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
Hold Ye Front Page research facility CERN, who described it as a "superb" learning tool. Examples of pages on the site, and from the first book, include: Hold Ye Front Page Hold Ye Front Page is an educational project published by the UK tabloid newspaper "The Sun". It comprises a website, on which significant events in world history and in the histories of science and sport are described by "mocked-up" "Sun" front pages accompanied by explanatory articles and pictures. The format is based on four books published by "The Sun": "Hold Ye Front Page" (1999), "Hold Ye Front Page II" (2000), "Giant Leaps" (2006),