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Wilson the Wonder Athlete or William Wilson is a fictional character whose adventures were initially published in the British illustrated story paper ''The Wizard'' published by D. C. Thomson & Co. ==Publication history== The character first appeared in issue 1029 ''Wizard'' (24 July 1943) in a story titled "The Truth About Wilson". The first adventure introduced Wilson as a supreme athlete, who joins a race from out of the crowd and manages to record a three-minute mile.〔〔〔Benny Green recalled in ''The Spectator'' on 26 December 1970, (p. 840 ) that Wilson's exploits were so extraordinary, they inspired a game of topping each other with increasingly absurd 'Wilsonisms': "In one episode he takes a giant leap and breaks the world long jump record while in the act of running a three-minute mile...His most tangible legacy is a parlour game still played occasionally by grown men of my own vintage who ought to know better. The game is called 'Wilsonisms' and its aim is to arrive at the ultimate absurdity in physical achievement. 1st player: Wilson climbed Mount Everest. 2nd player: At night. 3rd player: Barefoot. 4th player: Without oxygen. 1st player: With a twelve-stone man on his back. 2nd player: In fifteen minutes. 3rd player: Backwards. 4th player: With a tray of drinks in each hand." – quoted on (Jess Nevins' Pulp and Adventure Heroes site ), now on Reocities.〕 The character's adventures were written by Gilbert Lawford Dalton using the pen name W S K Webb, and a book, ''The Truth About Wilson'' collected a number of the text stories in the 1960s.〔〔 (Archived ) on 3 October 2008.〕 Thought by Paul Gravett to be the prototype of the "astonishing sporting prodigies" who became popular in British comics, (cf. Alf Tupper, Roy of the Rovers), Gravett describes him as an "unassuming totally dedicated loner, () no glory or publicity". Although his stories were initially told in prose, a move to the comic papers ''The Hornet'' and ''Hotspur'' saw the character depicted in comic strip form.〔 The character was later revived for D.C. Thomson's ''Spike'' comic of 1984 to 1985, initially within a comic strip with art by Neville Wilson. Referred to as The Man in Black, the character was revealed to be Wilson in the course of the story, with reprints of the older material published within the comic as Wilson's diaries.〔〔''Spike'', DC Thomson, (weekly) 22 January 1983 to 28 April 1984〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wilson the Wonder Athlete」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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