The Rover and Wizard Story Titles

BRITISH COMICS

THE ROVER AND WIZARD STORY LIST 1963 - 1969

Following is a list of story titles for Rover and Wizard. Rover and Wizard started with the first issue November 23rd 1963 and continued with that title until August 16th 1969 (a total of 299 issues). The title ‘and Wizard’ was dropped and the paper reverted back to Rover. This section deals with the Rover and Wizard story titles.

Below is a list of stories for the first issue.

THE BLACK SENTRY (Continued from Rover and Adventure)

THE GOALS THAT NOBODY CHEERED (Continued from Rover and Adventure)

There were picture stories, but these are not listed.

1963
Nov 23rd^-Feb 15th	13Wks	D D D – DANGEROUS DEADLY DODD Story of Sergeant W.H. Dodd of the Texas Rangers.
Nov 23rd^-Feb 8th	12Wks	RUTHLESS RUFF AND THE NIGHT VULTURES WW1 flying story with Captain A.R. Ruff.
Nov 23rd ^-Feb 22nd	14Wks	THE SECRET OF SKELETON PASS Canadian mystery.
1964
Jan 25th^-Feb 22nd	5Wks	THE WOLF OF KABUL
Feb 22nd^-Mar 14th	13Wks	BILL POWELL Stories First series. Football stories with Bill Powell, football scout.
Feb 22nd^-Apr 11th	8Wks	THE KID FROM COYOTE CREEK
Feb 29th^-May 15th	12Wks	THE STONE MAN MARCHES A Wolf of Kabul story.
Feb 29th^-May15th	12Wks	THE ISLAND OF WHISPERS
Mar 28th	1Wk	BUST-‘EM-UP BENTON Complete Bill Powell story.
Apr 11th^-May 2nd	4Wks	BILL POWELL Stories Second series. Football stories with Bill Powell, football scout.
Apr 18th^-Aug 1st	16Wks	WHEN THE GREEN LIGHT GLOWS A shining rock from space lands in the desert.
May 9th^-Jul 25th	12Wks	WILSON DID IT! Wilson plays cricket for England.
May 16th^-Aug 29th	16Wks	SPEARMEN OF THE NIGHT Search for lost tribe in Africa.
May 23rd^-Jul 11th	8Wks	ACROSS THE WIDE MISSOURI This adventure takes place after the American Civil War.
May 23rd^-Aug 15th	13Wks	THE WOLF OF KABUL
Jul 25th^-Nov 14th	17Wks	WINGS ON HIS SHOULDER
Aug 1st^-Oct 17th	12Wks	THE HOODED ARCHER
Aug 8th^- Oct 24th	12Wks	BILL POWELL Stories Third series. Football stories with Bill Powell, football scout.
Aug 22nd^-Aug 29th	2Wks	I MET THE BAREFOOT STRANGER The start of a Wilson story. (See next entry)
Sep 5th^- Oct 17th	8Wks	THE BAREFOOT STRANGER WAS WILSON
Sep 5th^-Nov 21st	12Wks	MISTER FIX-IT
Oct 24th^-Dec 26th	10Wks	THE TRAIL OF THE WHISPERING TONG Earth is threatened with a freezing ray.
Oct 24th^- Dec 19th	12Wks	THE BLACK JIGGER
Oct 31st^-Jul 31st	40Wks	MY BUSINESS IS GOALS Football story with Stan Stagg.
Nov 21st^-Mar 6th	16Wks	THE BATTLES OF SERGEANT BRADDOCK Matt Braddock and George Bourne.
Nov 28th^- Feb 13th	12Wks	THE SECRET IN SIX-MOON SWAMP Adventure in New Guinea.
Dec 26th^- Mar 13th	12Wks	LONG-HAUL LEARY – OVERLAND TRUCKER Shane Leary drives his truck in Australia.
1965
Jan 2nd^-Apr 3rd	14Wks	BEHIND THE INVISIBLE WALL Spacemen take over a public school.
Feb 20th^-Apr 24th	10Wks	TOUGH DUFF – HEFIGHTS WITH HIS BOOTS CLEAN WWII story with Sgt. Duff.
Mar 13th^-May 1st	8Wks	LAME-DUCK DONOVAN WWI story.
Mar 20th^-May 29th	11Wks	BRADLEY – THE SUGARFOOT SHERIFF Western action with Bradley, sheriff of Driftweed.
Apr 10th^-May 29th	8Wks	FOUR CHALLENGES FROM ‘Z’ ISLAND Norton Silvestre throws out four challenges.
May 1st^-Jul 3rd	10Wks	NEWFOUNDLAND DOG Stories Complete stories.
