COR!! COMIC ANNUAL 1981

 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: