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Becky Burdock is hunting vampires. Jack Staff is Britain's Greatest Villain. Something's wrong in Castletown, and not all the pieces seem to fit anymore. Collects Jack Staff #13-20, and Jack Staff Special #1.

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Twenty years ago, on the streets of Castletown, Jack Staff fought Hurricane, the most destructive weapon ever developed by the British Army. It turned out to be his final battle. This volume reveals the full story behind that final fight and why Jack Staff walked away from his place as Britain's Greatest Hero, and what happened twenty years later when the Hurricane hits Castletown for a second time.

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THE EVIL WITHIN! In Victorian London, when Janus Stark traps a demon in a stone idol he creates a prize too alluring for criminal masterminds to resist. Enter the King of Crooks - The Spider - who tasks his infamous Crime Syndicate with stealing the statuette. Thus begins a six decade-spanning adventure featuring a host of British comics’ finest heroes as The Steel Claw, Jane Bond, Robot Archie and Adam Eterno - with a little help from Maxwell Towers’ rogue AI - team up to ensure The Spider never lays his hands on the idol. This action-packed team-up is written by Paul Grist (Jack Staff) with art by Tom Foster (Judge Dredd), Anna Morozova (Lowborn High), Jimmy Broxton (Goldtiger) and V.V Glass (The Last Witch).

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Jack Staff is Britain's Greatest Hero, or at least he used to be. Twenty years ago he disappeared, and everyone just forgot about him. Except for Becky Burdock, Girl Reporter for The World's Press. She's investigating a series of murders in Castletown, but finds a lot more than she expected, including a long forgotten super-hero and a secret that's been hidden for over sixty years.

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When the Freedom Fighters fight off an invasion of Castletown led by Nazi Super Soldier Kapitan Krieg in 1942, the repercussions are felt in the present day as Jack Staff has to fight most powerful foe in a final battle. And loses.

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