''The Wizard'' was launched as a weekly British

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 ...

on 22 September 1922, published by It was merged with ''The Rover'' in September 1963, becoming ''Rover and Wizard''. The last issue of the original ''Wizard'' was number 1,970; ''Rover and Wizard'' continued until the ''Wizard'' name was dropped — becoming ''The Rover'' in August 1969. ''The Wizard'' was relaunched as a

comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...

on 14 February 1970, and continued until 10 June 1978.

Regular features

* ''Blazing Ace of Spades'' — fictional

RAF The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...

fighter pilot A fighter pilot is a military aviator trained to engage in air-to-air combat, air-to-ground combat and sometimes electronic warfare while in the cockpit of a fighter aircraft. Fighter pilots undergo specialized training in aerial warfare and ...

of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

* ''The Q Team'' — an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

team assembled by the mysterious Ka * ''Ruthless Ruff'' — fictional

RFC RFC may refer to: Computing * Request for Comments, a memorandum on Internet standards * Request for change, change management * Remote Function Call, in SAP computer systems * Rhye's and Fall of Civilization, a modification for Sid Meier's Civ ...

flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied, but is usually co ...

of the

Great War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

* ''

Wilson the Wonder Athlete Wilson the Wonder Athlete was a British comic strip, first published in 1943 in the British illustrated story paper ''The Wizard'' published by D. C. Thomson & Co. It follows the sporting adventures of a heroic character named William Wilson. T ...

'' — the sporting adventures of a heroic character named William Wilson * ''

Wolf of Kabul William Sampson or Samson, the Wolf of Kabul, was a literary character in British boys' papers published by D. C. Thomson & Co. He first appeared in '' The Wizard'' in 1922.Mike Conroy, "Of Clicky-Bas & .303s", ''War Stories: A Graphic History'', ...

'' — fictional agent of the British Intelligence Corps on the

North-West Frontier Province The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP; ps, شمال لویدیځ سرحدي ولایت, ) was a Chief Commissioner's Province of British India, established on 9 November 1901 from the north-western districts of the Punjab Province. Followin ...

References

Sources

* DC Thomson Comics titles British boys' story papers Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom Defunct British comics 1922 comics debuts 1963 comics endings 1970 comics debuts 1978 comics endings Magazines established in 1922 Magazines disestablished in 1963 Magazines established in 1970 Magazines disestablished in 1978 1922 establishments in the United Kingdom 1978 disestablishments in the United Kingdom {{UK-comics-stub