Biggles
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James Charles Bigglesworth, nicknamed "Biggles", is a fictional pilot and adventurer, the title character and hero of the Biggles series of adventure books, written for young readers by W. E. Johns (1893–1968). Biggles made his first appearance in the story "The White Fokker", published in the first issue of Popular Flying magazine and again as part of the first collection of Biggles stories, The Camels Are Coming (both 1932). Johns continued to write "Biggles books" until his death in 1968. The series eventually included nearly a hundred volumes – novels as well as short story collections – m
Key facts
- Character.name
- James Bigglesworth
- Character.series
- Biggles
- Character.image
- File:Biggles of 266 cover.jpg
- Character.caption
- Cover of Biggles of 266
- Character.first
- "The White Fokker" (1932)
- Character.last
- Biggles Air Ace: The Uncollected Stories (1999)
- Character.creator
- W. E. Johns
- Character.portrayer
- Neville WhitingNeil Dickson
- Character.full_name
- James Charles Bigglesworth
- Character.nickname
- Biggles
- Character.gender
- Male
- Character.occupation
- Pilot
- Character.nationality
- English (raised in British India)
- Character.family
- Charles Bigglesworth (brother)
- Character.relatives
- Algernon Lacey (cousin)
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- pseudonym
- Biggles
- date of birth
- 1899-05-00
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35 sectionsContents
- Synopsis
- Biggles and his creator
- Fictional biography
- Early life
- First World War
- Between the Wars
- Second World War
- Special Air Police
- Characters
- Algernon Montgomery Lacey
- Ginger Hebblethwaite
- Flight Sergeant Smyth
- Lord Bertie Lissie
- Tug Carrington
- Erich von Stalhein
- William Raymond
- Female characters
- Criticism and controversies
- Time
- Allegations of racism
- "Adult" themes
- List of books
- In other media
- Television
- Films
- Video games
- Comics
- Postage stamps
- Music
- In other W. E. Johns books
- Parodies
- ''Monty Python's Flying Circus''
- Other parodies
- References
- External links
James Charles Bigglesworth, nicknamed "Biggles", is a fictional pilot and adventurer, the title character and hero of the Biggles series of adventure books, written for young readers by W. E. Johns (1893–1968). Biggles made his first appearance in the story "The White Fokker", published in the first issue of Popular Flying magazine and again as part of the first collection of Biggles stories, The Camels Are Coming (both 1932). Johns continued to write "Biggles books" until his death in 1968. The series eventually included nearly a hundred volumes – novels as well as short story collections – most of the latter with a common setting and time.
The chronology of the canon, spanning both world wars, set up certain inconsistencies over the unavoidable ageing of Biggles and his friends. Also later editions had to be somewhat edited in line with changing norms of acceptability, especially regarding race, and in view of the pre-teenage readership who increasingly favoured both the books and the comics.