Bamm-Bamm Rubble

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.