COR!! COMIC
ANNUAL 1981. £1.50, 128 pages.
The contents: Val’s Vanishing Cream (3 episodes), Ivor Lott and
Tony Broke (6 episodes: 5 reprints from old COR!! weeklies and one new
episode by Crocker), Fiends and
Neighbours (2 episodes illustrated by Les Barton), Jelly Baby (3 episodes), Spotter (2 episodes), Whacky (4 reprints
of original Mike Lacey’s episodes from old COR!! weeklies), Benny Bendo (3 episodes), Nightmare (3 episodes by Les Barton), Jasper the Grasper (2 brand new episodes),
The Gasworks Gang (4 reprints from
old COR!! weeklies), Gus Gorilla (3
episodes), Wilfred the World’s Worst Wizard (2
episodes), Football
Madd (3 episodes, one by Les Barton), Hire
A Horror (2 reprints), Spaghetti Sid
puzzle, Young Macdonald and his Farm,
The Slimms (illustrated by Terry Bave), Tease Break (2 instalments), Willy
Worry (2 episodes, one by Terry Bave and one by David Jenner), Donovan’s Dad (by Terry Bave), Tomboy, Prehistoric Maze puzzle, Helpful
Hettie (2 episodes), Andy’s Ants (by
Terry Bave), Teacher’s Pet, Gus Gags, Chalky.
The artist who I believe is Tom Williams contributed quite a large
number of pages in this edition (Val’s Vanishing Cream, Spotter and Helpful
Hettie – 2 episodes of each). Here is a set of Helpful Hettie. Could someone confirm it is indeed by Tom Williams
please?
The book contained two different versions of Jasper the Grasper - one
by Trevor Metcalfe (the original artist who illustrated the story in COR!!
weeklies) and one by John Geering.
What I like about Fiends and Neighbours is that from this
edition onwards Les Barton started drawing large original mastheads that sometimes served as opening panels of the story:
Yes, that nice Hettie set is by Tom Williams. I've always liked his work.
ReplyDeleteThanks for confirming the artist's name, Niblet!
ReplyDeleteThose mastheads ARE nice! I'll look out for this one next time I'm visiting my usual source for annuals.
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