I'm always happy to feature unusual bits of Eagle merchandise on the blog.
There were...
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
Dan Dare models here
Silver Eagler here
Space-cup here
Dan Dare stationery here
Eagle cricket bat here
...and now it'd the turn of Dan Dare secret ink! Currently available here on ebay
The 'blurb' on the outside of the tin says...
SECRET INK
Made exclusively for
Dan Dare code writer
fountain pen
There was an advert for the 'Dan Dare spaceship fountain pen' in Eagle issue 28/8/53 [volume 4, #21] in Eagle window #109. I guess this ink tin came as part of that set.
