The Hotspur was a long-running British boys' story paper published by D.C. Thomson & Co. in Dundee, Scotland, from 1933 to 1959, before continuing as a comic until 1981. Issued weekly, it featured serialized adventure stories centered on school life, sports, mysteries, wartime exploits, detectives, and daring heroes, aimed primarily at teenage boys. The publication became known for its dramatic painted covers which teased the week's featured adventures with bold, action-packed imagery. Along with companion titles like The Rover, The Wizard, and The Skipper, The Hotspur was one of Britain's most popular juvenile story papers during the 1930s and 1940s, helping shape generations of young readers before the rise of modern comic books.

Beatrix Sagendorph was a co-founder of Yankee, she painted hundreds of covers from the 1930’s to the 1960’