COR!! Holiday
Special 1981, price: 45 p., 64 pages.
Contents: Ivor Lott and Tony Broke (2 new episodes
including one in full colour and one reprint), Andy’s Ants (3 reprints from old COR!! weeklies by Terry Bave), Whacky (4 reprints from COR!! weeklies
by Mike Lacey, 1 in full colour), Tomboy
(3 episodes, 1 in colour), Jasper the
Grasper (a reprint of an old episode from COR!!), Hire A Horror (3 reprints including 2 in full colour), Gus Gorilla (by Tom Williams), The Gasworks Gang (2 reprints), Nightmare (illustrated by Les Barton), Val’s Vanishing Cream (2 episodes by Tom
Williams), Teacher’s Pet (2 reprints,
one in full colour), Just Joking, Fiends
and Neighbours (brand new story illustrated by Les Barton), Football Madd (2 reprints), Donovan’s Dad (2 reprints by Les Barton),
Chalky (3 episodes, one signed by
Dick Millington), Benny Bendo, Tricky Dicky (reprint), Tease Break (2 instalments), Young Macdonald
and his Farm (signed
by Parko), Gus
Gags, Jelly Baby, The Slimms (by Terry Bave).
Three stories had original mastheads that I mentioned in the
previous post, two by Les Barton and one by Dick Millington:
Here is one of the three sets of Ivor Lott and Tony Broke from the Special. I believe it is an
original story, not a reprint, and the illustrator is probably Crocker.
The episode of Gus Gorilla was a bit unusual because it was
illustrated by Tom Williams:
I agree, that Ivor and Tony story is almost certainly original and by Jim Crocker
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