May 8th - Jul 3rd	9Wks	HERE COMES KENDALL! Australian flying doctor story
Jun 5th^-Oct 16th	20Wks	YOUR BEST FRIEND IS YOUR RIFLE WWII story with Pte Jack Shankland, Royal Midshires.
Jun 5th^-Sep 25th	17Wks	THE VALLEY OF FEAR AND FISTS Boxing story.
Jul 10th^-Sep 11th	10Wks	RECKLESS RED CARMICHAEL Red Carmichael is a reporter on The Jupiter.
Jul 10th^-Nov 6th	18Wks	BRADDOCK AND THE THUNDERBIRDS
Aug 21st^-Mar 14th	39Wks	THE FIREBALL AT CENTRE-FORWARD Rpt. Nick Smith/Wally Brand story ‘The Ball of Fire’.
Sep 18th^-Dec 18th	14Wks	TON-UP TRACY Story of police cop Johnny Tracy.
Oct 2nd ^-Jan 8th	15Wks	MIKE RYAN Stories
Oct 23rd^-Jan 29th	15Wks	THE SPUD RUN PIRATES War story with Captain Dram and the crew of H.M.S. Quartz.
Nov 13th^-Jan 8th	9Wks	THE SILENT AVENGER Grant Hobson finds out why buildings are disappearing.
Dec 25th^-Jun 18th	26Wks	THE RED MACGREGOR Stories of Red Macgregor from The Wizard.
1966
Jan 15th	1Wk	TON-UP TRACY Complete story.
Jan 15th^-Feb 26th	7Wks	HOLDEN WOOD Nature stories Repeat of ‘The Lonely Wood’ stories from The Wizard.
Jan 22nd^-May 14th	17Wks	THE BLACK FIN A fishing village is terrorised.
Feb 5th^- Mar 14th	6Wks	THE LONG, LONG TREK
Mar 5th^-May 28th	13Wks	THE VALLEY OF DEATHLESS MEN Tony Randall finds a hidden valley.
Mar 19th^-Jul 30th	20Wks	BRADDOCK FOUGHT THE FLYING SAUCERS Last original written Braddock story.
May 21st^-Sep 17th	18Wks	THE JUNGLE TRAILS OF SHIWA SANDS
May 21st^-Aug 13th	13Wks	LARRY MORAN Stories
Jun 4th	1Wk	TON-UP TRACY
Jun 11th^-Jul 30th	8Wks	THE UNBEATABLE MANNY KRITCH Football story featuring the World Cup Finals 1966.
Jun 25th^-Sep 24th	14Wks	RED MASK Story of bare-knuckle prize-fighters.
Aug 6th^-Oct 22nd	12Wks	THE RAIDS OF THE ROD SQUAD WWII action.
Aug 6th^-Oct 22nd	12Wks	THE SCARLET SCORPION John Frazier leads a Marine Commando Patrol into Malaysia.
Aug 20th^-Sep 3rd	3Wks	NICK SMITH’S RAGGED ROVERS
Sep 10th^-Apr 22nd	33Wks	NICK SMITH BUILDS A TEAM Repeat of the Rover 1949/50 series.
Sep 24th^-Nov 19th	9Wks	THE CITY OF FRIGHTENED MEN Grant Hobson is on the trail of a gang of crooks.
Oct 1st^-Dec 3rd	10Wks	THE VOICE WITH WINGS
Oct 29th^-Dec 31st	10Wks	SEND FOR THE EQUALISER Western adventure with Ben Flagg.
Oct 29th^-Jan 21st	13Wks	RUDD’S RAIDERS WWII action.
Nov 26th^-Mar 25th	18Wks	WARRIORS OF THE SPOTTED HORSE Red Indian story.
Dec 17th	1Wk	TON-UP TRACY Complete story.
Dec 24th^-Jul 22nd	31Wks	BRADDOCK – MASTER OF THE AIR Repeat of first series.
1967
Jan 7th - Feb 18th	7Wks	THE NORTH SEA MONSTER Mike Hornby and his crew fight a giant squid.
Jan 28th^-Apr 1st	10Wks	THE BIG TREE South American action with Mike Logan.
Feb 25th^-Apr 29th	10Wks	SAMMY SHELDON’S SCORPIONS Remote controlled tanks (Scorpions).
Apr 1st^-Jul 1st	14Wks	THE TRAIL OF THE YELLOW TONG Agent Jake Jeffords on trail of a missing British bomb.
Apr 8th^-Jun 24th	12Wks	THE WAR-PIPES OF TAMERLANE A John Landon story.
May 6th^-Aug 19th	16Wks	THE MUD PLUGGER Motor-cross story.
May 13th	1Wk	THE RAIDS OF THE ROD SQUAD
May 13th^-Jun 3rd	13Wks	DICK MOSTYN Stories Cricket stories.
May 20th	1Wk	LARRY MORGAN Complete story.
Jun 10th	1Wk	LARRY MORGAN Complete story.
