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OzMan, "Steve Roper" is an American newspaper strip with a checkered history. It began in 1936 as a cartoony strip, "The Great Gusto," about a W.C. Fields type pitchman. Gusto teamed up with an Indian, Big Chief Wahoo. Wahoo took over the strip which changed its title to "Big Chief Wahoo." Wahoo ran into Steve Roper as the strip took a more adventurous turn. By the mid-40s Roper had taken over the strip and eventually became the title character. In the mid-50s Roper met Mike Nomad, who took over more and more of the action and in 1969 the strip became "Steve Roper and Mike Nomad." Mike became the main character but was still sharing top billing when the strip ended in 2004.

Link to the book: Steve Roper 03