Bamm-Bamm Rubble

Bamm-Bamm Rubble is the super-strong adopted son of Barney and Betty Rubble, prehistoric neighbors of Fred and Wilma Flintstone. A foundling left on the Rubbles' doorstep, the towheaded toddler became famous in Bedrock for his extraordinary strength and his trusty club.

Few characters can claim to have romped through the Stone Age across more than half a century of comics, but Bamm-Bamm Rubble — the pint-sized powerhouse of prehistoric suburbia — has done exactly that, debuting in The Flintstones Annual #1969 under the pen of Harvey Eisenberg and keeping Silver Age readers thoroughly charmed. A fixture of Charlton's Flintstones universe, he shares his prehistoric world with the whole Bedrock gang: Pebbles Flintstone, Fred, Wilma, Barney, and Betty Rubble, the colorful ensemble that made these Stone Age sitcom comics so irresistible. His own starring title, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, speaks to just how beloved this little guy became, and with 45 catalog appearances stretching all the way to 2022 — plus two key collector issues to his name — his staying power is no cartoon accident. If you love the warm, humor-filled world of Bedrock comics, Bamm-Bamm is absolutely worth tracking down.