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** Straight examples: General Tubbs is [[ComicBook.TheBeano General Jumbo]], Charles Raven is Janus Stark, Ben Kulmer is the Steel Claw (created by Ken Bulmer). Lord Nod is Dream from ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]''. The Freedom Fighters are a new take on ComicBook/{{The Invaders|MarvelComics}} - Sgt Stripes is ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, Blazing Glory the original ComicBook/{{Human Torch|1939}}. The Druid is a crustier ComicBook/DoctorStrange. And Detective Inspector Maveryk [[Series/TheSweeney likes to think he's the kind of old-fashioned copper played by John Thaw]].
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** Straight examples: General Tubbs is [[ComicBook.TheBeano General Jumbo]], Charles Raven is Janus Stark, Ben Kulmer is the Steel Claw (created by Ken Bulmer). Lord Nod is Dream from ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman1989 Sandman]]''. The Freedom Fighters are a new take on ComicBook/{{The Invaders|MarvelComics}} - Sgt Stripes is ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, Blazing Glory the original ComicBook/{{Human Torch|1939}}. The Druid is a crustier ComicBook/DoctorStrange. And Detective Inspector Maveryk [[Series/TheSweeney likes to think he's the kind of old-fashioned copper played by John Thaw]].
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* PublicDomainCharacter: Grist introduced an ageing 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".[[note]]Incidentally, John Reppion and Leah Moore apparently liked this name enough to also use it as his alias in ''Albion''.[[/note]]
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* PublicDomainCharacter: Grist introduced an ageing and semi-retired version of 1960s British comic supervillain the Spider ''ComicBook/TheSpider'' 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".[[note]]Incidentally, John Reppion and Leah Moore apparently liked this name enough to also use it as his alias in ''Albion''.[[/note]]
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* SimpleStaff: Sure, Jack's got some sort of energy manipulation power, but that mostly manifests itself in him hitting things with a stick until they stay down.
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** Straight examples: General Tubbs is [[ComicBook.TheBeano General Jumbo, Jumbo]], Charles Raven is Janus Stark, Ben Kulmer is the Steel Claw (created by Ken Bulmer). Lord Nod is Dream from ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]''. The Freedom Fighters are a new take on ComicBook/{{The Invaders|MarvelComics}} - Sgt Stripes is ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, Blazing Glory the original ComicBook/{{Human Torch|1939}}. The Druid is a crustier ComicBook/DoctorStrange. And Detective Inspector Maveryk [[Series/TheSweeney likes to think he's the kind of old-fashioned copper played by John Thaw]].
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* TheCameo: Jack Staff himself would appear in the ''ComicBook/Invincible'' War crisis event, protecting London against one of the Evil Invincibles brought by Angstrom from another Alternate Universe. He fights the same Evil Mark Grayson twice before sadly ultimately losing, although surviving from the encounter at the very least.
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* TheCameo: Jack Staff himself would appear in the ''ComicBook/Invincible'' ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' War crisis event, CrisisCrossover, protecting London against one of the Evil Invincibles brought by Angstrom from another Alternate Universe. other {{Mirror Universe}}s. He fights the same Evil Mark Grayson twice before [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome sadly ultimately losing, losing]], although surviving from coming out of the encounter counter alive at the very least.
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** Straight examples: General Tubbs is General Jumbo, Charles Raven is Janus Stark, Ben Kulmer is the Steel Claw (created by Ken Bulmer). Lord Nod is Dream from ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]''. The Freedom Fighters are a new take on ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel ComicBook/{{The Invaders|MarvelComics}} - Sgt Stripes is ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, Blazing Glory the original ComicBook/{{Human Torch|1939}}. The Druid is a crustier ComicBook/DoctorStrange. And Detective Inspector Maveryk [[Series/TheSweeney likes to think he's the kind of old-fashioned copper played by John Thaw]].