Jul 1st^-Aug 26th	9Wks	DARGAN THE TERRIBLE It’s the year 2500 and the planet Dargan passes close to Earth.
Jul 8th^- Sep 2nd	9Wks	THE FORGOTTEN SCHOOL
Jul 29th^- Oct 14th	12Wks	THE PIGI-PIGI RAIDERS WWII action with Australian commandos.
Aug 12th^-Oct 7th	9Wks	THE MUG AT CENTRE-FORWARD Football story and Dave Lance is the mug.
Aug 26th^-Jan 20th	22Wks	BRADDOCK – MASTER OF THE AIR Repeat of the second series.
Sep 2nd^-Nov 18th	12Wks	SMITH OF THE LOWER THIRD Repeat stories from The Wizard series.
Sep 9th^-Oct 28th	8Wks	THE COILED COBRA
Oct 14th^-Apr 20th	28Wks	BERNARD BRIGGS – ROUGHNECK OF THE RANGERS Repeat The Wizard series 1955/56.
Oct 21st^-Jan 27th	15Wks	THE SCARLET STREAMER WWI action.
Nov 4th^-Dec 16th	7Wks	THE LOST RANCH ON THE WHIRLING PLANET
Nov 25th^-Feb 3rd	11Wks	BRAND OF B.O.O.M.A. Action with master agent Jeff Brand.
Dec 23rd^-Apr 6th	16Wks	IVAN THE TERRIBLE – EXTRA SPECIAL AGENT Action with SECRET agent Ivan Flinders.
1968
Jan 27th - Aug 3rd	28Wks	SMITH OF THE LOWER THIRD Mike Further repeats from The Wizard.
Feb 3rd^- Apr 27th	13Wks	HE WAS ONLY A PRIVATE SOLDIER Zulu War action with Joab Clay.
Feb 10th^-May 4th	13Wks	THE 13 QUESTS OF JOHN LANDON
Apr 13th^-Jul 13th	14Wks	THE WORLD’S SPELLING CHAMPION Bartholomew Brady can spell every word correctly.
Apr 27th^-Jul 20th	13Wks	THE FIERY MAN AT NUMBER 6 Football story with half-back Joe Greer.
May 4th^-Jul 20th	12Wks	THE SKY-HIGH WARPATH
May 11th- Jul 20th	11Wks	BRADDOCK FLEW BY NIGHT Repeat of the third series.
Jul 20th^-Oct 19th	14Wks	THE TANK-BUSTERS OF ‘B’ TROOP WWII action.
Jul 27th- Aug 2nd	54Wks	BRADDOCK – MASTER OF THE AIR Repeat of the fourth series.
Jul 27th- Oct 12th	12Wks	THE CASTLE BREAKERS
Aug 10th^-Oct 26th	12Wks	COME AWAY THE UNITED! Repeat of The Wizard 1956 series.
Aug 17th^- Nov 23rd	15Wks	IT’S GOALS THAT COUNT
Oct 19th^- Nov 23rd	6Wks	THE VALLEY OF THE MASK
Oct 26th^-Feb 15th	17Wks	THE SADDLE TRAMPS
Nov 2nd^- Jan 4th	10Wks	AND AWAY WENT KELLY! Repeat of The Wizard 1957 series ‘Away Went Kelly’.
Nov 30th^-Jan 4th	6Wks	THE SEVEN EYES OF ALLAH North-West Frontier action 1899.
Nov 30th^-Feb 8th	11Wks	SON OF THE LOST CENTRE-FORWARD Repeat of The Rover series 1950/51.
1969
Jan 11th - Apr 12th	28Wks	IT’S GOALS THAT COUNT Repeat of second series.
Jan 11th^- Jan 25th	3Wks	THE LONG, LONG TRAIL TO TOMAHAWK
Feb 1st^-Apr 26th	13Wks	TOM CRIBB – MAN OF IRON Tom Cribb bare-knuckle fighter.
Feb 15th^-Jun 14th	18Wks	THE TEAM OF MYSTERY MARVELS
Feb 22nd^-Jun 7th	16Wks	THE YEAR OF THE SHARK-MEN Jack Sutton investigates strange human like sea creatures.
Apr 19th^-Jul 19th	14Wks	THE YELLOW JERSEY Cycling story. Repeat of The Wizard 1953 series.
May 3rd^-Aug 2nd	14Wks	THE TANK-BUSTERS OF ‘B’ TROOP Second series.
Jun 14th^-Jul 26th	7Wks	BIG MICK – WHAT MAKES HIM TICK?
Jun 21st^-Sep 27th	15Wks	THE SHADOW MEN OF THE MOUNTAINS
Jul 26th- Sep 6th	7Wks	THE BIG SNAKE Jim Burton tackles a giant snake in South America.
Aug 2nd^-Nov 22nd	17Wks	THE RED RANGERS Repeat of The Rover ‘The Saturday Wonders’ of 1958/59.
Aug 9th^-Oct 18th	11Wks	THE PHANTOM TIGER Battle of Britain action.
Aug 9th^-Sep 6th	5Wks	THOSE GOALS THAT JACKSON SCORED Football with Johnny Jackson centre-forward.
This concludes the stories for Rover and Wizard.
Vic Whittle 2004