QUALIFICATION /

MILITARY:

U.S. Army

U.S. Special Forces, Elite Unit Command

Father - George Lefkon, criminal racketeer, Brooklyn USA.

Mother - Isabella Theodopoulos, waitress. 

BACKGROUND DETAILS:

Captain Black was with Scarlet on his mission to investigate the alien signals on Mars. It was his mistaken interpretation of a Mysteron sensor sweep as an attack that led him to fire on the  ghostly Mysteron city they both had just discovered.  The subsequent destruction - and then miraculous 'retrometabilisation' before the eyes of the two men - triggered the war between Earth and the Mysterons.

Black was killed along with Scarlet, and when the Mysterons lose control of their Scarlet replica they re-animate Black and he becomes their spearhead in the war against Earth.

Born in Brooklyn, New Jersey, Black's family roots lie among the Greek Islands and stretch back to the Byzantine Empire. Conrad's father was an eighth generation American presiding over a sleazy empire of crime. Conrad wanted more from life than providing muscle for his father's racketeering and the only escape was the US Army. In the military, Conrad found a new family, and a girlfriend – the gorgeous, tough Simone Giraudoux.  He also befriended Paul Metcalfe, who was his commander in the Elite Unit Command of the U.S. Special Forces.

The three of them will become agents of Spectrum - Conrad being assigned with the code name Captain Black, Paul, Captain Scarlet, and Simone becoming Destiny Angel, the leader of the Spectrum Angels. The street-wise skills that had been a part of his upbringing in tough Brooklyn served Conrad well during his time on Skybase, turning him into a skilled and ruthless killer.

Reanimated as a Mysteron weapon, Captain Black retains his killer instincts and a chilling sense of humour. The only thing he has left behind is his love for Destiny Angel - although it can be disputed that he might still care for her in his own way, as suggested in a few episodes.