CAVE CARSON

Real Name: Calvin Carson

Class: Human

Occupation: Spelunker, adventurer

Group Affiliation: Forgotten Heroes

Known Relatives: Thula (Fetish, daughter)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: 

First Appearance: The Brave and the Bold I #31 (August, 1960)

Powers: Cave Carson was a skilled geologist and spelunker. He utilized the Mighty Mole, a powerful digging machine that could shoot thermo-rays to burn through rock.

History: 

(Action Comics I #553) - Immortal Man gathered Carson and a number of other heroes and asked them to aid him in combating Vandal Savage. He told them they were Forgotten Heroes, but they could still make a difference. Immortal Man told them Vandal Savage infected Superman with time-seeds from the time pyramids. As the seeds dropped in Metropolis Park they turned it into a prehistoric jungle that quickly spread to the heart of Metropolis. Carson and the Heroes investigated the pyramids, and then contacted Superman and let him know about Savage's plans. Superman flew into the sun to burn off the seeds, and then traveled back in time with Rip Hunter to the Big Bang to destroy the original time pyramid. He succeeded, causing the time pyramids to disappear from the present, but Superman was lost in the timestream, and Rip Hunter returned to the present without him.

(JSA #52) - Cave Carson was called in by the JSA after their teammate Sand merged with the Earth to keep it from cracking in half when the Princes of Darkness pulled the moon from its orbit. Carson discovered that there were a series of pulses emanating from Earth s tectonic plates that sent a Morse code pattern spelling of J-S-A. He took this as evidence that Sand was still alive and promised to investigate further.

(JSA #63, 64) - Sand sent up an earthquake to write out  JSA  in the ground, allowing Cave and his crew to pinpoint Sand s location hundreds of miles below the surface. Cave and the JSA used the Mole to burrow beneath the Earth, and they found Sand s body, which in its mindless state was generating an army of rock creatures to protect itself. Cave and the JSA fought off the rock creatures long enough for Power Girl to take Sand s body up to the surface. The JSA compensated Cave for the damage the rock creatures did to the Mole.

Comments: Created by France Herron & Bruno Premiani.

Cave Carson received a profile in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #4. He received a profile in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #8 under the Forgotten Heroes entry.