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2 unusual facts about Macdonald Hastings


Macdonald Hastings

In 1951, he served at the “Special Investigator” for the Eagle, a publication which involved the fictional character Dan Dare, a spaceman, and which aimed to both entertain children and teach good morals.

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He was editor of the Strand Magazine between 1946 and 1950, after which he was recruited by Rev Marcus Morris to write for a new boys' comic, The Eagle.



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Staff writers included MacDonald Hastings, Lorna Hay, Sydney Jacobson, J.B. Priestley, Lionel Birch, James Cameron, Fyfe Robertson, Anne Scott-James, Robert Kee, and Bert Lloyd; many notable freelancer writers contributed, as well, including George Bernard Shaw, Dorothy Parker, and William Saroyan.