''The Rover'' was a British boys'

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which started in 1922. It absorbed ''

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'' becoming ''Rover And Adventure'' in 1961 and ''

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'' becoming ''Rover And Wizard'' in 1963, and eventually folded in 1973. It included characters such as

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and

Matt Braddock Matt Braddock, VC and bar, is a fictional World War II bomber pilot who first appeared in prose adventures in the story paper '' The Rover'' in 1952, and later as a comic strip in '' The Victor'' (1961–83) and ''Warlord'' (1974).Denis Gifford, ...

, early examples of the "working class hero".

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British boys' story papers Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1922 Magazines disestablished in 1973 1922 establishments in the United Kingdom 1973 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Defunct magazines published in the United Kingdom {{UK-comics-stub