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

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

Regular features

* ''Blazing Ace of Spades'' — fictional RAF

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of the Second World War * ''The Q Team'' — an association football team assembled by the mysterious Ka * ''Ruthless Ruff'' — fictional

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flying ace of the Great War * ''

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

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on the North-West Frontier Province

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* 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