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