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From Hot Stuff - The Little Devil No. 86, October 1968.
- ↑ Hot Stuff V1 #176, Big Obstacle!
- ↑ Hot Stuff V1 #159
- ↑ Casper Vol. 1 #185, 1976, p10
- ↑ Hot Stuff Creepy Caves V1 #2 (1975)
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- ↑ Hot Stuff V1 #25 (1960)
