British Update: First Quenchers Plus Free Gift Farrago: Vulcan and Eagle (second series)
*Boys’ Adventure & War Comics: Two different debuts of series that were acclaimed or long-running: in 1975, Fleetway/IPC repackaged several of its cult adventure strips – Mytek the Mighty, the Spider, Kelly’s Eye, Robot Archie, Trigan Empire and more – in Vulcan, a slick-paper weekly in a faux-America size, smaller than the traditional British comic. Though well-received by critics, Vulcan didn’t catch the public eye, and its national run lasted fewer issues than its Scottish ‘trial’. Eagle Mk. II, on the other hand, launched in 1982, and despite criticism from fans of the original series, endured for more than a decade to 1994’s 505th issue. We have copies of both first issues new in: Vulcan we offer two copies, both FA at £5, with different drawbacks; one has a small lower spine tear, the other a larger lower cover tear. We also have Eagle series 2 #1 FN with Free Gift ‘Space Spinner’ NM at £20 and issue #2 FN with Free Gift Eagle Badge NM £15.