Eagle #280 was published by IPC Magazines Ltd. on August 1, 1987, as part of a series that began in 1982. Alan Grant and Alan Hebden write, and art comes from Eric Bradbury, Jesus Redondo and Jose Ortiz. It features Dan Dare, Doomlord, Bobby Patterson, Ernie the Eagle and Blake Edmonds, among 10 characters cataloged on VerseDB.