Freddie
Fang the Werewolf Cub - he does a bad deed every day.
Another nice series in COR!! from the hand of IPC’s prolific artist Reg
Parlett. Obeying the orders of his evil Werewolf Scoutmaster, Freddie Fang has to play foul and do a bad deed every day but always fails because his
attempts keep resulting in good deeds or backfiring on himself or the
Scoutmaster. Later in the run Freddie Fang became a willing accomplice and
perpetrator of bad deeds, very eager to earn his bad conduct badge.
The series
ran for 112 weeks from the first issue until 22nd July, 1972 (No.
112).
Both Freddie's
parents were normal human beings, nothing was said about when and how he became a
werewolf and there was no apparent reason why the editors wanted him to be one.
The only explanation I can think of is that it was because of the Scoutmaster:
it would have been strange for a normal scoutmaster to act as the instigator of
Freddie’s evil deeds. He had to be made something sinister so IPC scriptwriters
decided to portray both main characters as werewolves.
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| From COR!! issue dated 29th August, 1970 (No. 13) |
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| From COR!! issue dated 28th November, 1970 (No. 26) |
I of course love Reg Parlett's work..
ReplyDeleteAnything happen in the origin..or it is never explained..the mother looks normal!! Is there a father?
I won't be able to take a closer look until Monday but from memory I am pretty sure that there was also a Father and that both of Freddie's parents were normal. I will definitely look into this :)
ReplyDeletePeter, I have updated the post on Freddie Fang with some information and my thoughts in response to your question.
ReplyDeleteMaybe its the caretakers Son!!!!!
ReplyDelete;))