He joined the company in 1908,[4] and during the First World War was assistant editor, under editor John Nix Pentelow, of the boys' story papers The Magnet and The Gem,[5] also writing many of the stories.[4] 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. However, he primarily used the male writers he was familiar with from the boys' papers, like Charles Hamilton.[5]
In the 1920s he took charge of a group of papers, including The Champion, The Rocket and The Triumph;[4] in the 1930s into the 1950s he edited Girls' Crystal.[6] In 1954 he was the editor of Lion,[dubious – discuss] 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. Pepper.[7]
eves, reginald, thompson, eves, december, 1892, 1972, dubious, discuss, british, editor, writer, comics, story, papers, amalgamated, press, bornreginald, thompson, eves12, december, 1892died1972, 1972, aged, nationalitybritisharea, writer, editornotable, works. Reginald Thompson Eves 12 December 1892 1 2 1972 3 dubious discuss was a British editor and writer of comics and story papers for the Amalgamated Press Reg EvesBornReginald Thompson Eves12 December 1892Died1972 1972 00 00 aged 79 80 NationalityBritishArea s Writer EditorNotable worksBoys story papersGirls story papersGirls CrystalLionHe joined the company in 1908 4 and during the First World War was assistant editor under editor John Nix Pentelow of the boys story papers The Magnet and The Gem 5 also writing many of the stories 4 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 However he primarily used the male writers he was familiar with from the boys papers like Charles Hamilton 5 In the 1920s he took charge of a group of papers including The Champion The Rocket and The Triumph 4 in the 1930s into the 1950s he edited Girls Crystal 6 In 1954 he was the editor of Lion dubious discuss 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 Pepper 7 Eves retired in 1959 8 when AP was acquired by the Mirror Group and renamed Fleetway Publications He died in 1972 9 References edit 1939 England and Wales Register Index of Births Hackney 1893Q1 England amp Wales Civil Registration Death Index 1916 2007 a b c Alan Clark Dictionary of British Comic Artists Writers and Editors The British Library 1998 p 55 a b Steve Holland The Men Behind Girls Fiction Collecting Books and Magazines 2001 Bird Dennis L Some of Our Favorite Authors This Month Ronald Fleming Collectors Digest Jan 1994 Archived at the Friardale Website Andrew Darlington Captain Condor Space Hero in Search of an Artist The Mentor 84 October 1994 pp 5 8 11 Steve Holland Look and Learn a History of the Classic Children s Magazine 2006 p 29 Index of Deaths Dartford 1972Q3 nbsp This profile of a British comics creator writer or artist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Reg Eves amp oldid 1186415318, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
