Roy Carson

In 1912, Hugo attended Webster University(analogous to Princeton University according to Wold Newton Researchers Dennis Power and Peter Coogan). While there, Danner met and had a brief relationship with Iris Carraway. The Carraways were a family from the American midwest who had owned a hardware store in 1851 and had built it into a prominent business. The Carraway children were therefore warned against passing judgement on those less fortunate than them, having worked from poor living to earn their fortune. Two of the Carraway children were Iris Carraway and Nick Carraway, both sent to different prestige universities. Iris Carraway was sent to Webster University, which had been renamed in honor of Daniel Webster, whose lawyer prowess had once led him to outsmart the Devil himself(*The Devil and Daniel Webster,* Stephen Benet). Nick Carraway would be sent to Yale and would later become best known for his interactions with Billionaire Jay Gatsby(*The Great Gatsby*, F.Scott Fitzgerald), which he would chronicle in his novel *The Great Gatsby.*

Iris Carraway was reported to be promiscuous during her time at Webster University. She would have a child with Hugo Danner, but did not know who the father was, instead she latched onto the wealthy Christopher Carson and claimed the child was his. He believed it and the child would be raised as Fred Carson, later to become the tragically short lived hero Wonder Man(*Wonder Man,* Will Eisner), who died in the 1938 Mollusc Invasion(This connection is once more from Peter Coogan and Dennis E.Power's Superman Family Tree).

The Carson family would have a handful of notable members, but none would develop superpowers, suggesting the metahuman gene was not passed on by Carson before his death. Christoper Carson and Iris Carraway did have a child of their own named Roy Carson(*Roy Carson* Series*,* Denis and Colin McLoughlin). Christopher Carson was a visiting Englishman and young Roy spend most of his early life traveling between the two countries. Roy Carson would around 1948, after a career as lab tech at E Boston & Sons, become a Detective with a female companion named Silk.

While she was described as being young, it is theorized that Silk was the heroine Sally Jupiter, who was 28 at the time. Sally Jupiter was born under the Arztozkan name of "Juspeczyk", but she had it anglicized to Jupiter. Her heroine career began in 1938 at age 18. A common rumor was that criminals would intentionally let themselves be defeated by her. Regardless she joined the Minutemen. None of the members of which had powers unlike the later Justice Society. On October 2, 1940, she was assaulted by Edward Blake, AKA the Comedian and it would have been worse were it not for the arrival of the other hero Hooded Justice. Jupiter was convinced not to press charges by her agent Laurence Schexnayder, who she would marry after retiring in 1947. Despite this, Sally couldn't resist the allure of fighting crime and took on the identity of "Silk" and fought crime alongside Detective Roy Carson. She would retire for good in 1949, once her daughter Laurie Jupiter was born after a consensual night with Edward Blake(*Watchmen*) Roy Carson would retire from Detective Work soon after, missing his partner and chose to settle down as, of all things, a geologist under the assumed name of Calvin Carson. He would become a professor, cave diver and spelunker. As a result, he became known as Cave Carson. He also had a pet Lemur named Lena.

The Government had become aware of many subterranean lands within the Earth which posed less danger than those from outer space, but nonetheless plans were made for a team similar to the Challengers of the Unknown(*DC Comics*) to handle such threats. At this time in the 1950's, the government had cracked down on Superheroes, forcing them into the Superhero Relocation Program(*The Incredibles,* Pixar)unless they swore government allegiance. There was a push for groups like the Challengers consisting of non powers individuals to prove they could deal with such threats. Professor Carson, already being an expert, was approached to form a team to battle potential enemies from within the Earth. Carson assembled a team including Henry "Bulldozer" Smith. Johnny Blake, and Christie Madison.

Johnny Blake was the son of Sir James Blake, a British agent best remembered for clashing with Baron Von Strucker under his alias of The Scorpion in 1937(*Blake of Scotland Yard*, Victory Pictures).

Christie Madison was believed to be the sister of Julie Madison, first wife of Bruce Wayne(Superman/Batman: Generations, DC Comics). Some have speculated Christie to be Julie Madison herself but this is unlikely as Julie Madison divorced Bruce Wayne because of his crime fighter lifestyle and so would not jump into doing the same.

