thumb|right|250px|An issue from 1972 The Rover was a boys' story paper published by DC Thomson from 4 March 1922. It absorbed Adventure in 1961 and The Wizard in 1963, and finally folded on 13 January 1973. Features included: * "The Big Tree" * "Pony Express" * "V for Vengeance" * "I Flew with Braddock" * "Alf Tupper - the Tough of the Track" * "The Dixie Drummer" * "The Lincolnshire Poacher" * "The Barrow Boy from Mars" * "The Big Fellow" * "The 'Tec Nobody Knows" Dudley D. Watkins contributed illustrations to the early issues.