Rolf Müller was a circus strongman from East Germany[1] and member of the Ku Klux Klan. Müller was suspected to be Hooded Justice, but it was never confirmed.
Biography[]
Rolf Müller was born in 1905 to Henrik and Greta Müller. His family was on the run during the Communist witch-hunts.[1]
The Müller family immigrated to Macon County, North Carolina. Müller's father was very abusive to him as well as mother.
When he was thirteen years old, Müller ran away from home to join the Hauptzelt Zircus.
On February 6th, 1930 he returned home to North Carolina where he brutally murdered his father for years of abuse upon him and his mother.
Müller joined the Sakcson and Shanley circus's "Big Top Hello Mobile" troupe as Rolf the European Powerhouse. Müller also began a sexual relationship with a fellow performer named Frank Burrows, something he became deeply ashamed of.
At some point, Müller becomes a staunch anti-communist and joined the Ku Klux Klan. He, along with Burrows and three other Klan members, are accused of murdering a black couple named Samuel and Elois Horton, after they attend the circus in Atlanta, Georgia. They are eventually acquitted of the murder in question.
Müller quit his job at the height of the Senate Subcommittee hearings.[1]
Almost a year after H.J.'s disappearance, the New Frontiersman mentioned Müller's disappearance, and implied that he was executed by his Communist superiors. The Comedian, believing Müller to be Hooded Justice, shot and killed the circus performer. Three months later a decomposing body with a shot on his head was washed up the coast of Boston. It was tentatively identified as Müller.[1]
Legacy[]
Connection to Hooded Justice[]
In the fifth chapter of Under the Hood, Hollis Mason speculates about the fate of the mysterious Hooded Justice, and raises the possibility that he was actually Rolf Müller, a prominent circus strongman who quit his job at about the same time the vigilante vanished, only to wash up three months later in Boston, with a bullet to the head. Mason alludes to the article in the New Frontiersman that implied Müller, a suspected communist, had been murdered by his superiors. However, he doubles down on the possibility that Müller was Hooded Justice, noting their similar builds.[1]
Trivia[]
- While he didn't appear in the movie, the Hooded Justice spoke with a subtle German accent, which heavily implies that he's indeed Müller in the movie's continuity.