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'The Rover' was the sister paper to
Adventure and was the second publication of what was eventually to become
known as DC Thomson's big five. The other storypapers were 'The
Adventure', '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.
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