Little Lotta Foodland #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeLittle Lotta Foodland #1 (September 1963) marks the launch of Little Lotta's second dedicated title at Harvey Comics, giving the publisher's beloved super-strong, food-obsessed heroine her own oversized anthology separate from the long-running Little Lotta series. Modeled on the same giant-sized, reprint-heavy format Harvey had already established with Casper's Ghostland, the Foodland launch demonstrated the company's deliberate strategy of spinning popular characters into themed satellite titles — a blueprint that would be repeated across the Harvey line throughout the 1960s. By anchoring each issue around Lotta's defining quirk (an insatiable appetite that produces superhuman strength) while also showcasing co-stars Little Dot and Richie Rich, the series reinforced Harvey's practice of cross-pollinating its humor universe in a single package, broadening young readers' exposure to the full cast.
In "null," Lotta steps in to help Mr. Plump move a heavy trunk upstairs, confident she can handle it despite her father’s warnings. What starts as a simple task takes a surprising turn when the trunk’s top comes off mid-lift, leaving the contents and base scattered at the bottom of the stairs.
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Little Lotta herself debuted as a back-up feature in Little Dot #1 (September 1953), the same issue that introduced Richie Rich, and graduated to her own self-titled series in 1955. Stories throughout the character's run were written primarily by Warren Kremer and Howard Post, with art chiefly by Sid Couchey and Dom Sileo; Kremer — Harvey's art editor for roughly 35 years — also provided cover art for the Foodland issues and helped set the visual tone of the entire Harvey humor line. The Foodland title was conceived as a companion to that original series, following the 'Ghostland/Dotland' anthology template Harvey had already proven viable, and it ran for 29 issues before ending in October 1972.
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- First issue of the Little Lotta Foodland series, cover-dated September 1963, published by Harvey Publications Inc.
- The series ran for 29 issues, concluding with issue #29 in October 1972.
- Formatted as a giant-sized reprint anthology — following the same structural template Harvey used for Casper's Ghostland — collecting earlier Little Lotta stories alongside Little Dot and Richie Rich backup features.
- Stories in the series were written primarily by Warren Kremer and Howard Post; principal artists were Sid Couchey and Dom Sileo, with Kremer also providing covers.
- Warren Kremer, who served as Harvey's art editor for approximately 35 years, was the central creative force behind the look of the Harvey humor line and created or defined characters including Richie Rich, Hot Stuff the Little Devil, and others.
- Little Lotta (full name Charlotte 'Lotta' Plump) had originally debuted in Little Dot #1 (September 1953), the same debut issue that introduced Richie Rich.
- Individual stories from issue #1 were later reprinted in subsequent Foodland issues (including #10 and #21) as well as in Australian Magazine Management editions and in Richie Rich Vacations Digest #3 (September 1979), attesting to Harvey's robust reprint recycling program.
- A brief 1992 revival series titled Little Lotta (2nd Series) ran for four issues and drew from both the original Little Lotta title and the Foodland run for its reprint content.
Reprints
↩ Reprints Humphrey Comics #5 (1949), Family Funnies #3 (1950), Junior Funnies #10 (1951), Casper the Friendly Ghost #14 (1953), Little Dot #12 (1955), Little Dot #13 (1955), Little Dot #14 (1955), Little Dot #20 (1956), Little Lotta #8 (1957), Little Lotta #9 (1957)
Reprinted in Little Lotta Foodland #10 (1966), Little Lotta Foodland #20 (1969), Little Lotta Foodland #21 (1970), Little Lotta #29040 (1979), Richie Rich Digest Winners #3 (1979), Richie Rich Vacations Digest #3 (1979), Little Dot #R1523 (1985)
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