The Tower King

The story is set in a post-apocalyptic modern-day London. Following from a nuclear war, a malfunctioning solar-powered satellite, somehow bathes the Earth in radiation that makes the production of electricity in any form impossible. Without heating, transport, food, or communication, and in the middle of a heavy winter, London swiftly falls into mass panic, resulting in pseudo-medieval anarchy; the state of the rest of Britain or other countries is not explored during the strip.

Unlike many of the early Eagle strips, The Tower King is in drawn rather than photographic format; the strip's creators made use of the opportunity by juxtapositioning jarring visual elements, such as historic London landmarks strewn with the rubble of modern buildings, or soldiers in patchwork armor complete with pocket watches and police helmets, armed with both halberds and grenades.

The main character is Mick Tempest, a natural-born soldier and leader, with a down-to-earth demeanour. He organises his neighbourhood into a group, sharing protection and food in the face of rioters and looters, and then negotiates entry into the Tower of London for protection, Britain's monarchy apparently having been killed in the chaos. He is captured in an assault on the Tower by Lord Spencer, a self-styled feudal warlord, who tries to publicly behead Tempest on Tower Green when he refuses to swear fealty. They are attacked by Tube Rats, a vicious group of cannibalistic survivors who had taken over the defunct London Underground system; in the battle, Tempest proves his worth to Spencer as an equal rather than a lieutenant.

Tempest, Spencer, and their army slowly regain control over parts of central London, encountering a hospital containing medical staff who had become insane due to events and have started a cult around worship of human organs; a group called the Wreckers who drive hand-cranked diesel-powered tanks and trains; and an 'electric temple' inside a power station, within which another group of deranged people worship electricity as if it still exists.

Unknown to everyone on Earth, the electricity-interfering satellite is destroyed by meteor impact. It's Tempest who discovers the station's generators work when he turns them on to prove electricity is never coming back. The strip ends with Tempest vowing to re-create the world without the many social problems wrought by modern technology.^[14]

Reviewing the 2014 collected edition, Lew Stringer highly praised both the art and story, describing it as "one of the best British adventure strips of its time", despite noting a hurried conclusion.^[15]