Eagle #286 was published by IPC Magazines Ltd. on September 1, 1987, as part of a series that began in 1982. Alan Grant and Alan Hebden write, and art comes from Carlos Cruz, Jose Ortiz and Mike Dorey. It features Dan Dare, Doomlord, Bobby Patterson, Ernie the Eagle and Blake Edmonds, among 8 characters cataloged on VerseDB.