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The Rover was a British boys' story paper which started in 1922. It absorbed Adventure becoming Rover And Adventure in 1961 and The Wizard becoming Rover And Wizard in 1963, and eventually folded in 1973. [1] It included characters such as Alf Tupper and Matt Braddock, early examples of the "working class hero".
The Gem (1907–1939) was a story paper published in Great Britain by Amalgamated Press in the early 20th century, predominantly featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school St. Jim's. These stories were all written using the pen-name of "Martin Clifford," the majority by Charles Hamilton (who was more widely known as "Frank ...
A story paper is a periodical publication similar to a literary magazine, but featuring illustrations and text stories, and aimed towards children and teenagers. Also known in Britain as "boys' weeklies", story papers were phenomenally popular before the outbreak of the Second World War. Among the most well-known British story papers was Boy's ...
Alice's Wonderland Adventure: Jim Razzi 1985 6 Sleeping Beauty and the Prince: Jim Razzi 1985 7 Peter Pan in Never Land: Jim Razzi 1986 8 Jungle Book Adventure: Jim Razzi 1986 9 Mickey's Christmas Carol Adventure: Jim Razzi 1986 10 Wind in the Willows Adventure: Jim Razzi 1986 11 Bambi's Woodland Adventure: Jim Razzi 1987 12 Winnie-the-Pooh and ...
The Boy's Own Paper, front page, 11 April 1891. Magazines intended for boys fall into one of three classifications. These are comics which tell the story by means of strip cartoons; story papers which have several short stories; and pulp magazines which have a single, but complete, novella in them.
An adventure is an event or series of events that happens outside the course of the protagonist's ordinary life, usually accompanied by danger, often by physical action. Adventure stories almost always move quickly, and the pace of the plot is at least as important as characterization, setting, and other elements of creative work. [2]
The Adventure series is a collection of children's adventure novels by Willard Price. The original series, comprising 14 novels, was published between 1949 and 1980, and chronicles the adventures of teenagers Hal and Roger Hunt as they travel the world collecting exotic and dangerous animals.
The Hotspur was a British boys' paper published by D. C. Thomson & Co. From 1933 to 1959, it was a boys' story paper ; it was relaunched as a comic in October 1959, initially called The New Hotspur , and ceased publication in January 1981.