341:. In "De Bronnen van Sing Song Li" ("The Sources of Sing Song Li") (1951) he drinks an elixir which gives him eternal life. In "De Wallabieten" (1968) he drinks a pill which makes people 1.000-year-old and in "De Nerobloemen" ("The Nero Flowers") (1978) he drinks another elixir that gives him eternal life. A wizard in "Zongo in de Kongo" ("Zongo in the Kongo") (1970) gives him immortality as well. Still many fortune tellers predict his death and in "De Ring van Petatje" ("Petatje's Ring"), "De Dood van Pietje" ("Pietje's Death") (1986–1987) and "Zilveren Tranen" ("Silver Tears") (2002) the
213:. His favorite pastime is reading his newspaper on the couch. Usually he doesn't want to go on adventure and views work as horror. In some albums he appears to be rather poor and is forced to look for a job. Still Nero managed to find several treasures, inherit fortunes or win the lottery over the years. On such occasions he dresses in high hat, smokes big cigars, drinks champagne and drives around in big limousines. He has travelled the globe in many albums and even visited other planets. Nero lived in many different homes and even
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Erfenis van Nero" ("The Heritage of Nero") (1948) and became heavy weight champion again in "De Negen Peperbollen" ("The Nine Pepperballs") (1956). He was a professional soccer player for a while and won the world championship of 1962 All this feats were done with the help of certain potions,
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We only know a few of Nero's family members. In "De
Erfenis van Nero" ("Nero's Heritage") (1948–1949) his uncle passes away and leaves him 80 million Belgian franks. In "De Ark van Nero" ("Nero's Arc") (1952–1953) we learn he had a grandfather who made several predictions which came true. In "Het
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Erfenis van Nero" ("Nero's Heritage") (1948) we see a portrait of Nero from the year 1920, when he still had curly hair. Albums like "De V-Machine" ("The V-Machine") (1979) and "IJskoud Geblaas" ("Ice Cold Blowing") (1995) also confirm he used to be slim and curly haired as a
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Detective Van Zwam was originally the central character, therefore naming the series after him. In the very first story, "Het Geheim van
Matsuoka" ("Matsuoka's Secret") (1947) Nero made his debut. Van Zwam meets him while trying to solve a case, yet Nero is still named "Schoonpaard" (in reprints
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of the series. Readers wrote to Sleen that they felt Nero was more sympathetic than Van Zwam and thus, from the ninth album "De Hoed van
Geeraard de Duivel" ("The Hat of Gerard the Devil") (1960) on, the series was named after him and Nero became the central
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by everyone; in the early albums she is scarcely present or visible, except to tell Nero to wash up the dishes. In "Het Geheim van
Matsuoka" ("The Secret of Matsuoka") (1947) Nero has a son and a daughter. They were changed into nephews in reprints. In
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Gelukbrenger" ("The Luck Bringer") (1988) until "De Verschrikkelijke Tweeling" ("The Horrible Twin") (1990) on he and his wife lived in the same house on a mountain for a couple of albums, named the
412:. In "De Adhemarbonbons" ("The Adhemar Pralines") (1989) Nero's grandmother turns up and in "Bompanero" (1997) his grandfather. Whether this grandfather is the same character appearing in "De Ark van Nero" ("Nero's Arc") is not made clear.
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Examples can be found in "De Blauwe Toekan" ("The Blue Toucan") (1949), "De Kille Man Djaro" ("The Cold Man Djaro") (1962–1963), "De Hoorn des
Overvloeds" ("The Horn of Overabundance") (1953–1954), "De Daverende Pitteleer" ("The Dashing
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youth. In the latter story he also learn how he and Madam Nero became a couple, which is a wink to the way Sleen met his first wife. Nero went to school until he was 22.
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595:"De Kroon van Neptunus" ("Neptunus' Crown"), Standaard Uitgeverij, (1975) and "De Verloren Zee" ("The Lost Sea"), Standaard Uitgeverij, (1988)
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Knalgele Koffertje" ("The Bright Yellow Case") (1958–1959) Nonkel Juul appears, head of the biggest diamond mine of
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