Hot Stuff, the Little Devil #103 - First Appearance of Dr. Cesspoole, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Hot Stuff, the Little Devil (Harvey, 1957 series)
Issue: #103
Publication date: March 1971
Key date: March 1971
On-sale date: December 15, 1970
Indicia publisher: Illustrated Humor Inc.
Price: $0.15
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Dr. Cesspoole - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1		Hot Stuff
1	-	comic story	1		Hot Stuff, Charma
2	Tiny, But Torrid	comic story	5		Hot Stuff
3	-	comic story	1		Hot Stuff
4	-	comic story	1		Aunt Clinker, Grampa Blaze, Hot Stuff
5	Little Rash	comic story	5		Aunt Clinker, Hot Stuff
6	Country Cussin'	comic story	5		Grampa Blaze, Hot Stuff
7	Polly Wants a Cracker	text article	0.75	letters: typeset; ?
8	Puppy Love	text story	0.75	letters: typeset; ?	Emily (in fantasy sequence); Lois (in fantasy sequence)
9	Stumbo Steals?	comic story	5		Dr. Cesspoole First, Officer O'Floodle, Stumbo

Before you buy

Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #102103 of 180#104 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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