''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 November 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 in August 1969, and the paper renamed ''The Rover''. ''The Wizard'' was relaunched as a

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

Regular features

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

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of the

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* ''The Q Team'' — an

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

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of the Great War * '' Wilson the Wonder Athlete'' — the sporting adventures of a heroic character named William Wilson * '' Wolf of Kabul'' — 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