Captain Scarlet

Real Name: Paul Metcalfe

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First Appearance: Captain Scarlet

Powers/Abilities: Indestructible, able to sense Mysteron agents

History: Spectrum's number one, indestructible agent. After six hours under the control of the Mysterons, he has the power of retrometabolism. Born in Winchester in 2036, he rose to the rank of Colonel in the World Army Air Force before being head hunted by the committee forming Spectrum in 2066.

Set in 2068, the series follows the continuing battle of the World Organisation Spectrum against the Mysterons, who have launch a War of Nerves on Earth after their city has been mistakenly destroyed by a group of Earthling explorers, leaded by Spectrum's Captain Black. The Mysterons possess incredible powers, the least of which is their "power of reverting matter": They can take an object, or a person which has been destroyed or killed, an recreated it, him or her, to an exact copy… a copy they can control as their liking to exact their revenge on Earth. It's by the powers of the Mysterons that Captain Scarlet is killed, in the first episode, along with Captain Brown, then both recreated to try to assassinate the World President. Captain Brown dies in a kamikaze attack, allowing himself to explode with a bomb, so the World President would perish with him. But when the President survives the attempt, Captain Scarlet then kidnaps him and take him to the top of London Car-Vu, where, after a shoot out with Captain Blue, he is shot and falls to his second death, 800 feet bellow.

After Spectrum has recuperated the body, it is discovered that Captain Scarlet is not dead. Instead, his body now heals at an incredible rate, and he can even recuperates from a fatal wound. Captain Scarlet , now free of the Mysterons' influence, has kept their incredible power of "retrometabolism", and is now indestructible… ready to take on the aliens who had tried to make him their slave.

Comments: His voice was provided by Francis Matthews

There's a nice site covering all the Anderson series as they have appeared in comics.

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