Eagle #281 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 Carlos Cruz, Eric Bradbury and Jose Ortiz. It features Dan Dare, Doomlord, Bobby Patterson, Blake Edmonds and MACH 1, among 9 characters cataloged on VerseDB.