This is a recent acquisition...
(first published 1967, 2nd impression 1968), hardback, 360 pages, sort of A5 sized and one in a series of similarly titled books.
why? Well, I was intrigued by the acknowledgements which clearly states that the material had all first been published in Eagle and Boys' World
The 2 titles had merged together on 10th October 1964 but I wondered if the text stories had first appeared in Eagle and Boys' World separately OR if they's appeared in the combined title? The stories are...
1). The Crime wave - Fielden Hughes
2). The speed kings - Robert Bateman
3). Adventure incorporated - James Kenner
4). Spell of magic - Harry Harrison
5). The ship that vanished - Odhams Press, 1963
6). High quest - Odhams Press, 19637). Hoodoo on the rangers - Odhams Press, 1964
8). A man's job - Odhams Press, 1964
A look at page 159 of this book...
...helped me put some dates to the stories above...
The ship that vanished ran in Boys' World volume 1 issue 1 to issue 10 [26/01/63 to 30/03/63]
Spell of magic then ran from (volume 1) issue 11 to issue 23 [06/04/63 to 29/06/63]
The speed kings then ran to (volume 1) issue 34 [06/07/63 to 14/09/63]
Adventure incorporated then ran to issue to (volume 1) issue 48 [21/09/63 to 21/12/63]
Hoodoo on the rangers then ran from (volume 1) issue 49 to volume 2 issue 13 [28/12/63 to 28/03/64]
A man's job then ran to (volume 2) issue 17 [04/04/64 to 25/04/64]
So that leaves The crime wave and High quest as stories to identify - I'm sure they're not in Boys' World but I can't find them in Eagle either - a mystery!
UPDATE: friend of the blog Norman Boyd has let me know that High quest ran in Eagle 14/10 (09/03/63) to 14/17 (27/04/63)...
So that leaves The crime wave story to find - it must be in Eagle somewhere!
