Historical Origins

The Rough Riders was a nickname give to a voluntary team lead by Theodore Roosevelt during the Spanish-American War. Their most famous battle was at San Juan Hill in Cuba.

Other Versions

Aftershock Comics

Similar to the historical version, expect Theodore Roosevelt hires some of the top-leading figures of the time to fight things too strange for the everyday person to know about, such as aliens and the supernatural. Later, Alice Roosevelt leads the team and finds new members.

1910s Team

• Thomas Edison
• Harry Houdini
• Jack Johnson
• Annie Oakley
• Theodore Roosevelt

1920s Team

• Josephine Baker
• Charlie Chaplin
• Charles Lindbergh
• Lucky Luciano
• Alice Roosevelt
• Babe Ruth

1930s Team

• Amelia Earhart
• Albert Einstein
• Ernest Hemingway
• Jesse Owens
• Alice Roosevelt
• Mae West

1940s Team

• Billie Holiday
• Joe Louis
• J. Robert Oppenheimer
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Bugsy Siegel
• Orson Welles

1950s Team

• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Marilyn Monroe
• Elvis Presley
• Alice Roosevelt
• J.D. Salinger
• Frank Lloyd Wright

1960s Team

• Neil Armstrong
• Robert Kennedy
• Alice Roosevelt
• Gloria Steinem
• John Wayne
• Malcolm X

1970s Team

• Muhammad Ali
• Billie Jean King
• Evel Knievel
• Bruce Lee
• Alice Roosevelt
• Carl Sagan

1980s Team

• John Gotti Jr.
• Penn Jillette
• Steve Jobs
• Alice Roosevelt
• Teller
• Tina Turner
• Mike Tyson

2000s Team

• Oscar De La Hoya
• Angelina Jolie
• Colin Powell
• RuPaul
• Oprah Winfrey
• Mark Zuckerberg