Junior Rotter was a British comic strip, created by

Trevor Metcalfe Trevor Metcalfe (born May 1939 in Brotton, Yorkshire) is a British illustrator and comic book artist known for his comic strips in IPC Magazines comics such as Sweet Tooth and Junior Rotter in '' Whizzer and Chips''. Influences include Leo Bax ...

in 1980. The series were originally published in the magazine ''

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'', and from 1990 on in '' Buster'' when the two magazines merged.

Concept

Junior Rotter was a spoof of

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, the

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from the TV soap opera ''

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''. 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

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Similar characters

A similar character, also loosely based on the character from ''Dallas'', named Jay R Hood appeared in rival publisher

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's ''

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'' coincidentally. This strip also featured a character named Sue Helen who acts as Jay R's most common victim.

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