Roger Harris Presents

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)

 

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

Biggles in the Blue

Part 1

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 3 No. 51

27th March 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 2

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 3 No. 52

3rd April 1953 (but wrongly dated 2nd!)

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 3

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 1

10th April 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 4

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 2

17th April 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 5

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 3

24th April 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 6

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 4

1st May 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 7

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 5

8th May 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 8

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 6

15th May 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 9

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

 

Volume 4 No. 7

22nd May 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 10

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

 

Volume 4 No. 8

29th May 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 11

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

 

Volume 4 No. 9

5th June 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 12

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

 

Volume 4 No. 10

12th June 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 13

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 11

19th June 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 14

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 12

26th June 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 15

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 13

3rd July1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 16

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 14

10th July 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 17

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 15

17th July 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 18

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 16

24th July 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Blue

Part 19

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 17

31st July 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 1

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Iss Volume 4 No. 18

7th August 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 2

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 19

14th August 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 3

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 20

21st August 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 4

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 21

28th August 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 5

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 22

4th September 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 6

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 23

11th September 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 7

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 24

18th September 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 8

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 25

25th September 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 9

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 26

2nd October 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 10

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 27

9th October 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 11

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 28

16th October 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 12

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 29

23rd October 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 13

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 30

30th October 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 14

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

Volume 4 No. 31

6th November 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 15

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 32

13th November 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 16

by Captain W. E. Johns

 

 

Volume 4 No. 33

20th November 1953

featuring

Biggles in the Gobi

Part 17

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:

http://www.rcwlitagency.com/

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

 

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This webpage was launched in June 2013 – to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the death of W. E. Johns on 21st June 1968