Eagle #273 was published by IPC Magazines Ltd. on June 1, 1987, as part of a series that began in 1982. Alan Grant and Alan Hebden write, and art comes from Carlos Cruz, Carlos Ezquerra and Jose Ortiz. It features Dan Dare, Doomlord, Mekon, Bobby Patterson and Ernie the Eagle, among 10 characters cataloged on VerseDB.