The Rover (comics)
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The Rover was a British boys' comic which started in 1922. The comic merged with Adventure in 1961 and later merged with The Wizard
in 1963. The comic eventually folded in 1973.
It included characters such as Alf Tupper
and Matt Braddock
, early examples of the "working class hero".
The Wizard (DC Thomson)
The Wizard was launched as a weekly British story paper on 22 September 1922, published by It was merged with The Rover in September 1963, becoming Rover and Wizard, and renamed The Rover in August 1969. The Wizard was relaunched on 14 February 1970, and continued until 10 June...
in 1963. The comic eventually folded in 1973.
It included characters such as Alf Tupper
Alf Tupper
Alf Tupper was a fictional working class, 'hard as nails' runner, whose adventures appeared in first The Rover and then The Victor, British boys' comics from D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd...
and Matt Braddock
Matt Braddock
Matt Braddock, VC and bar, is a fictional World War II bomber pilot who appeared in the pages of the Victor and Rover comics in the 1950s and 1960s. Some of his stories were published in book form as I Flew With Braddock....
, early examples of the "working class hero".