A LOOK AT COR!! COMIC: THE FEW REMAINING THINGS...

The purpose of this post is to get the last things out of the way so that I can close this series dedicated to COR!! comic and move forward :) 

Smartie Artie is the last remaining strip whose appearances were limited to COR!! annuals. It can be found in 1982 and 1984 COR!! Comic Annuals, two episodes in each. Smartie Artie was a version of Artful Artie from COR!! 1983 Holiday Special. Both strips were illustrated by the same artist, the stories were very simple and so was the art.

Professor Corn’s Daft Dictionary Definitions feature was mentioned briefly in one of my early COR!! posts (1974: A look at the last months of COR!!). I will add that the feature began in COR!! issue with the cover date of 6th October, 1973 (No. 175) and appeared regularly until the last issue of the weekly. Here is a sample from the issue dated 26th January, 1974 (No. 191):

Some of the reprints that ran in COR!! Annuals and Specials also got a brief mention in the earlier posts. Here are full details of their various appearances over the years:

Ug and Tug the Peace Makers was a Wild West comedy strip drawn by Nadal about an Indian kid and a settler kid. The stories were reprinted from Buster where the strip enjoyed a short run in 1965. Ug and Tug reprints appeared in:

1971 COR!! Summer Special (4 episodes)

1972 COR!! Comic Annual (5 episodes)

1972 COR!! Holiday Special (3 episodes)

1973 COR!! Comic Annual (3 episodes)

1974 COR!! Comic Annual (4 episodes)

Aqua Lad – reprints from the early issues of Whizzer and Chips where the strip was illustrated by Terry Bave. Aqua Lad reprints appeared in:

1974 COR!! Holiday Special (3 episodes)

1975 COR!! Comic Annual (3 episodes)

1975 COR!! Holiday Special (1 episode)

1976 COR!! Comic Annual (4 episodes)

Give A Dog a Bone – reprints from the early issues of Whizzer and Chips where the strip was illustrated by Graham Allen. The reprints appeared in:

1974 COR! Holiday Special (4 episodes)

1975 COR!! Comic Annual (2 episodes)

1976 COR!! Comic Annual (4 episodes)

1977 COR!! Comic Annual (6 episodes, one in full colour)

The Spectacular Adventures of Willie Bunk – reprints from the early issues of Whizzer and Chips where the strip was illustrated by the universal Frank McDiarmid. The reprints appeared in:

1974 COR!! Holiday Special (1 episode)

1975 COR!! Comic Annual (4 episodes)

Patch-Eye Hooker – reprints from BUSTER. Ray Moore’s BUSTER index says the story landed in Buster after it absorbed the short-lived GIGGLE comic in 1968. Artist unknown. Reprints of the strip appeared in:

1978 COR!! Comic Annual (2 episodes)

1979 COR!! Comic Annual

1979 COR!! Holiday Special (2 episodes)

1980 COR!! Comic Annual

The last remaining thing is to take a look at COR!! Books of Gags (two were published) which I hope to do very soon