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Difficult to believe that it was 40 years ago today when the new Eagle comic was launched, though March 20th was a Saturday back then. I slightly damaged the cover when removing the Space Spinner, so I trotted out to the shops on the Sunday and purchased a second copy. I bought it faithfully every week for quite a few years, but I was never much of a fan of the photo stories and was glad when the comic eventually ditched them for 'proper' comic strips. How could I know that a mere three years or so later, I'd be lettering the Death Wish strip in Eagle and meeting editor Dave Hunt, who was an all round good guy? Ah, happy days.
40 years though, eh? Seems nowhere near as long as that. Did any of you Crivvies buy the new Eagle back in the day, and if so, what did you think of it? Incidentally, in the photo below, from left to right is Dave, Barrie Tomlinson, and Gil Page, looking at the artboards for the first issue's Dan Dare strip.
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