The British comics celebrating an important anniversary in April 2024.
Tag: Eagle
Before Marvel UK
So, what about all those British comics that reprinted Marvel strips *before* Marvel UK was established?
Hatch, Match & Dispatch – October 2023
Named in honour of Spider-Man's multi-limbed arch-enemy Otto Octavius (AKA Doctober Octopus), this month also has powerful bendy metal arms and Roy Orbison's glasses (metaphorically).
Hatch, Match & Dispatch – March 2022
It's an ancient Celtic tradition that every February 26th we take a look at the comics that will be celebrating an important anniversary in the coming month...
Zip’s Secret Origin!
Aimed at little kids, Zip was short-lived adventure comic from the late 1950s... But is there a dark, terrifying secret murkily lurking in its history? Or is this intro paragraph just... clickbait?
Uncle Rusty’s British Comics Timelines
All the Rusty Staples British Comics Timelines in one place! How lucky are you?
My Guy Timeline
My Guy magazine was famous for its romance-based photo-stories and helpful advice columns, but does its cheerful, optimistic facade hide a dark, dangerous past filled with treachery, murder and poison-tipped darts? (Well, no, it doesn't, but this is worth a read anyway, I promise!)
Comics on TV: Dr. Who & The Daleks
OK, so Dr. Who & The Daleks was a movie, not a TV show, but I first saw it on TV so that counts... The movie -- loosely based on the second story of the then-relatively-fresh smash-hit BBC science fiction show -- was released in 1965 and stared Peter Cushing as the title character... a … Continue reading Comics on TV: Dr. Who & The Daleks
Rusty’s Reviews Round-Up
To save you literally whiles of searching through this blog, here are all of Rusty's reviews in one place!
The Eagle Timeline
The Eagle Family Tree was one of the first major posts on this blog, back in May 2018, but it's always bothered me a little that I did it the lazy way, showing only the hierarchical relationships between the comics and not a proper time-line. Plus, unlike some of the later timelines on this blog … Continue reading The Eagle Timeline