Wizard - 1972 strips

Wizard (1972)

Strips continuing from previous years: The Barrow Boy from Mars; Coote's Crocks; The Early Days of...; Inspector Bonehead; Ironfist; The Jinx on Big Joe; Mister Meek - The Tombstone Terror; The Place of the Fights; The Scarlet Scorpions; Scrappy

Strips returning from previous years: Follow That Man

Strips that Debuted in 1972: The Ace of Space; The Amazing P.C. Starr; Buffalo Brave; The Busiest Bee in Football; Cannonball Kelly; Cast-Iron Cribb; Cocks of the Common; The Demon Dogs of Dartmoor; The Fighting Fishboat; Five Bullets for Idris the Cruel; Flint of the Fighting Fifth; Flipper Feet; Fred the Frightener; The Gas-Bag Grenadiers; The Grudge Fights of Clutcher Kane; Hoodoo on the Rangers; Humpy Bumpy, the Fighting Camel; Joe for Champ; The Last Dog Out of Dunkirk; Madoc of the Mountains; March of the Mammoths; Mississippi Mickey; Old Smokey - The Ten Ton Goldmine; Perfect Parker; Raiders of the Shifting Sands; Run for Your Life; The Secret War of Deep 16; The Shiny Ninth; Son of a Gun; South of Cataract 5; There Was a Soldier; Tiger of the Big Tank; Tin-Can Tommy; Typhoon Tennyson; Whizz Kid; Wild McFee, Willie's Woolly Warrior, The Winged Warriors of Flame Island

Comments: Thirty-seven new series debuted in 1972.

Summary of strip changes by issue:

Strips in #99, first of 1972: Ironfist; The Place of the Fights; The Jinx on Big Joe; The Scarlet Scorpions; The Early Days of...; Mister Meek - The Tombstone Terror; The Barrow Boy from Mars; Coote's Crocks; Inspector Bonehead; Scrappy;
Note that The Place of the Fights appears throughout the year but only intermittently, making it easier to list when it does appear rather than when it skips issues; as such, assume any issue that doesn't mention it doesn't include it.
#100: Ends: Mister Meeks
#101: Ends: Ironfist (will return in #389); Coote's Crocks; Inspector Bonehead (will return in #167); Skips an issue: The Early Days of...; Appears: The Place of the Fights
#102: Starts: Cast-Iron Cribb; Humpy Bumpy, the Fighting Camel; Tiger of the Big Tank; Typhoon Tennyson; Ends: The Scarlet Scorpions; The Barrow Boy from Mars; Skips an issue: The Early Days of...
#103: Starts: Wild McFee; March of the Mammoths; Billy Blunder; Skips an issue: The Early Days of...
#105: Skips an issue: The Early Days of...; Billy Blunder
#106 and 107: Skips an issue: The Early Days of...
#108: Appears: The Place of the Fights
#109: Ends: Scrappy (will return in #349); Skips an issue: The Early Days of...
#110: Starts: Cocks of the Common; Ends: Tiger in the Big Tank; Skips an issue: The Early Days of...
#111: Starts: Flint of the Fighting Fifth; Ends: March of the Mammoths; Typhoon Tennyson; Skips an issue: The Early Days of...
#112: Starts: The Grudge Fights of Clutcher Kane; Cannonball Kelly; Skips an issue: The Early Days of...
#113: Ends: The Jinx on Big Joe; Wild McFee
#114: Starts: Whizz Kid; Mississippi Mickey; Skips an issue: The Early Days of...
#115: Ends: Cast-Iron Cribb; Skips an issue: The Early Days of...
#116: Starts: Five Bullets for Idris the Cruel; Ends: Humpy Bumpy; Skips an issue: The Early Days of...; Appears: The Place of the Fights
#117: Starts: Willie's Woolly Warrior; Skips an issue: The Early Days of...
#118: Skips an issue: The Early Days of...
#120: Ends: Grudge Fights of Clutcher Kane; Cannonball Kelly
#121: Starts: Ace of Space; The Gas-Bag Grenadiers; Ends: Billy Blunder (will return in #139); One-Shot: The Last Dog Out of Dunkirk; Skips an issue: The Early Days of...
#122: Starts: Joe for Champ; Appears: The Place of the Fights
#123: Ends: Mississippi Mickey
#124: Starts: Son of a Gun; Ends: Cocks of the Common (will return in #401); The Early Days of... (will return in #169)
#125: Starts: Flint the Frightener; Ends: Flint of the Fighting Fifth
#126: Starts: Old Smokey; Ends: Willie's Woolly Warrior
#127: Starts: The Amazing P.C. Starr; Ends: Ace of Space
#128: Starts: The Fighting Fishboat
#129 and #130: Appears: The Place of the Fights
#131: Ends: Joe for Champ
#133: Ends: Old Smokey; Whizz Kid; The Gas-Bag Grenadiers; Five Bullets for Idris the Cruel
#134: Starts: The Demon Dogs of Dartmoor; Flipper Feet; The Winged Warriors of Flame Island; The Secret War of Deep 16
#135: Ends: Son of a Gun
#136: Starts: Buffalo Brave
#138: Ends: The Amazing P.C. Starr
#139: Ends: Fred the Frightener; Appears: Billy Blunder (final appearance)
#140: Starts: Tin-Can Taylor; Perfect Parker; The Busiest Bee in Football
#141: Ends: Flipper Feet
#142: Starts: South of Cataract 5; Appears: The Place of the Fights
#145: Ends: The Demon Dogs of Dartmoor
#146: Ends: The Secret War of Deep 16
#147: Starts: Run for Your Life; Madoc of the Mountains; Ends: Buffalo Brave
#148: Starts: The Shiny Ninth; Ends: The Winged Warriors of Flame Island; Perfect Parker
#149: Starts: Raiders of the Shifting Sands; Returns: Follow That Man; Appears: The Place of the Fights
#150: Ends: The Busiest Bee in Football; Tin-Can Taylor; Appears: The Place of the Fights
#151: Starts: There Was A Soldier; Hoodoo on the Rangers; Appears: The Place of the Fights

Tiger of the Big Tank

Cast-Iron Cribb

Humpy Bumpy, the Fighting Camel

Typhoon Tennyson

Wild McFee

March of the Mammoths

Cocks of the Common

Flint of the Fighting Fifth

Cannonball Kelly

The Grudge Fights of Clutcher Kane

Mississippi Mickey

Whizz Kid

Five Bullets for Idris the Cruel

Willie's Woolly Warrior

The Ace of Space

The Gas-Bag Grenadiers

The Last Dog Out of Dunkirk

Joe for Champ

Son of a Gun

Fred the Frightener

Old Smokey - The Ten Ton Goldmine

The Amazing P.C. Starr.

The Fighting Fishboat.

The Winged Warriors of Flame Island.

Flipper Feet.

The Demon Dogs of Dartmoor.

The Secret War of Deep 16.

Buffalo Brave.

Tin-Can Taylor.

The Busiest Bee in Football.

Perfect Parker.

South of Cataract 5.

Run for Your Life.

Madoc of the Mountains.

Shiny Ninth.

Raiders of the Shifting Sands.

There Was a Soldier.

Hoodoo on the Rangers.

First Posted: 01/05/2024
Last updated: 01/05/2024

Back to General UK Comic Book Heroes.

Back to UK Superheroes Main Page.

Home.

All images and characters depicted on this site are copyright their respective holders, and are used for informational purposes only. No infringement is intended and copyrights remain at source.