The next COR!! strip in the row is again in the
reprint territory. Danger Mouse was a traditional cat and mouse slapstick action feature
with a superhero/secret agent twist. It was reprinted from SMASH! (Odhams
series) where it appeared under the same name. Sometimes a half-pager and
sometimes a one-pager, it gives an impression of a space-filler and its
semi-regular appearances make the impression even stronger: the first episode
was in issue with the cover date of 8th May, 1971 (No. 49) and the last in the
one dated 8th April, 1972 (No. 97) but the total number of episodes was only
23. Artist unknown.
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| From COR!! issue dated 29th January, 1972 (No. 87) |
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| From COR!! issue dated 8th April, 1972 (No. 97) |
Never seen these before! Are you aware of the Danger Mouse cartoon produced by Cosgrove-Hall during the 1980s?
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I wasn’t aware of the cartoon. I checked it out of YouTube this morning. There is barely any similarity between the comic and the cartoon but the character’s name may have very well been borrowed from the comic. Or maybe it was simply a coincidence that two creators came up with a similar name based on Danger Man TV series of the 60s.
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