In an attempt to emulate the success that Fleetway had had with girls' magazines, the relaunched "Eagle" initially contained a large number of photo stories such as "Doomlord", "Sgt. Streetwise" and "Manix", but this style was soon replaced by the more traditional comic-strip format. Along with IPC's entire comics line, "Eagle" was sold to Robert Maxwell in 1987. Although not as successful as its predecessor, over 500 issues were published. A change to a monthly anthology caused by falling sales was a portent of the comic's future. Toward the end of its life issues contained reprints of earlier work, alongside new Dan Dare stories written by Tom Tully and illustrated by David Pugh. The relaunched "Eagle" was dropped in 1994.