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The Dart

The Dart

Dart is an old Roman solider transported to the 1940's due to a curse that turned him into stone. In his new time he fought crime as the Dart.

Name:
The Dart
Real name:
Caius Martius
Aliases:
  • Caius Martius
  • Caius Martius Wheeler
  • Cauis Martius Wheeler
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
  • Agility
  • Berserker Strength
  • Flight
  • Magic
  • Super Strength
First issue:
Weird Comics (1940) #5
cover

Fox

The Dart is published by Fox Feature Syndicate in 1940's by Louis Cazeneuve and an unknown writer. Caius Martius ancient roman superhero (pre-Empire), who used a sword and the super power of flight a.k.a. "darting" (as he called it) in order to smash ancient racketeers. He got into the modern age when a sorcerer employed by the same evil racketeer boss name Marius cast a spell to make him dissolve into a flat stone. He slept for over 2200 years in this state until the spell wore off on stone. At this time the stone was display in an American museum. Caius Martius emerged from the rock and fond himself in a strange time that is completely different form the one he'd known. Dart has a sidekick named Ace who wears a matching costume.

Dynamite Entertainment

During Project Superpowers Dart and his sidekick Ace was captured by the Fighting Yank with the Urn of Pandora. Again Dart was left in limbo but this time only for sixty years. He again was in a new time.

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July 2009

August 2010

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2008

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