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Fraser of Africa, one of Bellamy's artistic high-water marks, was not his idea but, as he was obsessed with Africa, he was the perfect choice to draw it. Bellamy used a monochromatic sepia colour palette to reflect the sun and desert locale, with occasional bursts of bright colour. It was a challenging and unusual approach and Fraser of Africa became the Eagle's most popular strip. Bellamy insisted on proper research and even had a reader living in East Africa supplying reference material. Vaughn, Owen (30 October 2009), Now where was I? The uncanny Chris Claremont on rejoining the X-Men, entertainment.timesonline.co.uk , retrieved 19 June 2010 He had to have a prop in front of him or people who were dressed as various characters in the Dan Dare comic strip. Sometimes he would photograph them and work from the photographs but always in a very careful, meticulous way. The Company also owns the global rights to other associated strips that appeared in the Eagle including Computer Warrior, Stormforce, Ghost Squad, Manix, The Fists of Danny Pyke, Crowe Street Comp, Walk or Die, Survival, The Amstore Computer and Detective Zed. The Dan Dare Corporation owns the global rights including Film, Television, Radio, Social Media, Publishing and Merchandising to the Eagle Comic and associated strips including Dan Dare - Pilot of the Future.

It was an exceptional comic for its time, printed in photogravure which provided the overall unique look with deep rich colours, together with the new stunning action strips. There were land and air vehicles – in the first stories, cars conform to styling of the time, while some flying machines were based on the design of helicopters of the mid-twentieth century. Also of note was Lex O'Malley's ship, the Poseidon, a versatile craft that could operate as a jetfoil as well as a submarine.Sharma, Prem Lata (2006), "The Psychology Of Teaching And Learning", Sarup teaching learning series, Delhi: Sarup & Sons, vol.17, ISBN 978-81-7625-642-1 Sources disagree on the precise date on which Hampson left the comic, and therefore this article remains ambiguous on the subject.

Eagle Awards, eagleawards.co.uk, archived from the original on 20 June 2012 , retrieved 18 June 2010 Eagle continued to be published through the 1960s, under a succession of editors (Morris was succeeded by his deputy, Clifford Makins). Regular changes in emphasis, including an increasing number of features on contemporary music and sport, were not enough to ensure the comic's continued survival. Although in 1961 its circulation was still about 500,000, under IPC, then Eagle 's owners, [nb 11] the comic suffered a drastic fall in quality. The centre spreads were replaced with the historically inaccurate "Last of The Saxon Kings", and letters of complaint poured in to the comic. Within months the comic's circulation fell to 150,000, and continued to drop. [58] By 1966 it was in decline. [51] IPC continued production until the comic's last issue, on 26April 1969, [55] by which time circulation had dwindled to an unprofitable 40,000. [59] Just short of its 1,000th edition, the comic was merged with its rival, IPC's Lion. [24] Alan Grant( w), Eric Bradbury( a)."Doomlord - The Firelords" Eagle(18 January to 29 March 1986). IPC Magazines. Wright, Norman: "Frank Bellamy and Fraser of Africa" in Eagle Classics: Fraser of Africa, 3-10 (Hawk Books, 1990) ISBN 0-948248-32-7

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Doomlord finished there, but soon Doomlord II began. Another, unnamed Doomlord is sent to Earth to take over the mission of the defeated Doomlord who’s name, Zyn, is revealed. The second Doomlord is revealed as Doomlord Vek later when a third Doomlord, Zom joins him on earth. Here the comic became more controversial because it was mostly on the side of Doomlord. Vek wasn’t so different to Zyn, he killed a lot of humans to assume their identities with the same justification that people, however innocent, must be sacrificed so that he can complete his mission and judge mankind. Vek sees ways that he can make mankind worth saving, at the same time developing his own humanity leading to his being disowned by his home planet. I suppose in the eyes of the “Dread Nox Council” Zyn’s fatal mistake was that he let his guard down while carrying out the judgement on mankind and Vek’s fatal mistake was that he developed feelings for mankind and from being around them, became like them, affecting his judgement. Sondar was a Treen, a reptilian inhabitant of northern Venus. Originally a servant of the Mekon, he reformed after Dan spared his life during a traumatic episode that also caused his first experience of strong emotion, which the Treens suppressed. He became governor of northern Venus when the planet was placed under UN rule at the end of the first story, but nevertheless joined Dan on later adventures. He was also a talented spacecraft designer, and designed Dan's personal spaceship. Eric Meredith from Chester was employed as technical adviser by the Eagle Comic as the 'Man from Eagle' who undertook daring stunts and wrote about his experiences in the comic. Professor Peabody (Prof. Jocelyn Mabel Peabody), the only major female, was the brains behind many of the team's most inventive plans.

Boyd, Norman Illustrators Special No.11: The Art of Frank Bellamy, Book Palace Books, 2021 ISBN 9781913548087 Hank Hogan and Pierre Lafayette, stereotypically American and French, were two of the Fleet's best pilots and an inseparable double-act. Pierre was primarily a pilot, Hank more a mechanic. Julian: Those planet boards also were easily bent, slightly, to give a curved horizon. Plastikard was/is a trade name for sheet plastic, for modelling. It’s still available!

Bellamy then went on to draw two of his most celebrated strips, Fraser of Africa and Heros the Spartan. He also drew Montgomery of Alamein (the life of Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery) and did some work for Look and Learn. was a British comics artist, best known for his work on the Eagle comic, for which he illustrated Heros the Spartan and Fraser of Africa. He reworked its flagship Dan Dare strip. But when they started touting the idea around the publishing houses in London people found the religious message to be too strong so the character became Dan Dare, named after a hymn called ‘Dare to be a Daniel’, which was Frank Hampson’s mother’s favourite hymn. If you look at the original artworks in our collection, the interesting thing about them is how bright and strong the colours are. I think Frank Hampson was a bit disappointed when he saw the comics because the technology wasn’t up to producing the strength and saturation of colour of his original illustrations. People sometimes think they’ve faded over time, but in practice they weren’t printed quite as strongly and brightly as he would have liked.

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