1955's Eagle Annual Number 5 continued the tradition for the 1956 season
with its broad selection of adventure, sport, science and fun articles. You can
even learn how to make a rope ladder -- just what every boy needed !
Original Price : 10s 6d (52½p)
Published by : Hulton Press Ltd, London in 1955
Edited by : Marcus Morris
Dimensions : 21cm x 26cm with 176 pages.
Selected highlights:
- Dan Dare's story is entitled : Operation Plum-Pudding
- The Legionnaires meet the Hound of Zambo
- Storm Nelson solves the Mystery of the Black Diamond
- Grandpa makes good use of an umbrella
- Delius's live reviewed in a single page
| Contents | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Stories | page | Hobbies | page |
| The Case of the Galloping Major | 6 | Fishing For Fun | 33 |
| Softly, Softly, Catchee Monkey | 41 | How to make the Lightning | 62 |
| Nemesis at Northbrook | 70 | Cricket by the Fireside | 75 |
| The Boy who was Afraid | 97 | How to make the most of your Bicycle | 105 |
| Flame Races Through | 139 | You can make this Rope Ladder | 127 |
| Operation Seagull | 150 | ||
| Adventure Strips | Science | ||
| Storm Nelson | 13 | Progress to the New Worlds | 85 |
| Dan Dare | 25 | Building a Modern Express Locomotive | 167 |
| P.C. 49 | 66 | ||
| Riders of the Range | 81 | Humorous Strips | |
| Luck of the Legion | 119 | Grandpa | 46 |
| Sport | Harris Tweed | 53 | |
| The Wizard of the Dribble | 19 | Professor Meek and Professor Mild | 93 |
| Goal | 24 | Professor Puff an his Dog Wuff | 110 |
| He Makes Dreams Come True | 48 | Waldorf and Cecil | 160 |
| Cricket Scrapbook | 52 | ||
| Sportsworld | 123 | ||
| Ascari the Cool-headed | 128 | Interest | |
| Answers to Sportsword | 159 | All at Sea | 61 |
| Real Life Adventurers | Action, Camera | 89 | |
| Pull the Ring and You're a Caterpillar | 37 | Here is the News | 102 |
| Delius | 47 | Flying for Fun | 111 |
| History calls in the Detectives | 57 | The Story of your Dog | 115 |
| Quick on the Draw | 77 | Arctic Journey | 124 |
| The Ardent Pilgrim | 144 | The Queen's Latest Ships | 131 |
| The Mountie Always Gets His Man | 155 | Answers to 'All at Sea' | 154 |
| The Flying Doctor | 171 | Conjuring with Figures | 166 |