Eagle was a seminal British children's
British comics periodical, first published from 1950 to 1969, and then in a relaunched format from 1982 to 1994. It was founded by
Marcus Morris, an
Anglican vicar from
Lancashire. Morris edited a
Southport parish magazine called
The Anvil, but felt that the church was not communicating its message effectively. Simultaneously disillusioned with contemporary children's literature, he and
Anvil artist
Frank Hampson created a dummy comic based on Christian values. Morris solicited the idea to several
Fleet Street publishers, with little success, until
Hulton Press took it on.