Eagle Comic, which was bought for me every week, issued
an Annual at Christmas featuring the usual characters but adding more
than the usual words and more than the usual worthiness.
Above all, Eagle
provided colour for the child's eye that was not available elsehwre
in the United Kingdom of the 1950's. It was breathtaking to open up the
turgid monochrome daily newspaper (the ghastly Daily Express in my
parents' case) and on one day of the week, the red burnished sheet
of Dan Dare was revealed.
MISCELLANY OF THE FIFTIES
CUT AWAYS FROM THE FIFTIES, L.ASHWELL WOOD (FLYING WING, FESTIVAL DOME)
GIRL AND SWIFT CHARACTERISTIC
FEATURES
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