HOTSHOT

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Unrevealed, presumably human mutant or mutate

Occupation: Troublemaker

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: None

Enemies: Spider-Man

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Mobile

First Appearance: Hostess Twinkies ad "Hotshot On The Block" from Thor #284 (June 1979) and other issues in that month

Powers/Abilities: Hotshot had the power to throw fireballs from his hands.  It is unknown if this power was natural or artificial, and it is unknown if Hotshot had any other pyrokinetic powers.

 

 

 

History: Spider-man's old enemy (?) returned to once again cause trouble for the Wall-Crawler.  After narrowly dodging some fireballs thrown by Hotshot, Spider-man tossed down some delicious Hostess Twinkies.  Hotshot couldn't resist the golden sponge cake and creamy filling of the snack cake and (being unable to throw fireballs and eat at the same time) Hotshot halted his attack to eat.  Spider-man then ensnared Hotshot in a web and left him for local constabulary to pick up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments: Created by an unidentified writer and artist.

    Of all the Hostess villains, only Icemaster has shown up in an Earth-616 title. He could have crossed over to Earth-616 from "Earth-Hostess," but I say leave them on Earth-616 until proven otherwise. Nonetheless, until they do show up in regular continuity, they remain outside regular canon. Surely someone will write a story teaming them all together.---Snood.

This is not true anymore as some Hostess ad villains were mentioned in the Fantastic Four Encyclopedia as natives of Earth-616. And lets not forget about Printout Man in the New Avengers Most Wanted Files.

    Although Spider-man referred to Hotshot as being his "old enemy", this Hostess ad is actually Hotshot's first, last, and only appearance to date. Kind of a shame, as I do think Hotshot was one of the better Hostess villains, and I think he should be brought into the mainstream. Maybe put him in an "Untold Tales of Spider-Man" story (which would explain that "old enemy" remark), maybe even team him up with Icemaster...   

You can get the whole story, and some clever commentary from Seanbaby's The Hostess Page. It might not meet with the Comics Code Authority's approval, so kids, ask your parents before checking that out!---Kyle

Profile by John Kaminski

Clarifications:

Hotshot has no known connection to:

images:
"Hosthot on the Block!", pan2 (main image)

pan6 (delicious)

Last updated: 03/20/05

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