Appearances
The 1950s (The Rover - No. 1303) version of Alf was variously, a Millwright at Greystone Aviation Factory and (The Rover - No. 1338) a plumber in the employ of Charlie Chipping of Gas Street, Graystone.
The 1968 version of Alf, (in The Victor Book for Boys) is a self-employed welder - "Welding done here" - and is still located under the railway arches in fictional Greystone, a drab town with cobbled streets where heavy industry employs thousands of manual workers.
By the 1970s, some of the early 1950s storylines were being re-introduced to a new generation. There was even a 'prequel' series about Alf's "rough tough boyhood" and his struggle with the authorities as an orphan.
Alf's last published appearance came in the Scottish newspaper, The Sunday Post in 1992 and featured Alf in training for the Barcelona Olympic games.
UK punk rock band The Boys used the name of Alf Tupper whenever they talked about their producer, as a tribute to their hero. They used the name on records and in adverts in the music press as a top producer who could do anything.
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