Junior Rotter
{{Short description|British comic strip created by Trevor Metcalfe in 1980}}
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Junior Rotter was a British comic strip, created by Trevor Metcalfe in 1980. The series were originally published in the magazine Whizzer and Chips, and from 1990 on in Buster when the two magazines merged.
Concept
Junior Rotter was a spoof of J.R. Ewing, the breakout character from the TV soap opera Dallas.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bustercomic.co.uk/trevormetcalfe.html|title=Buster Special on Sale Now!}} His sister, Sue Helen, is a parody of Sue Ellen, from that same series. Except for their names it had nothing else to do with this soap opera. Junior Rotter and Sue Helen were sibling rivals. Rotter was a bad boy, while Sue Helen was a decent, charming and helpful person whom he tried to trick, always failing in the end. Their rivalry often extended into an all-out conflict. The final issue of Buster included a page showing the ultimate fates of the characters; Junior Rotter was shown as becoming the Prime Minister.
Similar characters
A similar character, also loosely based on the character from Dallas, named Jay R Hood appeared in rival publisher DC Thomson's Nutty coincidentally. This strip also featured a character named Sue Helen who acts as Jay R's most common victim.
Sources
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Category:British comics characters
Category:Comics characters introduced in 1980
Category:Child characters in comics
Category:Comics about children
Category:Comics set in the United Kingdom
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