From Radio Fun Annual 1957. By this time The Falcon had gained the supersuit, enabling him to glide. He even had a light mounted on the front of his hood. One of my favourites which normally appeared in serialised stories 2 pages per week in Radio Fun. Art by George Heath. There is more information about this book at the bottom of the page
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Is the rest of Radio Annual comics?
This is far better than most of the rest of these UK & Australian strips / comic books.
By crashryan
Is this Falcon supposed to be connected in any way to the Michael Arlen / Drexel Drake character(s) who appeared in movies and on radio? If so I wish I'd seen George Sanders in a flying suit.
By scharf1966
The annuals tend to be mostly comic strips. And, yes, this is the SAME Falcon as in the movies etc this might help https://britishgoldenagecomics.blogspot.com/2020/03/george-sanders-is-falcon.html
By The Australian Panther
The 'Film' Falcon was based on a [short] series of books by Michael Waring.
[The Falcon is the nickname for two fictional detectives. Drexel Drake (real name Charles H. Huff) created Michael Waring, alias the Falcon, a free-lance investigator and troubleshooter, in his 1936 novel, The Falcon's Prey. It was followed by two more novels -- The Falcon Cuts In, 1937, and The Falcon Meets a Lady, 1938 -- and a 1938 short story. Michael Arlen created the Gay Stanhope Falcon in 1940. This Falcon made his first appearance in Arlen's short story "Gay Falcon" (aka "A Man Called Falcon"), which was originally published in 1940']
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falcon_(film_character)
I like this 'comic' Falcon, stretched the concept again. There are also the Australian ' Sir Falcon' and of course Marvel's Falcon.
By Andrew999
Thanks guys for this lead - I loved the flying suit. I remember adoring the old Falcon movies on TV years ago - I might watch them again during the current internment!
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