Reginald Thompson Eves (12 December 1892 – 1972) was a British editor and writer of comics and story papers for the

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. He joined the company in 1908,Alan Clark, ''Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors'', The British Library, 1998, p. 55 and during the

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was assistant editor, under editor

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, of the boys' story papers ''

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'' and ''

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'',Steve Holland
The Men Behind Girls' Fiction
Collecting Books and Magazines, 2001 also writing many of the stories. He was impressed by the letters he received from female readers of ''The Magnet'', and after the war, when AP were seeking to expand into new markets, he launched the girls' story paper ''

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'' in 1919, becoming its first editor. However, he primarily used the male writers he was familiar with from the boys' papers, like

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. In the 1920s he took charge of a group of papers, including ''

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'', '' The Rocket'' and '' The Triumph''; in the 1930s into the 1950s he edited ''

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''.Bird, Dennis L. "Some of Our Favorite Authors: This Month: Ronald Fleming," ''Collectors' Digest'' (Jan. 1994)
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In 1954 he was the editor of ''

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'', a new weekly comic launched to compete with

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' ''

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''. Despite having no interest in science fiction, he was under orders from management to have a space hero to compete with

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, and commissioned '' Captain Condor'' from writer Frank S. Pepper. Eves retired in 1959, when AP was acquired by the Mirror Group and renamed

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. He died in 1972.Index of Deaths, Dartford, 1972Q3

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Comic book editors British boys' story papers 1892 births 1972 deaths People from the London Borough of Hackney Date of death missing {{UK-comics-creator-stub