Captain Scarlet (comic story)

An otherwise untitled Captain Scarlet comic story was printed in TV Century 21 in June 1969.

It featured as its primary setting Unity City, a location first introduced in The Daleks story Duel of the Daleks, thus constituting a crossover with the Doctor Who universe.

Summary
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Characters

 * Captain Scarlet
 * Captain Black
 * Colonel White
 * Colonel Blue
 * Doctor Fawn
 * Lieutenant Green
 * President Roberts
 * Philip Lawrence
 * Jim Brady
 * J. Watson
 * General Crawford
 * Assassin
 * Motorcyclist
 * Guard

Worldbuilding

 * News of the Mysteron plot is collected by TV 21 newsman Jim Brady and screened for release by Spectrum, while visual re-writes are performed by J. Watson in Unity City.
 * The Mysteron War has endured for two years, with both sides winning victories and sustaining defeats at various times.
 * It is Crawford's job to collect the Valour Star medals from a silversmith on Atlantic Street.
 * Captain Black finds it easier than he expected to replace the medals with explosive replicas, postulating that the staff are at lunch.
 * According to Captain Scarlet, Captain Blue knows the Paris area "like the back of his hand".
 * Roberts describes the six men awarded with Valour Stars as "valiant fighters for right" and "champions of liberty".

Story notes

 * The character of J. Watson, who is responsible for the "visual re-write" of the special report on the Mysteron plot, is a clear allusion to this story's artist Jim Watson.

Continuity

 * Captain Black is an "instrument of terror to avenge his masters on Earth's act of folly". (PROSE: Scarlet Kidnapped!, Rogues Gallery)
 * Captain Black was once a member of Spectrum. (PROSE: Capt. Black Mars Expedition Lost!, COMIC: Traitor Black Gives In!)
 * The Mysterons make another attempt on the life of World President Roberts, in addition to the six men receiving the Valour Star. (COMIC: Spectrum Top Security File No. CZ6PA)
 * Captain Blue is being honoured for risking his life in order to save President Polenski of the Bratvian Republic. (PROSE: Hero Award)