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** The Eternal Warrior looks like Adam Eterno but is closer in concept to Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion. Tom Tom the Robot Man is Robot Archie with a little Comicbook/IronMan added in. The Hurricane is ''Comicbook/{{Valiant}}'s'' rage-powered, humourously foul-mouthed Captain Hurricane redone as a [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk-level]] disaster with full-on SymbolSwearing. And Helen Morgan, with her immortality-granting crystal shard, is a very loose take on "Kelly's Eye", here linked into the Eternal Warrior.
** The Eternal Warrior looks like Adam Eterno but is closer in concept to Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion. Tom Tom the Robot Man is Robot Archie with a little Comicbook/IronMan added in. The Hurricane is ''Comicbook/{{Valiant}}'s'' rage-powered, humourously foul-mouthed Captain Hurricane redone as a [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk-level]] disaster with full-on SymbolSwearing. And Helen Morgan, with her immortality-granting crystal shard, is a very loose take on "Kelly's Eye", here linked into the Eternal Warrior.
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** Straight examples: General Tubbs is General Jumbo, Charles Raven is Janus Stark, Ben Kulmer is the Steel Claw (created by Ken Bulmer). Lord Nod is Dream from ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]''. The Freedom Fighters are a new take on ComicBook/TheInvadersComicBook ComicBook/TheInvadersMarvel - Sgt Stripes is Comicbook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, Blazing Glory the original ComicBook/{{Human Torch|1939}}. The Druid is a crustier Comicbook/DoctorStrange.ComicBook/DoctorStrange. And Detective Inspector Maveryk [[Series/TheSweeney likes to think he's the kind of old-fashioned copper played by John Thaw]].
** The Eternal Warrior looks like Adam Eterno but is closer in concept to Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion. Tom Tom the Robot Man is Robot Archie with a littleComicbook/IronMan ComicBook/IronMan added in. The Hurricane is ''Comicbook/{{Valiant}}'s'' rage-powered, humourously foul-mouthed Captain Hurricane redone as a [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk-level]] disaster with full-on SymbolSwearing. And Helen Morgan, with her immortality-granting crystal shard, is a very loose take on "Kelly's Eye", here linked into the Eternal Warrior.
** The Eternal Warrior looks like Adam Eterno but is closer in concept to Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion. Tom Tom the Robot Man is Robot Archie with a little
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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''', [[CowboyCop old-fashioned copper]] Inspector Maveryk, and Tom-Tom the Robot Man. To reflect this, Grist eventually renamed the book ''The Weird World Of Jack Staff.''
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Much of the popularity of the series comes, however, from the range of weirdos surrounding Jack, including '''BECKY BURDOCK, VAMPIRE REPORTER''', REPORTER!''', the government Weird Shit Investigator Agency known only as '''Q''', [[CowboyCop old-fashioned copper]] Inspector Maveryk, '''Inspector Maveryk''', and Tom-Tom robot guardian '''Tom-Tom the Robot Man.Man'''. To reflect this, Grist eventually renamed the book ''The Weird World Of Jack Staff.''
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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. To reflect this, Grist eventually renamed the book ''The Weird World Of Jack Staff.''
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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, '''Q''', [[CowboyCop old-fashioned copper]] Inspector Maveryk, and Tom-Tom the Robot Man. To reflect this, Grist eventually renamed the book ''The Weird World Of Jack Staff.''
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** The Eternal Warrior looks like Adam Eterno but is closer in concept to Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion. Tom Tom the Robot Man is Robot Archie with a little Comicbook/IronMan added in. The Hurricane is ''Comicbook/{{Valiant}}'s'' rage-powered, humourously foul-mouthed Captain Hurricane redone as a [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk-level]] disaster with full-on SymbolSwearing.
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** The Eternal Warrior looks like Adam Eterno but is closer in concept to Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion. Tom Tom the Robot Man is Robot Archie with a little Comicbook/IronMan added in. The Hurricane is ''Comicbook/{{Valiant}}'s'' rage-powered, humourously foul-mouthed Captain Hurricane redone as a [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk-level]] disaster with full-on SymbolSwearing. And Helen Morgan, with her immortality-granting crystal shard, is a very loose take on "Kelly's Eye", here linked into the Eternal Warrior.
