Captain Scarlet (comic story)

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.

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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".

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.

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)