Occupation: Student, computer hacker

Group Membership: Stars and Stripes Hotline Network

Affiliations: Captain America (Steve Rogers)

Enemies: None

Known Relatives: Holly Riddley (mother), unidentified father

Aliases: "Ram"

Base of Operations: Montclair, New Jersey

First Appearance: Captain America I#313 (January, 1986)

Powers/Abilities: Hiram was a gifted computer hacker and information gatherer, with numerous computer-savvy friends.

History: (Captain America I#321 (fb) - BTS) - Hiram's father left his mother when he was young, forcing his mother to raise him alone.

 (Captain America I#313) - When Captain America put up a national hotline, Hiram tried hacking into his computer. Cap traced him to his home, and confronted him on the matter. Hiram confessed that he had only hacked into the computer because he wanted up-to-the-minute information on his adventures. Hiram had hoped that he and his friends could help Captain America, and showed him how he could bring up keywords on crises, and Cap noticed a trail of sightings that indicated the Serpent Society were active in the area. With Hiram's help, he was able to track the Serpent Society down, although he was too late to stop them from killing MODOK. Afterwards, he met up with Hiram and offered to make Hiram and his friends an official part of his hotline to gather information on crises for him. Hiram happily agreed to help.

(Captain America I#321) - Captain America visited Hiram to give him a stars and stripes baseball jacket, and had lined up jackets for all of the hotliners, which he needed Hiram to help distribute. Hiram promised to do so. Just as Cap was about to leave, Holly invited him to dinner, and Hiram helped convince him to stay. Cap even unmasked in front of them for dinner, and Hiram's mother had Hiram leave after dinner because she was attracted to Cap. However, Hiram interrupted them when he found an alert on an airplane hijacking by ULTIMATUM, and Cap had to leave to deal with the crisis.