Hot Stuff the Little Devil facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Hot Stuff the Little Devil |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Harvey Comics |
| First appearance | Hot Stuff #1 October 1957 |
| Created by | Warren Kremer |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Hot Stuff |
| Species | Devil |
| Team affiliations | Tridie |
| Abilities | Flight, fire-related abilities, Invisibility, Teleportation, Magic. |
Hot Stuff the Little Devil is a comic book character created by Warren Kremer who first appeared in Hot Stuff #1 (October 1957), published by Harvey Comics. Imbued with a mischievous personality and able to produce fire, Hot Stuff appears as a red child devil who wears a diaper (said to be made of asbestos) and carries a magical sentient pitchfork (referred to as his "trusty trident"), which is a character in its own right. Much to the consternation of his demonic brethren, Hot Stuff sometimes performs good deeds to irritate them.
Comic book series
- Hot Stuff the Little Devil
- Devil Kids Starring Hot Stuff
- Hot Stuff Creepy Caves
- Hot Stuff Sizzlers
- Hot Stuff Digest
- Harvey Wiseguys
- Astro Comics
- Casper And...
- Hot Stuff the Little Devil, Vol. 2
- Casper and his Friends Magazine (Marvel Comics)
- Casper and the Spectrals
- Hot Stuff the Little Devil Halloween Special (Dark House Comics)
- Harvey Comics Treasury (Dark House comics)
- Harvey Hits (Joe Books)
- Casper the Friendly Ghost (American Mythology Productions)
Legacy and influence
Hot Stuff the Little Devil is the unofficial emblem for the 108th Field Battery-Royal Australian Artillery and the 407 Long Range Patrol Squadron of the Canadian Forces. He is the mascot for Dysart High School located in El Mirage, Arizona, Eagle Valley High School in Gypsum, Colorado, and Lindhurst High School in Olivehurst, California, and a blue version of Hot Stuff is the logo for Fort Morgan Middle School in Fort Morgan, Colorado. He was the mascot of Joey Harrison's Surf Club in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. He was the inspiration for the logo of the Chicago street gang Satan Disciples.
The Old Jail Museum (Crawfordsville, Indiana) has an image of Hot Stuff on a cell wall as drawn by one of the inmates.
Hot Stuff makes a cameo in a 2014 episode of The Simpsons titled "Treehouse of Horror XXV", in which he was put in "Super Hell" for how "lame" his comics are.
Hot Stuff made an official appearance in a 2020 episode of Harvey Girls Forever!, based on Harvey Comics characters, as a hot sauce mascot.
Film
DreamWorks Animation is developing a live-action/CGI film based on the character with Lizzie and Wendy Molyneux set to write it. It will be the second attempt for a DreamWorks Animation film to use live-action and computer-animation. It will be the second DreamWorks animated film to feature characters from the Classic Media library; the first being Mr. Peabody & Sherman.
