you have printed an extract from my book British Dolls of the 1950s, but you don't seem to have credited it to me at all. Maybe you could place a caption by the extract? Thank you, Susan Brewer
ReplyDeleteHi there - I've updated the text to correct this oversight
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