Wizard

The Wizard was originally an illustrated "story Paper" (featuring text stories starring characters such as Wilson and the Wolf of Kabul, accompanied by a few illustrations) published by DC Thomson from 22nd September 1922 up until it was merged with its companion title The Rover in 1963; these were two of DCT's "big five" story papers, along with Hotspur, Skipper and Adventure. Like Rover and Hotspur, The Wizard was later revived as an actual comic, on 14th February 1970, and lasted until 10th June 1978, eventually incorporating Rover in a reversal of their original merger. Strips featured in the later version included Strongbow, The Lancers from Lost Valley, He Was Only a Private Soldier, Chained to His Sword and Simon Gaunt.