Gilbert Lawford Dalton
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Gilbert Lawford Dalton was a prolific writer of stories for British boys' comics.
He wrote under several pseudonyms so the extent of his writing may not be entirely clear, but is believed to include Wilson the Wonder Athlete, Alf Tupper
and Matt Braddock
.
Clive James
wrote that he enjoyed the stories of Matt Braddock and Alf Tupper as a boy, without realising at the time that they were intended as fantasy figures for working-class readers.
He wrote under several pseudonyms so the extent of his writing may not be entirely clear, but is believed to include Wilson the Wonder Athlete, Alf Tupper
Alf Tupper
Alf Tupper was a fictional working class, 'hard as nails' runner, whose adventures appeared in first The Rover and then The Victor, British boys' comics from D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd...
and Matt Braddock
Matt Braddock
Matt Braddock, VC and bar, is a fictional World War II bomber pilot who appeared in the pages of the Victor and Rover comics in the 1950s and 1960s. Some of his stories were published in book form as I Flew With Braddock....
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Clive James
Clive James
Clive James, AM is an Australian author, critic, broadcaster, poet and memoirist, best known for his autobiographical series Unreliable Memoirs, for his chat shows and documentaries on British television and for his prolific journalism...
wrote that he enjoyed the stories of Matt Braddock and Alf Tupper as a boy, without realising at the time that they were intended as fantasy figures for working-class readers.