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** Straight examples: General Tubbs is General Jumbo, Charles Raven is Janus Stark, Ben Kulmer is the Steel Claw (created by Ken Bulmer). Lord Nod is Dream from ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]''. The Freedom Fighters are a new take on Comicbook/TheInvaders - Sgt Stripes is Comicbook/CaptainAmerica, Blazing Glory the original Human Torch. And Detective Inspector Maveryk [[Series/TheSweeney likes to think he's the kind of old-fashioned copper played by John Thaw]].
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** Straight examples: General Tubbs is General Jumbo, Charles Raven is Janus Stark, Ben Kulmer is the Steel Claw (created by Ken Bulmer). Lord Nod is Dream from ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]''. The Freedom Fighters are a new take on Comicbook/TheInvaders - Sgt Stripes is Comicbook/CaptainAmerica, Blazing Glory the original Human Torch. The Druid is a crustier Comicbook/DoctorStrange. And Detective Inspector Maveryk [[Series/TheSweeney likes to think he's the kind of old-fashioned copper played by John Thaw]].
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** The Eternal Warrior looks like Adam Eterno but is closer in concept to Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion. Tom Tom the Robot Man is Robot Archie with a little Comicbook/IronMan added in. The Hurricane is ''Comicbook/{{Valiant}}'s'' rage-powered, humourously foul-mouthed Captain Hurricane redone as a [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk-level]] disaster.
** The Eternal Warrior looks like Adam Eterno but is closer in concept to Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion. Tom Tom the Robot Man is Robot Archie with a little Comicbook/IronMan added in. The Hurricane is ''Comicbook/{{Valiant}}'s'' rage-powered, humourously foul-mouthed Captain Hurricane redone as a [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk-level]] disaster.
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** Straight examples: General Tubbs is General Jumbo, Charles Raven is Janus Stark, Ben Kulmer is the Steel Claw (created by Ken Bulmer). Lord Nod is Dream from ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]''. The Freedom Fighters are a new take on Comicbook/TheInvaders - Sgt Stripes is Comicbook/CaptainAmerica, Blazing Glory the original Human Torch. \n And Detective Inspector Maveryk [[Series/TheSweeney likes to think he's the kind of old-fashioned copper played by John Thaw]].
** The Eternal Warrior looks like Adam Eterno but is closer in concept to Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion. Tom Tom the Robot Man is Robot Archie with a little Comicbook/IronMan added in. The Hurricane is ''Comicbook/{{Valiant}}'s'' rage-powered, humourously foul-mouthed Captain Hurricane redone as a [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk-level]]disaster.disaster with full-on SymbolSwearing.
** The Eternal Warrior looks like Adam Eterno but is closer in concept to Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion. Tom Tom the Robot Man is Robot Archie with a little Comicbook/IronMan added in. The Hurricane is ''Comicbook/{{Valiant}}'s'' rage-powered, humourously foul-mouthed Captain Hurricane redone as a [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk-level]]
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* AllGermansAreNazis: Played with in an interesting way with Kapitan Krieg, who's first presented as simply seeing himself as the German equivalent of a Golden Age superhero just like Jack and Sgt Stripes, in the late 30s. So of course he fights for his country when the war breaks out, because he's a CaptainPatriotic too. He finds out the hard way things aren't so simple.
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* CaptainErsatz: After the Spider crisis, Grist turned to these instead of directly using older characters - General Tubbs is General Jumbo, Charles Raven is Janus Stark, Ben Kulmer is the Steel Claw (created by Ken Bulmer). The Eternal Warrior looks like Adam Eterno but is closer in concept to Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion. Lord Nod is Dream from ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]''. Jack himself began as a Captain Ersatz for Creator/MarvelComics' British character Union Jack.
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* CaptainErsatz: CaptainErsatz[=/=]{{Expy}}: After the Spider crisis, Grist turned to these instead of directly using older characters - characters. Some of them are straightforward Ersatzes, others are playful combinations or remixes of multiple characters, both British and American.