Henry Smith had the darkest origins of the four. Henry and his brother Christopher were experimented on around World War II, allegedly by a Wolfgang Schmidt. In reality, these memories were false. The figure of Wolfgang Schmidt was a clue to the two men responsible for the creation of the twins: Wolfgang Strucker and Johann Schmidt. The two were intended super soldiers but were two young at the time. When the war seemed lost they were sent to Neo Nazis in America led by Walter Morgan as the White Dragon. The two were forced to fight and Christopher Smith believed he killed his brother. Deemed too weak from his reaction of sadness, the two brothers were separated. Christopher Smith would continue to operate, later breaking away as the hero The Peacemaker. Henry Smith on the other hand would be trained and grow up to become a criminal until he was captured. In an early inception towards Task Force X, Henry Smith was given the option to join Carson's team and agreed.

The group was formed in 1960. Carson proposed the Mighty Mole Project but there was less interest towards investing in subterranean societies over those in space and it failed. Carson and his team battled the Appelaxian Invasion that led to the formation of the Justice League, helping Aquaman and The Sea Devils Team defeat a water based Appelaxian. The group was approached and recruited by the Time Masters, also known as the Time Lords to join Rip Hunter's "Legends" also known as the Forgotten Heroes, in their adventures across time. Carson would return to the relative present in 1963 to battle Eclipso, who had possessed the body of Bruce Gordon. Eclipse had conquered his own underground kingdom. Carson fought him and was crippled from the waist down and left for dead, with Eclipso being defeated by the Justice League. Carson would recover but his injuries would prevent him from adventuring. His team disbanded(*DC Comics*)

Johnny Blake would join the CEA(*The President's Analyst*), discovering he had a son named Felix in 1961. He would remain an agent of the CEA and SHIELD for the rest of his life. He had another son named Robin John Blake. Robin Blake would be sent into Gotham City after an earthquake struck the city in the 1990's, and prove a valuable ally to the Batman (*The Dark Knight Rises*). Felix Blake would join SHIELD, motivated by his father's death in an unknown alien invasion of Earth. Blake would be one of the few made aware of Phil Coulson's survival after the 2011 Chitauri Invasion(*The Avengers*, 2011 MCU Film). He would aid Coulson's team until he was attacked by a Deathlok unit and hospitalized. As a result he was in the hospital when HYDRA elements were discovered within SHIELD and both organizations heavily brought down(*Captain America: The Winter Soldier*, 2014 MCU Film). In the aftermath, Blake would find his own independent organization known as Watchdogs(*Agents of SHIELD.* television series),

Henry Smith returned to imprisonment, for which he would hold a grudge against most superhumans that followed into his career as a Super villain. He would share a cell with Dirk Garthwaite in 1974, also known as the Wrecker. The Wrecker was granted superhuman abilities from a crowbar enchanted by Loki and was able to distribute his powers to other, Henry Smith became the villain known as the Bulldozer, a play on his nickname during the time he worked for the Cave Team. He and Wrecker would then form a team known as the Wrecking Crew(*Marvel Comics*). The team would battle many heroes including the Avengers and Henry Smith would battle his own brother Christopher Smith several times.

Roy Carson would marry Christie Madison and father a son named Mitchell Carson, who was born in 1984. Unfortunately, Carson developed into a psychopath, and would plan to murder his own father. Roy would divorce Christie but face financial trouble. Roy was down on his luck and took a job as a factory worker in Presage Paper. He resented the job as from all he accomplished he had a much younger supervisor in Nathan Sears. Sears was one of a handful of people who were fated to die. Roy was one himself, having an Aneurysm that would have burst on May 13,1999. Mitchell Carson in his capacity as a SHIELD Agent, investigated the deaths of several people and found Nathan Sears and his connection to his father. Playing into framing the death as an accident, he arranged a hook to fall and a bridge to collapse. This succeeded and Roy Carson was impaled on the hook, being killed on April 30,1999, while making it look like an accident. A Memorial service being held for him at a bar was destroyed by the landing gear from the crashing Flight 180, Nathan Sears among them(*Final Destination 5*).

Mitchell Carson rose through the ranks of SHIELD, being able to conceal his murders. The Tony Stark of Earth 3, who had swapped bodies with Victor Von Doom, leading to his exile by Reed Richards to Earth One. This version was dubbed "Iron Maniac". He was defeated and captured in 2004. Mitchell Carson was present when he escaped in 2006 after hacking the LMDs guarding him. This event led to an experimental Ant-Man Suit designed by Hank Pam going missing after agent Chris McCarthy wore it only to be killed in a Hydra attack. The suit then fell into the hands of Eric O'Grady. Mitchell Carson was the intended wear of the Ant-Man suit and went after O'Grady. Carson was severely burned in the face by O"Grady. Carson caught and tortured O'Grady, revealing his crimes, but Iron Man arrived and saw the tortured O'Grady. O'Grady claimed that Carson killed McCarthy and tried to steal the suit. Carson was taken into custody.