Return Of The Rat!

Earlier this week, a post on Un-Comics* from The Monster Times ran the origin of the Rat. While the text promised the a follow-up tale, it never materialized within the pages of TMT. Eventually, however, Sutton & Flynn did return with the sequel in Arrgh! (as well as a full colour reprint of the original tale), as pointed out by commenter D.D.Degg (Thanks, DDD!)

A comic sequel to an un-comic. Certainly a rare occurance, but was it unique?
I wonder...

Return Of The Rat by Tom Sutton & Peter A. Flynn for Arrgh! #3, (1975)

*(Un-Comics are what we call comics that come from sources other than comic books/strips)

TMT Un-Comics Revisited

Every now and again The Monster Times would run a comic longer than their usual 2-pagers.

The first time was quite early on, but they actually broke it into two 2-page parts in issues 4 & 5. Jeff Jones' classic styled art was given the centerfold spot usually reserved for the poster in the fourth issue, providing a bit of colour for part one, with the usual black & white for part two -

UPDATE: Steven Thompson posits in the comments that Jones may likely have been using Berni Wrightson as a model for the artwork in the story above. I'm inclined to agree with him. Here's a photo of Wrightson from back about that time so that you might draw your own conclusions:

Tom Sutton's Rat! the longest single tale i can recall; from Issue 23 - a whole 7 pages. Actually quite extravagant for a 40 page newspaper.

Curiously, though the strip is signed Sutton & Flynn, no one named Flynn is ever mentioned nor listed among the contributing artists.
UPDATE: D.D.Degg informs us that the inker was later identified as Peter A. Flynn. (See comments on this post for further details) Thanks for the info, DDD!

TMT lasted fewer than 50 issues, but they produced a lot of comics during that time.

pages by Jeff Jones and Tom Sutton for The Monster Times #s 4, 5, & 23 (1972, 1973)