 A similar character named "Strang the Terrible" first appeared as text stories in DC Thomsons story paper "Adventure" in 1936.Strang then reappeared in 1944 in the pages of "The Beano" as a comic strip.Some of Strang's adventures, this time in colour comic strip form, from "Adventure" were reprinted in "The Rover" but were retitled "Morgyn the Mighty" and were now black and white.