Dogmatix the Legionary" he makes clear his loathing for Panacea with whom Obelix had fallen in love. He shows the same attitude to Influenza in "Asterix and Caesar's Gift" and Melodrama in "Asterix and the Great Divide". However, despite his loyalty to his master, Dogmatix has been shown to side with Asterix in arguments on various occasions, such as in "Asterix and the Soothsayer" and "Obelix and Co." His friendship with Pepe in "Asterix in Spain " and "Asterix in Corsica" causes Obelix to become jealous. Likewise, Dogmatix is unimpressed by Obelix's attraction towards Panacea in the earlier stages of "Asterix
Nero (comic book character) Nero is an anti hero. He is a complex character with many good character traits, but also many human fallities. He is sometimes stupid, lazy, naïve, egotistical and vain, but in other situations he proves himself to be clever, friendly, determined and melancholic. When Marc Sleen started a comic strip series in 1947 for "De Nieuwe Gids" 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