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''Jack Staff'' is writer-artist Paul Grist's attempt to produce an authentically British superhero comic that works.
'''''Jack Staff''''' is writer-artist [[Paul Grist]]'s attempt to produce an authentically British superhero comic that works.


John Smith, salt-of-the-Earth builder and decorator of Castleford, Yorkshire, is really Jack Staff, Britain's greatest hero. Since [[World War II]], he's been defeating threats to the people of the islands, mostly by hitting them with a stick until they give up.
John Smith, salt-of-the-Earth builder and decorator of Castleford, Yorkshire, is really Jack Staff, Britain's greatest hero. Since [[World War II]], he's been defeating threats to the people of the islands, mostly by hitting them with a stick until they give up.


Much of the popularity of the series comes, however, from the range of weirdos surrounding Jack, including '''BECKY BURDOCK, VAMPIRE REPORTER''', the government Weird Shit Investigator Agency known only as Q, Inspector Maveryk, and Tom-Tom the Robot Man.
Much of the popularity of the series comes, however, from the range of weirdos surrounding Jack, including '''BECKY BURDOCK, VAMPIRE REPORTER''', the government Weird Shit Investigator Agency known only as Q, Inspector Maveryk, and Tom-Tom the Robot Man.

According to [[The Other Wiki]], the first comic was published in 2000, and as of 2020 "Nothing new has been done since 2011."
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=== Tropes ===


