 Test then went on to the more lengthy series of adventures entitled "Simon Test and the Curse of the Conqueror", where he battled the twenty servants of the evil Ezekiel Spar, the self-styled Conqueror.This pitted him against twenty athletes and champions, each of whom was under the hypnotic control of Spar, who implanted in them an in-built impulse to kill Simon Test.New supporting strips introduced in the 7 February issue included "Threat of the Toymaker", "The Pillater Peril", "Birdman of Baratoga", "Nick and Nat – The Beat Boys", and three humour strips with a common supernatural element