Talk:Jeff Hawke

A fact from Jeff Hawke appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 January 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Jeff Hawke, a science fiction comic strip, almost perfectly predicted the date of the first human moon landing more than ten years before?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/January.

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"Anglo-Saxon countries"?[edit]

What exactly is meant by "Anglo-Saxon countries"? Considering the Anglo-Saxons were based in England, would it not be easier to write just "England"? - 11:41, 23 January 2006 (UTC) The Great Gavini ^{I have some contrasting views about SF...}

I think it was meant to imply 'Britain, America, Canada and Australia'. Certainly not just England. Incidentally, anyone want to put this back in, in a NPOV kind of way? That makes sense? "A learned man with a visionary imagination and British sense of humour" 13:02, 23 January 2006 (UTC) (Skittle)

About Mac McLean[edit]

Mac Maclean is a Canadian Flight Lieutenant, Hawke's rank is Wing Commander, for most of the series.

The Dream Pedlars, Strip H 1363, ..."I'm Flight Lieutenant Maclean..."

Rip van Haddow, Strips H2900-2902, Mac stayed for a year as a kid in Shallow Springs in the Rockies.

Comic Media Vol 2, No. 4 December 1973, an English fanzine, published a long interview with Sydney Jordan and on page 13 Sydney Jordan said "...Maclean is Jeff Hawke's sidekick. He's really a foil to Hawke. He's a Canadian ... he's a man of steel and utterly reliable."

Regards

Tony O'Sullivan

tony_osullivan2003@yahoo.co.uk

"Here Be Tygers" - Russel's Teapot?[edit]

As I remember it, the Jeff Hawk Strip Here Be Tygers concerned a beacon left in orbit around the Sun by beings from another star system; this was intended as a warning of the potential dangers of the creatures evolving on Earth (There were obvious echoes of Arthur C. Clarke's The Sentinel in the idea). When the object was detected from Earth, a mission was launched to investigate. As the Earth ship nears it, the object is seen as spherical in shape, with some appendages resembling the handle and spout of a teapot. I thought at the time that this was a sly reference to Russel's Teapot, though I don't think that this was directly referred to in the storyline. Is a copy of the strip available for reference anywhere? --Mabzilla (talk) 13:30, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1954 or 1955[edit]

Did the strip first debut in 1954 or 1955? I've seen conflicting statements on the Internet although most sites seem to agree on that it originated on february 15th. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 22:28, 9 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed - this article says 1955 at the top, but the list of strips starts at 1954. From that, I suspect that the 1954 date is more likely. -- Beardo (talk) 03:43, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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End date[edit]

The info box and text says it ended 1974. However the list of stories includes further stories after that. Were those export only stories ? shouldn't we explain that ? This https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1714905 - shows an even later episode and the write up says That story was published in the Express. -- Beardo (talk) 07:38, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Writer and artist intials[edit]

We should have a key to explain the writer and artist initials. - Beardo (talk) 07:39, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Lance McLane[edit]

"The Scottish Daily Record published Sydney Jordan’s new creation, a Scots hero called Lance McLane . It appeared in The Daily Record for twelve years ad was adapted by the Daily Express in 1977 - renamed Jeff Hawke." - http://www.jeffhawkeclub.co.uk/sydstoryline.html

Were the same stories published simultaneously as Lance McLane in Scotland and as Jeff Hawke elsewhere ? Or did McLane convert into Hawke in Scotland too ? -- Beardo (talk) 02:57, 17 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]