The Bozeman Trail original art - Riders of the range

Vincent Ealand-Hicks was generous to share these images on the 'Eagle and Dan Dare collectors' Facebook group and he's allowed me to record their existence for posterity. 

'The Bozeman Trail' book is hard to find in really good condition (the spine always seems to have suffered) so it's always good to see a copy in good condition. I've never seen any of the original art (by Pat Williams) before.   

pages 44 & 45

front and rear cover

Dan Dare models - by MG Southall Ltd

I'm always happy to feature unusual bits of Eagle merchandise on the blog. 

There were...

Dan Dare roller skates here

Dan Dare hairbrush here

Dan Dare tie clip here

Eagle stationery here

Eagle club notebook here

With the compliments of the Eagle club here

Eagle / Girl table tennis medals here

Eagle club cycle pennant here

Dan Dare gyro jeep here

Dan Dare space shooting here

Dan Dare rocket ball here

Dan Dare beach ball here

Dan Dare bagatelle here

Eagle report to members (1951) here

Dan Dare field glasses here

Dan Dare interplanetary dominoes here

Dan Dare space-ship construction game here

Dan Dare draughts here

Dan Dare transfers (1) here

Dan Dare transfers (2) here

Riders of the Range painting book here

Today it's the turn of a piece of Dan Dare merchandise that I'd not seen until recently...images swiped from ebay from this seller. This was up for sale for £10,000 - box & figures are in lovely condition but it's out of my price range.

Riders of the Range painting book

I'm always happy to feature unusual bits of Eagle merchandise on the blog. 

There were...

Dan Dare roller skates here

Dan Dare hairbrush here

Dan Dare tie clip here

Eagle stationery here

Eagle club notebook here

With the compliments of the Eagle club here

Eagle / Girl table tennis medals here

Eagle club cycle pennant here

Dan Dare gyro jeep here

Dan Dare space shooting here

Dan Dare rocket ball here

Dan Dare beach ball here

Dan Dare bagatelle here

Eagle report to members (1951) here

Dan Dare field glasses here

Dan Dare interplanetary dominoes here

Dan Dare space-ship construction game here

Dan Dare draughts here

Dan Dare transfers (1) here

Dan Dare transfers (2) here

Today it's the turn of a piece of Riders of the Range merchandise that I'd not seen until recently - yes, it's a painting book. All images sourced from here.

UPDATED: Eagle club notebook - happy birthday Eagle

In honour of it being the 74th birthday of Eagle today I thought I'd share these images of an Eagle club notebook that was up for sale on ebay recently. 

I like these images, not just for the notebook (which I'd never seen before) but because the original owner has filled the notebook with transfers.I think the transfers were produced by Tuck's and I'm not sure I've seen an unused set of them. 

Anyway, this notebook gives you a good idea of what the transfers were like. You can see Dan Dare characters, Riders of the Range characters, PC49 (possibly for copyright infringement reasons just referred to as 'the man in blue'), Harris Tweed & Chicko. I don't think I've ever seen any Chicko (who was crated by Norman Thelwell) merchandise before.

UPDATE: the letter below (swiped from ebay) now confirms that the notebook was a free gift for early joiners of the Eagle club (in 1950)

Eagle club notebook - happy birthday Eagle

In honour of it being the 73rd birthday of Eagle today i thought I'd share these images of an Eagle club notebook that was up for sale on ebay recently. 

I like these images, not just for the notebook (which I'd never seen before) but because the original owner has filled the notebook with transfers.I think the transfers were produced by Tuck's and I'm not sure I've seen an unused set of them. 

Anyway, this notebook gives you a good idea of what the transfers were like. You can see Dan Dare characters, Riders of the Range characters, PC49 (possibly for copyright infringement reasons just referred to as 'the man in blue'), Harris Tweed & Chicko. I don't think I've ever seen any Chicko (who was crated by Norman Thelwell) merchandise before.

ABC fim review - the battle of Quitman creek

I've looked before, see below, at The ABC film review magazine (because it contained strips from Eagle and Girl comic)

a). April 1952 is here

b). May 1952 is here

c). June 1952 is here

d). July 1952 is here

e). August 1952 is here

f). September 1952 is here

g). October 1952 is here 

h). November 1952 is here

i). December 1952 is here

j). March-May 1953 is here

k). June-August 1953 is here

l). September-November 1953 is here

I realised recently that there were a few issues that I'd missed off - so here we go, this is a 9 issue Riders of the Range strip called 'Jeff Arnold and the battle of Quitman creek' - so without further ado here we go with the collected 'Jeff Arnold and the battle of Quitman creek'

ABC Film review September-November 1953

I've looked before, see below, at The ABC film review magazine (because it contained strips from Eagle and Girl comic)

a). April 1952 is here

b). May 1952 is here

c). June 1952 is here

d). July 1952 is here

e). August 1952 is here

f). September 1952 is here

g). October 1952 is here 

h). November 1952 is here

i). December 1952 is here

j). March-May 1953 is here

k). June-August 1953 is here

I realised recently that there were a few issues that I'd missed off - so here we go, this is a 9 issue Riders of the Range strip called 'Jeff Arnold and the battle of Quitman creek' - so without further ado here we go with part 3...

The September 1953 issue

The October 1953 issue

The November 1953 issue

ABC film review June-August 1953

I've looked before, see below, at The ABC film review magazine (because it contained strips from Eagle and Girl comic)

a). April 1952 is here

b). May 1952 is here

c). June 1952 is here

d). July 1952 is here

e). August 1952 is here

f). September 1952 is here

g). October 1952 is here 

h). November 1952 is here

i). December 1952 is here

j). March-May 1953 is here

I realised recently that there were a few issues that I'd missed off - so here we go, this is a 9 issue Riders of the Range strip called 'Jeff Arnold and the battle of Quitman creek' - so without further ado here we go with part 2...

ABC film review, June 1953 issue, Jeff Arnold and the battle of Quitman creek

ABC film review, July 1953 issue, Jeff Arnold and the battle of Quitman creek

ABC film review, August 1953 issue, Jeff Arnold and the battle of Quitman creek