Reg Eves
Reginald Thompson Eves (12 December 1892 – 1972) was a British editor and writer of comics and story papers for the Amalgamated Press. He joined the company in 1908, and during the First World War was assistant editor, under editor John Nix Pentelow, of the boys' story papers The Magnet and The Gem, also writing many of the stories. He was impressed by the letters he received from female readers of The Magnet, and after the war, when AP were seeking to expand into new markets, he launched the girls' story paper School Friend in 1919, becoming its first editor.
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Reg Eves
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- Reginald Thompson Eves
- Born
- 12 December 1892
- Died
- 12 1972
- Nationality
- British
- Occupation
- comics artist
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However, he primarily used the male writers he was familiar with from the boys' papers, like Charles Hamilton. In the 1920s he took charge of a group of papers, including The Champion, The Rocket and The Triumph; in the 1930s into the 1950s he edited Girls' Crystal. In 1954 he was the editor of Lion, a new weekly comic launched to compete with Hulton Press' Eagle. Despite having no interest in science fiction, he was under orders from management to have a space hero to compete with Dan Dare, and commissioned Captain Condor from writer Frank S. Eves retired in 1959, when AP was acquired by the Mirror Group and renamed Fleetway Publications. He died in 1972.
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• Birth Name — Reginald Thompson Eves • Born — 12 December 1892 • Died — 12 1972 • Edit — y • Write — y • Notable Works — Boys' story papers Girls' story papers Girls' Crystal Lion • Nationality — British
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Reg Eves was born at London Borough of Hackney.
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- 1.1939 England and Wales Register
- 2.Index of Births, Hackney, 1893Q1
- 3.England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
- 4.Alan Clark, Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors, The British Library, 1998, p. 55
- 5.Steve Holland, The Men Behind Girls' Fiction, Collecting Books and Magazines, 2001
- 6.Bird, Dennis L. "Some of Our Favorite Authors: This Month: Ronald Fleming," Collectors' Digest (Jan. 1994). Archived at the Friardale Website.
- 7.Andrew Darlington, "Captain Condor: Space Hero in Search of an Artist", The Mentor 84, October 1994, pp. 5-8, 11
- 8.Steve Holland, Look and Learn: a History of the Classic Children's Magazine, 2006, p. 29
- 9.Index of Deaths, Dartford, 1972Q3
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