Eagle: The Space Age Comic - Review

Eagle: The Space Age Comic
Steve Winders reviews the Radio Four programme about the famous Eagle comic, broadcast on December 23rd.


The problem for an enthusiast in reviewing new works about Eagle is that they rarely contain any new information. This is especially true of radio and television programmes and is to be expected. After all Eagle began sixty years ago and in its original

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