Roger Harris
Presents
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W.E. JOHNS IN “THE EAGLE” A GUIDE TO THE BIGGLES STORIES OF W. E. JOHNS
SERIALISED IN “THE EAGLE” 60 YEARS AGO! (SCROLL DOWN
TO SEE ALL THE ORIGINAL COVERS) |
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Work by Captain
W. E. Johns initially appeared in “The Eagle” in issue number 16, dated 28th
July 1950,
when a story by
Johns was plagiarised and published as someone else’s work!
You can read all about
this here
The Eagle later
serialised TWO Biggles books by Captain W. E. Johns.
What many
people don’t appreciate is that these serialisations were the TRUE first
editions!
BIGGLES IN THE BLUE was serialised in 19 parts
running from 20th March 1953 to 24th July 1953.
The book was
published on 20th July 1953 just four days before the last part of
the story appeared in “The Eagle”
BIGGLES IN THE GOBI was serialised in 17 parts
running from 31st July 1953 to 20th November 1953
The book was
published on 8th October 1953 the day before part eleven of
seventeen appeared in “The Eagle”
CLICK ON ANY COVER TO
ENLARGE IT OR ARTICLE TITLE TO FIND OUT MORE
Volume 3 No. 50 20th March 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 3 No. 51 27th March 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 3 No. 52 3rd April 1953 (but wrongly
dated 2nd!) featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 1 10th April 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 2 17th April 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 3 24th April 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 4 1st May 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 5 8th May 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 6 15th May 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 7 22nd May 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 8 29th May 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 9 5th June 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 10 12th June 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 11 19th June 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 12 26th June 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 13 3rd July1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 14 10th July 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 15 17th July 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 16 24th July 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 17 31st July 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Iss Volume 4 No. 18 7th August 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 19 14th August 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 20 21st August 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 21 28th August 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 22 4th September 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 23 11th September 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 24 18th September 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 25 25th September 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 26 2nd October 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 27 9th October 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 28 16th October 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 29 23rd October 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 30 30th October 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 31 6th November 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 32 13th November 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
Volume 4 No. 33 20th November 1953 featuring by Captain W. E. Johns |
ALL PICTURES OF COVERS OF
“THE EAGLE” ARE FROM MY OWN PERSONAL W.E. JOHNS COLLECTION
The copyright in all of W.E.
Johns work is owned by the estate of W.E. Johns as represented by W. E. Johns
(Publications) Limited.
This private limited company
have appointed literary agent Pat White of Rogers Coleridge White to represent the interests of the estate.
Their web site is here:
This is a non
profit making fan based web site purely for the information of fellow
fans - no infringement of copyright is intended.
The
intention of this web site is to encourage people to read the works of William Earl
Johns, one of the great
authors of the 20th Century.
Don’t forget to visit Biggles.Com and W. E. Johns.Com
for
information about W. E. Johns books
This webpage was launched in June 2013 – to commemorate the 45th
anniversary of the death of W. E. Johns on 21st
June 1968