The Rover

First Issue: 4th March 1922
Last Issue: 13th January 1973
Copyright: DC Thomson

‘The Rover’ was the sister paper to ‘The Adventure’ and was the second publication of what was eventually to become known as DC Thomson’s big five. The other story papers were ‘The Wizard’, ‘The Skipper’ and ‘The Hotspur’.

‘The Rover’ is particularly famous for the text stories that later went on to become famous strips in comics such as Hornet, Valiant and Victor. Alf Tupper, star of ‘Tough of the Track’ started life in text form inside the pages of ‘The Rover’. ‘The Rover’ was rich with the exploits of not only ‘Alf Tupper’ but also ‘Morgyn the Mighty’ and ‘Matt Braddock’. The DC Thomson story papers were a rich vein of material to be used later in their comic publications.

‘The Rover’ ran for 1855 issues and it was merged with ‘Adventure’ on 21st January 1961. It eventually went on to merge with ‘The Wizard’ on 12th October 1963. The publication finally came to an end in the issue dated 13th January 1973.

The Rover First Issue Number 1 

Dated 4th March 1922

The Rover Issue Number 1736

Dated 4th October 1958

The Rover and Wizard 

Dated 21st August 1965