''The Rover'' was a British boys'
story paper
A story paper is a periodical publication similar to a literary magazine, but featuring illustrations and text stories, and aimed towards children and teenagers. Also known in Britain as "boys' weeklies", story papers were phenomenally popular ...
which started in 1922. It absorbed ''
Adventure
An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme spo ...
'' becoming ''Rover And Adventure'' in 1961 and ''
The Wizard
Wizard, the wizard, or wizards may refer to:
* Wizard (fantasy), a fictional practitioner of magic
* Wizard (supernatural), a practitioner of magic
Art, entertainment and media Fictional characters
* Wizard (Archie Comics), a comic book supe ...
'' becoming ''Rover And Wizard'' in 1963, and eventually folded in 1973.
It included characters such as
Alf Tupper
''Alf Tupper'' is the protagonist of a British comic strip, ''The Tough of the Track'' (or ''Alf Tupper: The Tough of the Track''), created by Bill Blaine (probably a pseudonym for William Blaine, head of DC Thomson comics), written by Gilbert L ...
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".
References
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
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