Art by Patrick Wright, 1975
"Day of the Eagle" was a spy series that ran in Battle Picture Weekly from 8 March to 24 May 1975. Written by Eric Hebden and drawn initially by Patrick Wright, later episodes by Barrie Mitchell, it was essentially a WWII rewrite of Frederick Forsyth's Day of the Jackal, with Mike Nelson, top agent for the British Army’s Special Operations Executive, on a mission to assassinate Hitler. It was one of the most popular strips in the comic, and spawned a series of sequels, most with "Eagle" in the title, written by Robert Ede, John Wagner, Gerry Finley-Day, Pat Mills, Alan Hebden and Chris Lowder, and drawn by Wright, Mitchell, Geoff Campion, Eduard Vaňo and Masip, until 1981.
Series:
- "Day of the Eagle" by Eric Hebden, Patrick Wright and Barrie Mitchell (8 March - 24 May 1975)
- "The Death's Head Dossier" by Robert Ede and Geoff Campion (7 June - 9 August 1975)
- "Return of the Eagle" by various writers and artists (23 August 1975 - 14 February 1976)
- "Night of the Eagle" by Robert Ede and Eduard Vaňo (21 February - 26 March 1976)
- "The Eagle Flies East" by Chris Lowder and Patrick Wright (20 March - 7 August 1976)
- "The Eagle Must Die" by Chris Lowder and Patrick Wright (14 August - 16 October 1976)
- "Operation Black Death" by Chris Lowder and Patrick Wright (29 January - 23 April 1977)
- "Rogue Eagle" by Chris Lowder and Patrick Wright (7 May - 18 June 1977)
- "The Eagle Strikes Back" by Kelvin Gosnell and Patrick Wright (11 October 1980 - 14 March 1981)
References[]
- Mike Nelson: The Eagle at Best of Battle