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