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Hi and welcome to my blog about comics from other people’s childhood! It is dedicated primarily to British humour comics of the 60s and 70s. The reason they are not from my childhood is simply because I didn’t live in the UK back then (nor do I live there now). I knew next to nothing about them until fairly recently but since then I’ve developed a strong liking for the medium and amassed a large collection, including a number of complete or near complete sets. My intention is to use this blog as a channel for sharing my humble knowledge about different titles, favourite characters and creators as I slowly research my collection.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

A LOOK AT COR!! STRIPS: STOWAWAY STEVE


Stowaway Steve was a very short-lived series about a boy who always stowed himself away in different places and objects. In all likelihood the editors didn’t think much of the series and stowed it away for good after just eleven episodes. The feature occupied 2/3 of one page (the remaining 1/3 was allocated to Kids’ Problem Column). The last episode appeared on 12th September, 1970 (No. 15). Stowaway Steve missed the following weeks: 8th, 15th and 29th August and 5th September, 1970 (Nos. 10, 11, 13 and 14). It was illustrated by several artists including Mike Lacey and Norman Mansbridge.

From COR!! issue dated 1st August, 1970 (No. 9)

2 comments:

  1. Judging from this sample strip, maybe the feature had a short run as there was concern that readers may come to harm by following Steve's example and locking themselves inside furniture! I hope there wasn't an episode where he climbed inside a fridge or washing machine.

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  2. That’s an interesting point, Niblet. Indeed, in some episodes he climbed into things that were better avoided in real life and could have been regarded as poor example (like a high-rise crane bucket, a trunk of a car or a parachute bag). On the other hand, 1970 was the year when fireworks theme was still celebrated in all of its splendour, so it can be assumed that at that point in time the boring age of over-cautiousness in comics had not yet fully set in.

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