Luck of the Legion (original) (raw)

Luck of the Legion was a British adventure comics series, published in the magazine Eagle, written by and illustrated by Martin Aitchison. It ran from 1952 to 1961. The series followed the exploits of the French Foreign Legion in North Africa (then largely French-colonised or controlled) and focused mainly on the chisel-jawed British hero Sergeant "Tough" Luck and his faithful companions, Belgian Corporal Trenet and Italian Legionnaire Bimberg. Bimberg was the comic relief, short and fat and perpetually dishevelled, with a battered kepi. The strip was set in a vaguely pre - World War I period of colourful uniforms and unquestioned imperial values.