Real name: Unrevealed
First appearance: Teen Titans I#15 (May-June 1968)
Abilities: Motorcycling
Worst act: Assault
Quote: "Waste 'em! Rock and roll the Hippies!"
Created by: Bob Haney (script), Lee Elias (pencils), Nick Cardy (inks), and Mort Waldinger (letters)
Now we face the most daunting foe we've seen thus far-hippies!
Seriously though, the Titans are called in by Mr. Matthews. Seems his son Ken has run away from home and may have fallen befoul of the dreaded hippies. So the Titans go undercover.
Captain Rumble is your standard thug biker, but he does have a nice look. The funnies thing is that Haney doesn't condemn the hippies. The slang is utterly daft but they are shown as generally mellow. Basically, saying they aren't inherently good or bad and if the thing isn't for you, you can leave.
Which isn't the worst thing to say, really. The Titans manage to save Ken from getting involved with some generic gangsters, but I felt that the Captain was a more compelling character.
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