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Characters/Stories.
The most famous character was ‘Wilson the Wonder Athlete' who arrived in issue 1029. (24/7/1943). W.S.K. Webb, a young sports reporter was on the scene when William Wilson , running barefoot in his black one-piece, came out of the Yorkshire moors to break the 4 minute mile barrier.
Bill Samson ‘The Wolf of Kabul' and his native servant Chung who battered anyone and everyone with his ‘Clicky-ba' (an old blood-stained cricket bat bound with copper and brass wire).
Limp along Leslie. A lame sheep farming footballer with a lame dog who won International sheep dog trials and led his team Darbury Rangers to Wembley in successive seasons.
Cast Iron Bill (1973-78). Britain's toughest goalkeeper was originally a long-running series in the pre-war Rover.
Spadger. (1925-56).
Nero and Zero. (1930-40). Comic strip.
J.A. Slade. (1937). Western.
V for Vengeance. (1942). Hornet 1966-75, Hotspur 1976-80.
Smith of the Lower Third. (1947).
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