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Issue Details

Issue #50
Published October 1962
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Leon Harvey

Cover Details

Characters Hot Stuff
Synopsis Hot Stuff juggling chickens and cooking them with his fire-breath.

1 page Hot Stuff story "YOU'RE IT!"

Characters Hot Stuff; young ogre
Synopsis Hot Stuff doesn't like playing tag with the ogre kid.
Genre humor
Notes Feature title does not have "The Little Devil" attached like usual.

5 page Hot Stuff, The Little Devil story "...Visits Clockland"

Characters Hot Stuff
Synopsis Hot Stuff finds a clock that wants to go home to Clockland. When he takes it there, his problems begin.
Genre humor

2 page Stumbo The Giant story "Sure is windy today!"

Characters Stumbo; Officer O'Floodle; Mayor
Synopsis Stumbo's cap blows off in the wind. The Mayor buys him a new one.
Genre humor

5 page Hot Stuff, The Little Devil story "Tridey's Revolt"

Characters Hot Stuff; Tridey
Synopsis Hot Stuff's trident goes on strike. Hot Stuff goes to a store to buy a new one.
Genre humor
Notes First time the trident is shown as being sentient(?)

1 page advertisement "Come play with us..."

Characters Casper; Baby Huey; Spooky; Little Audrey; Herman; Katnip; Mutt; Jeff
Synopsis Done in the style of newspaper comics, but it's really four advertisements. A three panel Casper comic advertising the TV cartoon, a three panel Stumbo comic advertising his comic, a four panel Baby Huey strip promoting his comic, and a four panel Mutt & Jeff promotional comic.

5 page Hot Stuff, The Little Devil story "Fever Fun"

Characters Hot Stuff; Groogle; unnamed alien
Synopsis Hot Stuff throws his trident at an eclipse, but it's really an alien spacecraft blocking the sun. Groogle and his partner try to subdue Hot Stuff with a fever spray.
Genre humor

1 page text story "Mother Earth, The Story Of The Sky"

Characters Jed Jenson; Alton White
Synopsis Alton explains some scientific facts to his friend.
Genre educational
Letters typeset

1 page text story "A 'Frisco' Visitor"

Characters Dusty Rhodes; Freddy Hunt; Marsha Updike; Travis Porter
Synopsis A conversation between four kids reveals some trivia about the city of San Francisco.
Genre educational
Letters typeset

5 page Stumbo The Giant story "A Mighty Tall Story"

Characters Stumbo; Officer O'Floodle; Professor
Synopsis Stumbo tells O'Floodle a story about his ancestors.
Genre humor