Tall, stoutly built, ruggedly handsome Clutch Cargo was a two-fisted troubleshooter/aviator/author who traveled the world with his young ward, a red-haired freckle-faced boy named Spinner, and his dog Paddlefoot. They usually helped Clutch solve the various mysteries and troublesome situations which plagued Clutch's many friends and acquaintances from the South-Seas islands, to the Arctic tundra, to the jungles of South America, to the prairies of the American Southwest, their experiences providing material for Clutch's best-selling adventure Logbook.