Eagle #409 was published by IPC Magazines Ltd. on January 1, 1990, as part of a series that began in 1982. Alan Grant and James Nicholas write, and art comes from Alberto Giolitti, Eric Bradbury and Joe Colquhoun. It features Dan Dare, Doomlord, Digby, Bobby Patterson and Charley Bourne, among 10 characters cataloged on VerseDB.