The Wizard, published by the Dundee-based media company and “weekly fiction factory”, D. C. Thompson & Co.,[1] was a British story paper published each Friday from 22 September 1922. It ran for 1970 issues until 16 November 1963, when it was merged with The Rover to form Rover and Wizard, the first issue of which was dated 23 November 1963. Rover and Wizard continued for 447 issues until 16 August 1969, when the Wizard name was dropped, and the comic’s title reverted to The Rover.[2]
The Wizard was relaunched on 14 February 1970, and a further 435 issues were published, concluding with the final issue dated 10 June 1978.[2]
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