Carson, a spelunker, first appeared in Brave and the Bold #31 (September 1960); he was created by France Herron and Bruno Premiani.

[1] Cave Carson and Rip Hunter were science fiction characters inspired by the success of the Challengers of the Unknown.

[2] Unlike similar groups, such as Hunter's Time Masters and the Sea Devils, Carson and his team never received a solo title.

[6] 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, Cave started the Mighty Mole Project, who were working on developing remarkable digging machine to help in mining-access.