** Jack himself supposedly began as a pitch for a Marvel Union Jack series. Although aside from [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead Wearing A Flag On His Chest]] and fighting one vampire, [[DivergentCharacterEvolution little of that remains]].
** Straight examples: General Tubbs is General Jumbo, Charles Raven is Janus Stark, Ben Kulmer is the Steel Claw (created by KenBulmer). The Eternal Warrior looks like Adam Eterno but is closer in concept to Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion.Bulmer). Lord Nod is Dream from ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]''. Jack himself began as The Freedom Fighters are a new take on Comicbook/TheInvaders - Sgt Stripes is Comicbook/CaptainAmerica, Blazing Glory the original Comicbook/HumanTorch.
** The Eternal Warrior looks like Adam Eterno but is closer in concept to Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion. Tom Tom the Robot Man is Robot Archie with a little Comicbook/IronMan added in. The Hurricane is ''Comicbook/{{Valiant}}'s'' rage-powered, humourously foul-mouthed CaptainErsatz for Creator/MarvelComics' British character Union Jack.Hurricane redone as a [[Comicbook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk-level]] disaster.
** Bramble and Son, Vampire Hunters are Series/SteptoeAndSon... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin if they were vampire hunters!]]
** Jack himself supposedly began as a pitch for a Marvel Union Jack series. Although aside from [[WearingAFlagOnYourHead Wearing A Flag On His Chest]] and fighting one vampire, [[DivergentCharacterEvolution little of that remains]].
** Straight examples: General Tubbs is General Jumbo, Charles Raven is Janus Stark, Ben Kulmer is the Steel Claw (created by Ken
** The Eternal Warrior looks like Adam Eterno but is closer in concept to Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion. Tom Tom the Robot Man is Robot Archie with a little Comicbook/IronMan added in. The Hurricane is ''Comicbook/{{Valiant}}'s'' rage-powered, humourously foul-mouthed Captain
** Bramble and Son, Vampire Hunters are Series/SteptoeAndSon... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin if they were vampire hunters!]]
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* CaptainErsatz: After the Spider crisis, Grist turned to these instead of directly using older characters - General Tubbs is General Jumbo, Charles Raven is Janus Stark, Ben Kulmer is the Steel Claw (created by Ken Bulmer). The Eternal Warrior looks like Adam Eterno but is closer in concept to Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion. Lord Nod is Dream from ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]''. Jack himself began as a Captain Ersatz for MarvelComics' British character Union Jack.
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* CaptainErsatz: After the Spider crisis, Grist turned to these instead of directly using older characters - General Tubbs is General Jumbo, Charles Raven is Janus Stark, Ben Kulmer is the Steel Claw (created by Ken Bulmer). The Eternal Warrior looks like Adam Eterno but is closer in concept to Creator/MichaelMoorcock's Eternal Champion. Lord Nod is Dream from ''[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]]''. Jack himself began as a Captain Ersatz for MarvelComics' Creator/MarvelComics' British character Union Jack.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Morlan the Mystic is an affectionate caricature of Creator/AlanMoore, while horror novelist Iain M Angel is an anagrammatic ShoutOut to Creator/NeilGaiman.Creator/NeilGaiman (with presumably a little Creator/IainMBanks added in). Lord Gilbert Pearce is a much less affectionate hybrid of Jeffrey Archer and Lord Lucan.
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* PublicDomainCharacter: 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".[[note]]Incidentally, John Reppion and Leah Moore apparently liked this name enough to also use it as his alias in ''Albion''.[[/note]]
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* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler: Sergeant Stripes.]]
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* CaptainPatriotic: Jack Staff, Sergeant Stripes, and Kapitan Krieg.
* ClingyMacGuffin: The Steel Claw.
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* {{Expy}}: Bramble and Son, Vampire Hunters are Expies of SteptoeAndSon.
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* {{Expy}}: Bramble and Son, Vampire Hunters are Expies of SteptoeAndSon.Series/SteptoeAndSon.
