Luck of the Legion

Luck of the Legion was a British adventure comics series, published in the magazine Eagle, written by Geoffrey Bond and illustrated by Martin Aitchison.

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.

The strip was set in a vaguely pre - World War I period of colourful uniforms and unquestioned imperial values.

Because of the success of the Eagle comic strip, writer Geoffrey Bond wrote a series of novels based on the characters.

These were: Two of the above novels were also published in France under the Collection Signe de Piste (by Alsatia), with artwork by French artist Pierre Joubert.