- Cave Carson
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caption=Cover to Showcase #48, art by Lee Elias
character_name=Cave Carson
publisher=DC Comics
debut="Brave and the Bold " #31, (August 1960)
creators=France Herron (writer)Bruno Premiani (artist)
real_name = Calvin Carson
species =
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alliances =Shadow Fighters Forgotten Heroes
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powers = NoneCalvin "Cave" Carson is a
fictional character that appeared in stories published byDC Comics . Carson, a spelunker, first appeared in "Brave and the Bold " #31 (September1960 ); he was created byFrance Herron andBruno Premiani .Citation | last = Greenberger | first = Robert | author-link = Robert Greenberger | contribution = Carson, Cave | editor-last = Dougall | editor-first = Alastair | title = The DC Comics Encyclopedia | pages = 73 | publisher =Dorling Kindersley | place = New York | year = 2008 | ISBN = 0-7566-4119-5 | oclc = 213309017]Publication history
The
Challengers of the Unknown were a quartet of science fiction adventurers created byJack Kirby . They debuted in 1957, and their commercial success spawned two other science fiction characters:Cave Carson andRip Hunter . Hunter was the more successful of the two. [cite book |title=The Comic Book Heroes: From the Silver Age to the Present |last=Jacobs |first=Will |coauthor=Gerard Jones |year=1985 |publisher=Crown Publishing Group |location=New York, New York |isbn=0517554402 |pages=pp. 38-39] Unlike similar groups like Rip Hunter's Time Masters and the Sea Devils, Carson and team never got their own title.The group appeared in "Brave and Bold" #31-33, 40, 41. Next they appeared in "Showcase" #48, 49, 52. Carson's stories featured Carson and a team of fellow adventurers engaging in various adventures beneath the Earth's surface. He was joined by Bulldozer Smith, Johnny Blake, and Christie Madison.
Cave Carson would later appear as part of the
Forgotten Heroes in the 1980s. He and his team helps repel the Apellaxian invasion. They help the Sea Devils andAquaman by finding an underwater grotto. The others trapped a group of water-polluting 'mercury' aliens inside the grotto.Carson appeared as an ally to the Time Masters in the mini series of the same name in 1990.
By himself, he helps in the fight against
Eclipso in the pages of Eclipso's own series. He leads Mona Bennet and Bruce Gordon into the country of Parador, which Eclipso had conquered. For his troubles, the villain breaks both his legs and leaves him on the border. More recently he helps theJustice Society of America in retrieving Sand from deep within the Earth's crust.External links
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/cavcarsn.htm Toonopedia entry on Cave Carson]
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=cavecarson DCU Guide: Cave Carson]
* [http://www.dcuguide.com/chronology.php?name=cavecarson DCU Guide: Cave Carson chronology]References
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