* [[Bandaged Face]]: "Mr Green"
* [[Bandaged Face]]: "Mr Green"
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* [[Clock Roaches]]: The Time Leech
* [[Clock Roaches]]: The Time Leech
* [[Demonic Possession]]
* [[Demonic Possession]]
* [[Due to The Dead]]: {{spoiler|Jack burying Krieg under his civilian name.}}
* [[Due to the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Jack burying Krieg under his civilian name.}}
* [[Dying As Yourself]]: {{spoiler|Kapitan Krieg}}
* [[Dying as Yourself]]: {{spoiler|Kapitan Krieg}}
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Chinard is very upset that his wannabe gratuitously shot and killed someone.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Chinard is very upset that his wannabe gratuitously shot and killed someone.
* [[Everything's Better With Monkeys]]: Rocky Reality
* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: Rocky Reality
* [[Evil Twin]]: The {{spoiler|evil vampire Albert Bramble who survives the collapse of the [[Mirror Universe]] reality}}.
* [[Evil Twin]]: The {{spoiler|evil vampire Albert Bramble who survives the collapse of the [[Mirror Universe]] reality}}.
* [[Expy]]: Bramble and Son, Vampire Hunters are Expies of [[Steptoe and Son]].
* [[Expy]]: Bramble and Son, Vampire Hunters are Expies of [[Steptoe and Son]].
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* [[Mister Big]]: Brain Head or "Hässlicher Kleiner Mann".
* [[Mister Big]]: Brain Head or "Hässlicher Kleiner Mann".
* [[Mugging the Monster]]: The Claw in the jewellers' shop, with a twist (he ends up robbing the place himself and using the dumb robber as a patsy). Played straighter when a hoodie tries to mug the harmless old Mr. Chinard.
* [[Mugging the Monster]]: The Claw in the jewellers' shop, with a twist (he ends up robbing the place himself and using the dumb robber as a patsy). Played straighter when a hoodie tries to mug the harmless old Mr. Chinard.
* [[My Country Right or Wrong]]
* [[My Country, Right or Wrong]]
* [[My Little Panzer]]: General Tubbs's toys.
* [[My Little Panzer]]: General Tubbs's toys.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: {{spoiler|Jack's dissipation of the Hurricane's power into the environment ends up causing a [[Hate Plague]] with several fatalities and a number of innocent people being turned into murderers.}}
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: {{spoiler|Jack's dissipation of the Hurricane's power into the environment ends up causing a [[Hate Plague]] with several fatalities and a number of innocent people being turned into murderers.}}
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Morlan the Mystic is an affectionate caricature of [[Alan Moore]], while horror novelist Iain M Angel is an anagrammatic [[Shout Out]] to [[Neil Gaiman]]. Lord Gilbert Pearce is a much less affectionate hybrid of Jeffrey Archer and Lord Lucan.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Morlan the Mystic is an affectionate caricature of [[Alan Moore]], while horror novelist Iain M Angel is an anagrammatic [[Shout-Out]] to [[Neil Gaiman]]. Lord Gilbert Pearce is a much less affectionate hybrid of Jeffrey Archer and Lord Lucan.
* [[Not-So-Imaginary Friend]]
* [[Not-So-Imaginary Friend]]
* [[Old Fashioned Copper]]: Inspector Maveryk
* [[Old-Fashioned Copper]]: Inspector Maveryk
* [[Older Than They Look]]: John/Jack looks in his 30s at most, but has been fighting crime since the 1940s. (The strip can't begin earlier than 1991, given the registration plate on John's truck in the very first panel.)
* [[Older Than They Look]]: John/Jack looks in his 30s at most, but has been fighting crime since the 1940s. (The strip can't begin earlier than 1991, given the registration plate on John's truck in the very first panel.)
* [[Oop North]]
* [[Oop North]]
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]
* [[Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo]]: Subverted. Both glasses were poisoned and it was the antidote that was ostentatiously added to one.
* [[Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo]]: Subverted. Both glasses were poisoned and it was the antidote that was ostentatiously added to one.
* [[Poke in The Third Eye]]
* [[Poke in the Third Eye]]
* [[Power Armour]]: {{spoiler|Tom-Tom the Robot Man}}, the second Molachi, and less overtly Chinard's costume.
* [[Power Armour]]: {{spoiler|Tom-Tom the Robot Man}}, the second Molachi, and less overtly Chinard's costume.
* [[Psycho Electro]]: Shock.
* [[Psycho Electro]]: Shock.
* [[Public Domain Character]]: Grist introduced an aging and semi-retired version of 1960s British comic supervillain the Spider to the second arc, in the belief that either he was out of copyright or nobody would care. The copyright owners did notice, but fortunately they liked what Grist had done with the character and allowed him to carry on using the Spider, as long as he was identified in future only by the civilian name Grist had given him, "Alfred Chinard".
* [[Public Domain Character]]: Grist introduced an aging and semi-retired version of 1960s British comic supervillain the Spider to the second arc, in the belief that either he was out of copyright or nobody would care. The copyright owners did notice, but fortunately they liked what Grist had done with the character and allowed him to carry on using the Spider, as long as he was identified in future only by the civilian name Grist had given him, "Alfred Chinard".
* [[Required Secondary Powers]]: Lampshaded when Brain Head takes down [[Playing With Fire|Blazing Glory]] by turning off her ability not to get burned.
* [[Required Secondary Powers]]: Lampshaded when Brain Head takes down [[Playing with Fire|Blazing Glory]] by turning off her ability not to get burned.
* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: {{spoiler|Tom-Tom the Robot Man}}
* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: {{spoiler|Tom-Tom the Robot Man}}
* [[School for Scheming]]
* [[School for Scheming]]
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* [[Unrobotic Reveal]]: {{spoiler|Tom-Tom the Robot Man}}
* [[Unrobotic Reveal]]: {{spoiler|Tom-Tom the Robot Man}}
* [[Vagueness Is Coming]]: The long-running Red Vs Green plot. Still not explained.
* [[Vagueness Is Coming]]: The long-running Red Vs Green plot. Still not explained.
* [[Wearing a Flag On Your Head]]
* [[Wearing a Flag on Your Head]]
* [[Who You Gonna Call?]]
* [[Who You Gonna Call?]]
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]
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Latest revision as of 16:09, 26 September 2020

Jack Staff is writer-artist Paul Grist's attempt to produce an authentically British superhero comic that works.

John Smith, salt-of-the-Earth builder and decorator of Castleford, Yorkshire, is really Jack Staff, Britain's greatest hero. Since World War II, he's been defeating threats to the people of the islands, mostly by hitting them with a stick until they give up.

Much of the popularity of the series comes, however, from the range of weirdos surrounding Jack, including BECKY BURDOCK, VAMPIRE REPORTER, the government Weird Shit Investigator Agency known only as Q, Inspector Maveryk, and Tom-Tom the Robot Man.

According to The Other Wiki, the first comic was published in 2000, and as of 2020 "Nothing new has been done since 2011."

Tropes used in Jack Staff include:


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