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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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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."


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