Cave Carson
| Cave Carson | |
|---|---|
 Cover toShowcase#48, art by Lee Elias. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Brave and the Bold#31 (August 1960) |
| Created by | France Herron(writer) Bruno Premiani(artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Calvin Carson |
| Team affiliations | Shadow Fighters Forgotten Heroes |
| Abilities | Highly intelligent; Cybernetic eye |
Calvin "Cave" Carsonis a fictional character that appeared in stories published byDC Comics.Carson, aspelunker,first appeared inBrave and the Bold#31 (September 1960); he was created byFrance HerronandBruno Premiani.[1]
Publication history
[edit]TheChallengers of the Unknownwere a quartet ofscience fictionadventurers 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.[2]Unlike similar groups, namely Rip Hunter's Time Masters and theSea Devils,Carson and his team never got their own title.
The group appeared inBrave and Bold#31–33, 40, and 41.[3]Next they appeared inShowcase#48, 49, and 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 theForgotten Heroesin the 1980s.[1]He and his team helps repel the Apellaxian invasion. They help theSea DevilsandAquamanby finding an underwater grotto. The others trapped a group of water-polluting "mercury" aliens inside the grotto.[4]
Carson appeared as an ally to the Time Masters in themini series of the same namein 1990.
By himself, he helps in the fight againstEclipsoin the pages of Eclipso's own series. An ally ofAmanda Waller,he leads Mona Bennet and Bruce Gordon through underground passages into the fictional country of Parador, which Eclipso had conquered. For his troubles, the villain breaks both his legs and leaves him on the border.[5]
Cave and his team helps theJustice Society of Americain retrievingSandfrom deep within the Earth's crust.[6]Cave Carson was mentioned inInfinite Crisis#5 on the news radio about an earthquake in India and in Japan in 2005. Later, during theFinal Crisisevent, he was featured briefly in a news report with his cave crew under theNew York City Subwaysystem, finding a way to explore the top of the world. As part of this excursion, they find ancient cave drawings under Manhattan.[7]
Young Animal
[edit]The character was relaunched and reinvented in 2016 for DC's new publishing lineYoung Animal.The series,Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye,is co-written byGerard Wayand Jon Rivera, with art byMichael Avon Oeming.[8]As of March 2018, the series title was changed toCave Carson Has An Interstellar Eye.It also began again from issue one.[9]
Fictional character biography
[edit]Professor Calvin "Cave" Carson is an expert Geologist and skilled cave diver and spelunker. He worked with his friends Bulldozer Smith, Johnny Blake, and Christie Madison. Carson and a team of fellow adventurers engage in various adventures beneath the Earth's surface.[10]Carson had a lifelong fascination with tunnels and caves, but maybe not always of high moral values as when he was young he started his career as a lab-tech for the company E. Borsten & Sons.
There he started the Mighty Mole Project, who were working on developing remarkable digging machine to help in mining-access. However the government's priority was on space shuttle and satellite projects, the funding of the Mighty Mole Project got cut.
Cave would later join the Forgotten Heroes, who help stop the Appellaxian invasion. They help Aquaman and the Sea Devils find an underwater grotto. The others trapped a group of water-polluting "Mercury" aliens inside the grotto. Cave later works with the Time Masters on one of their adventures in time.
Cave later battles Eclipso when working with government liaison Amanda Waller. He leads Mona Bennett and Bruce Gordon through underground passages of the nation of Parador, which Eclipso had conquered. Eclipso breaks both his legs and leaves him for dead on the border.
Cave also worked with the Justice Society of America in retrieving Sand from deep within the Earth's crust. He was mentioned on the news radio about an earthquake in India and in Japan. Cave was later mentioned in a news report with his crew under the New York subway system, finding a way to explore the top of the world.
References
[edit]- ^abGreenberger, Robert(2008). "Carson, Cave". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.).The DC Comics Encyclopedia.New York:Dorling Kindersley.p. 73.ISBN0-7566-4119-5.OCLC213309017.
- ^Jacobs, Will; Gerard Jones (1985).The Comic Book Heroes: From the Silver Age to the Present.New York, New York:Crown Publishing Group.pp. 38–39.ISBN0-517-55440-2.
- ^Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016).The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe.DK Publishing. p. 62.ISBN978-1-4654-5357-0.
- ^JLA Year One#12 (December 1998)
- ^Eclipso#5 (March 1993)
- ^JSA#63–64 (2004)
- ^Final Crisis#3.
- ^Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye#1 (October 2016)
- ^"CAVE CARSON HAS AN INTERSTELLAR EYE #1".DC.2017-12-18.Retrieved2018-03-24.
- ^Markstein, Don."Cave Carson".Don Markstein's Toonopedia.Retrieved2 April2020.