Nero and Zero was a comic strip originally in the boys' story paper

Story paper

*This article is about British Story papers. For the U.S. version, see Dime novel.A story paper is a periodical publication similar to a literary magazine, but featuring illustrations and text stories, and aimed towards children and teenagers...

 The Wizard

The Wizard (DC Thomson)

The Wizard was launched as a weekly British story paper on 22 September 1922, published by It was merged with The Rover in September 1963, becoming Rover and Wizard, and renamed The Rover in August 1969. The Wizard was relaunched on 14 February 1970, and continued until 10 June...

, published by DC Thomson. This strip started on 1 November 1930 and was originally drawn by Allan Morley

Allan Morley

Allan Morley was a British comic artist. He first worked for DC Thomson in 1925, drawing a number of comic strips for the Sunday Post and for DC Thomson's story papers including The Wizard, where he drew Nero and Zero. He also drew a number of strips for both The Beano and The Dandy from the late...

. The strip featured the subtitle the "Rollicking Romans" and featured two bumbling Roman guards called Nero and Zero who guarded Caesar

Caesar

-People:* Julius Caesar , Roman general and dictator* Augustus Caesar , adoptive son of the above and first Roman Emperor* Gaius Julius Caesar , father of the dictator...

. The strip lasted in the Wizard for ten years.

The strip was later resurrected for the Buzz comic and the pair featured in the very first issue. This strip was drawn by Tom Bannister and lasted until issue 40.