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Paragon’s “Spencer Nero” stars in new collection

By John Freeman on March 22, 2014

Thos clever chaps behind the brilliant Paragon (check out our glowing plug for Issue 15, for example, here) have just released The Collected Spencer Nero – Volume One; By Jupiter’s Jockstrap!

Featuring 64 pages of the adventures of the Civil Centurion from Greg Meldrum, Davey Candlish, James Corcoran, Mike Kennedy and more, the book collects a number of his bonkers tales.

• The Collected Spencer Nero – Volume One: By Jupiter’s Jockstrap! is just £3.50 on lulu.com for all those nazi-hunting lion-punching tales!

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.