The very first Eagle Annual setting the trend and standard for the following years.
Most of the regulars from the successful comic appear in the annual with expanded stories
Dan Dare, Riders of the Range and the pictures in the Nature Adventure article are in colour with the
rest in black and white.
Original Price : 8s 6d (42½p)
Published by : Hulton Press Ltd, London in 1951
Edited by : Marcus Morris
Dimensions : 21.5cm x 26.5cm with 176 pages.
Selected highlights:
- Dan Dare's story is entitled : Mars 1997
- Riders of the Range have a Brush with Indians
- Learn all about Jet-proplusion and Gas Turbines
- Chicko takes a nap
| Contents | ||
|---|---|---|
| page | ||
| Stories | 58 | Survey 21 |
| 85 | Old Coppernob | |
| 100 | Uncle George's Aeroplane | |
| 109 | The Stolen Lorry Ride | |
| 139 | Kidnapped In Error | |
| 158 | The Sign Of Three | |
| Adventure Strips | 25 | Dan Dare |
| 41 | Black Dirk | |
| 63 | P.C. 49 | |
| 81 | Riders Of The Range | |
| Humorous Strips | 73 | Harris Tweed |
| 120 | Tobias and the Trumpet | |
| 71 | Chicko | |
| 62 | Grandpa | |
| 138 | Grandpa | |
| Sport | 8 | The Lure of Speed |
| 115 | The Olympic Games | |
| 127 | Improve Your Football | |
| Science | 38 | If You Want To Be An Inventor |
| 77 | Jet Propulsion & Gas Turbine Engines | |
| 90 | The Story Of Oil | |
| 106 | Railway With The Speed Of Aircraft | |
| 164 | Professor Brittain Explains Coal | |
| Real Life Adventures | 14 | Here Lies Gold |
| 33 | How I Didn't Catch A Tunny - And How A Whale Nearly Caught Me | |
| 149 | The Story Of Albert Schweitzer | |
| 168 | Exploring At The Bottom Of The World | |
| Hobbies | 51 | How To Rebuild A Model Railway |
| 67 | Rearing Silkworms | |
| 72 | Make This Jet-Powered Dart | |
| 153 | How To Make "Whirling Willy" - A Hunting Boomerang | |
| 154 | Unusual Pets - And How To Keep Them | |
| Interest | 20 | The Story Of The Circus |
| 132 | Nature Adventure | |
| 145 | It Wouldn't Be Christmas... | |
| 56 | Puzzles A-Plenty... | |
| 173 | Answers To Puzzles A-Plenty... | |
| 37 | Did You Know...? | |