Eagle (British comics) the first issue of "Eagle" was released in April 1950. Revolutionary in its presentation and content, it was enormously successful; the first issue sold about 900,000 copies. Featured in colour on the front cover was its most recognisable story, "Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future", created by Hampson with meticulous attention to detail. Other popular stories included "Riders of the Range" and "P.C. 49". "Eagle" also contained news and sport sections, and educational cutaway diagrams of sophisticated machinery. A members club was created, and a range of related merchandise was licensed for sale. Amidst a takeover of the periodical's publisher
Phyllis Dare Rose" (1922). During her later career, she turned to straight plays, some of which included "Aren't We All" in 1929, "Words and Music" in 1932 and "The Fugitives" in 1936. She appeared occasionally in films, starring in "The Argentine Tango and Other Dances" in 1913, "Dr. Wake's Patient" in 1916, "Crime on the Hill" in 1933 and "Debt of Honour" in 1936. In the 1940s she appeared in a tour of "Full House" and was later cast in "Other People's Houses". In 1949, Dare opened as Marta the mistress in Ivor Novello's musical, "King's Rhapsody". The show ran for two