To the rescue comes a formidable fellowship - a wizard who knows only one spell, a weepy ogre, a bossy budgie and a great warrior-hero called Joe the Barbarian. Actually, the warrior-hero is Joe Jefferson, a boy from normal Earth who ia suddenly expected to wrestle dragons, fight ogres, and defeat sinister flying wardrobes. At least he has The Wellies of Power, The Woolly Gloves of Determination and a saucepan for a helmet. The evil creatures of Muddle Earth have nothing to fear-or do they?