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Nelson Gardner, known publicly as Captain Metropolis, was the organizer, founder, and leader of the Minutemen. As a retired Marine, Gardner used his tactical knowledge to organize the team against enemies that had to be fought with numbers, almost always proving successful. He acted as the lover of Hooded Justice, something rumored and speculated about, but never known for certain to the public. After Justice's disappearance and the split of the Minutemen, Metropolis enthusiastically attempted to form a second team known as the Crimebusters, but it fell apart the same day it was formed. He was decapitated in a car crash, which could possibly have been suicide. Captain Metropolis was created by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons and first appeared in Watchmen #1 (1986).



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