Eagle Comics was a short lived

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publishing company that existed to reprint comic stories from the UK's '' 2000 A.D.'' magazine for distribution in North America. They existed from 1983 to 1986 and were based in London, England with product production and distribution located in Canada.

History

The company was formed by

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to republish stories from the

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, repackaged into

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format (in the same way his

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had been reprinting them as

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). In 1986 the license, from IPC, passed to

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Titles

The series they brought to American audiences included: * ''

Judge Dredd Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' (1977), which is a British weekly anthology Comic book, comic. He is the ...

'' (33 issues - continued, starting with issue 34, by

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) * ''Judge Dredd: The

Judge Child ''The Judge Child'' was an extended storyline in the comic strip ''Judge Dredd'' that ran in progs 156-181 of British comic magazine '' 2000 AD'', in 1980. It introduced Owen Krysler, a powerful psychic character referred to as the Judge Child. ...

Quest'' (5 issue mini-series) * ''Judge Dredd's Crime File'' (6 issue mini-series) * ''Judge Dredd: The Early Cases'' (6 issue mini-series) * ''

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'' (6 issue mini-series) * ''

Strontium Dog ''Strontium Dog'' was a long-running British comics series starring Johnny Alpha, a mutant bounty hunter who lives in Earth's future. The series was created in 1978 by writer John Wagner (under the pseudonym T. B. Grover) and artist Carlos Ezque ...

'' (4 issue mini-series, although originally advertised as 8 issues) * ''

Robo-Hunter ''Robo-Hunter'' is a recurring strip in the British Comic '' 2000 AD'', initially written by John Wagner and illustrated by Ian Gibson. The series starred Sam Slade, a laconic, ageing, cigar-smoking bounty hunter of robots that have gone renegad ...

'' (5 issue mini-series) * ''

Nemesis the Warlock ''Nemesis the Warlock'' is a comic series created by writer Pat Mills and artist Kevin O'Neill which appeared in the pages of the British weekly comics anthology '' 2000 AD''. The title character, a fire-breathing demonic alien, fights agains ...

'' (7 issue mini-series) * ''2000 A.D. Monthly'' (10 issues;''2000 A.D. Monthly''
at Barney title continued by

)

Notes

References

* * * Bishop, David ''Thrill Power Overload'' (

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, 260 pages, hardcover, February 2007, ) {{Refend

External links

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