CAPTAIN KEROSENE

Real Name: Gulliver Jones

Identity/Class: Human mutate/mutant; British citizen

Occupation: former covert agent

Affiliations: formerly affiliated with STRIKE, RCX, and DUCK; old ally of Jack Smithers;
Black Knight (Dane Whitman), Captain America (Steve Rogers), Captain Britain, Doorman, Plasmer, Silver Surfer, Tommy;
former ally/associate of the android Human Torch/Jim Hammond

Enemies: Dr. Oonagh Mullarkey, Mys-Tech, the British Sleepers;
DUCK and the Ambassador (Antagonists)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: London, England

First Appearance: Plasmer#1 (Marvel UK) (November, 1993)

Powers/Abilities: Captain Kerosene can fly and generate fire. His powers were initially violent and unstable, and so he rarely pushed them to the limit.
When he did once use his powers at their maximum, he was disintegrated. However, he reformed as a pile of ash, and eventually regenerated fully back into human form.

History: Captain Kerosene's origins are unknown

(Plasmer#1+2(fb)-BTS) - Kerosene was active during World War II, during which time he ghosted for the android Human Torch during certain "key missions," as well as being involved in a few obscure missions when they couldn't get anyone else.

(Plasmer#1(fb)-BTS) - Kerosene's old ally, Jack Smithers, seemed to be on death's door. Smithers was the sole holder of a secret (the British Sleepers activation codes), and Kerosene thought he might pass it on to him, but then Smithers suddenly vanished (abducted by agents of Mullarkey and/or Mys-Tech).

(Plasmer#1) - Captain Kerosene went to the Closed University, in search of STRIKE, whom had previously used it as a base. It was now occupied by DUCK, who tried to dismiss him. He fought his way in, but Pritchard, the acting director of DUCK told him that he wasn't needed, and that they would use the Ambassador to rescue Smithers.
(Plasmer#2) - As the first of the Sleepers (nicknamed Tommy) rampaged through London, Kerosene joined a number of other heroes in battling it. Realizing the potential danger, Kerosene attacked the Sleeper with his full power--resulting in an explosion which incinerated the Sleeper, as well as himself, and apparently Plasmer, who had been trying to control the Sleeper.
Tommy reformed, but was able to abandon its violent programming and join forces with the heroes against the remaining Sleepers.
(Plasmer#3) - Kerosene also reformed, literally from his own ashes, as a being now composed completely as ash. He remained on hand as Captain America showed up and the others deciphered the secret of Freestate technology, but he was not strong enough to return to action when the final Sleeper, Aftermath, started its rampage.
(Plasmer#4) - Kerosene eventually recovered fully, returning to human form. He was back in action for the second round against Aftermath. He teamed with Smithers and dive-bombed Aftermath, but was nearly destroyed again when Aftermath released a destructive blast. He was saved by a force field from the Doorman

Comments: Created by Glenn Dakin and Pascual Ferry.

I'd really like to see Captain Kerosene used to explain the appearance of Raymond the Flame Guy:
He shows up in Power Pack#56, and is clearly intended to be Toro, Thomas Raymond, who is supposed to be dead. Ann Raymond, Toro's widow, even shows up in Power Pack#60. However, no explanation is ever given for this as Toro has been shown time and time again to be dead. This is the Marvel Universe, where the realm of death has a revolving door, but it still remains unexplained. The only explanation I can come up with is that this guy is not Toro, but instead Captain Kerosene, Gulliver Jones,...er...make that Gulliver Raymond Jones, another, lesser known World War II flame-based character. He shows up in the Plasmer series, and will be getting a profile within a few months. Or we could file it under "D", for D'oh!

I'd also love to see what Kerosene's missions were...but I may well be the only one!

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Last updated: 09/16/02

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