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For anyone interested in the DC Thomson title 'Red Dagger' the eaglefliesagain yahoo group have just uploaded scans of all the covers into one of their albums, check the group out here...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eaglefliesagain/



Richard Sheaf

Just posted my application to the site as one of my brothers had most of them when I was younger. Now trying to either pick up the Red Daggers or the original comics. As an aside, what DCT comic featured "Run Paul! Run!"? Have identified all the rest, but that one still stumps me.

not sure what title that strip come from but if you can help fill in any of the blanks on the "Red Dagger v4" checkilst document in the 'files' section of the group that'd be really handy


Richard Sheaf

Richard,
have got a full synopsis of each of the Red Daggers with some artist info and expanding information on each of the original print runs. Have posted it to the site!

'Run Paul! Run!' originally appeared in the Wizard (31/3/73)-(29/9/73). If anyone needs any info re 'Red Dagger' then please don't hesitate to post an email here and I'll try my best to help.

I once owned two of DCT's companion series to Red Dagger, titled Lucky Charm. They were both Ballet School type stories possibly from the 1950's or early 1960's all drawn by the brilliant Paddy Brennan, unfortunately I cannot recall the issue numbers..or the precise titles, though I do remember that one story was set in a Ballet School on a Scottish Island (where else?) and the other was set in the Middle East.
I would be grateful for any information, as I would like to track them down sometime.

Thanks to Tony, Kashgar and others for their interest in this thread...on the eaglfilesagain yahoo group site (in the files section) there is a listing that the group started putting together detailing all sorts of info. about each issue of Red Dagger, if you would like to help fill in some of those blanks then we'd be very grateful. It would fit very well into some work that a friend is doing on Red Dagger (that will hopefully see the light of day at some point). I'm sure he'd be grateful for any assitance anyone could provide.

We'd also like to know about Lucky Charm, hmm, maybe I'll start a thread about that.

Cheers to all for their help (to date and to come)
Richard Sheaf

Some Luck Charm titles are:

1. Valda
3. Balloon of Doom
4. Littel Miss Feather Feat
5. Sally The Slave Girl Star
11. A Race Horse of her Own
13. Gipsy Genna On The Run
15. Tug-o'-War for Flighty
16. The Children's Champion
24. Sheena - Slave of the Tennis Racket
25. Catch The Cat
27. The Four Marys

Valda was drawn by the same person that drew Madoc in the Victor and he also drew some of the Braddock stories.

tonyodonnell wrote:I once owned two of DCT's companion series to Red Dagger, titled Lucky Charm. They were both Ballet School type stories possibly from the 1950's or early 1960's all drawn by the brilliant Paddy Brennan, unfortunately I cannot recall the issue numbers..or the precise titles, though I do remember that one story was set in a Ballet School on a Scottish Island (where else?) and the other was set in the Middle East.
I would be grateful for any information, as I would like to track them down sometime.

Hi Tony, the two issues of 'Lucky Charm you are looking for are No2 'Sandra and the Castle Ballet' and No19 'Sandra and the Sultan's Ballet'. both as you say beautifully illustrated by Paddy Brennan. Little known fact - Did you know that Paddy Brennan drew himself into an early series of 'Sandra' as a ballet teacher /choreographer with the character even being called Paddy Brennan.