Comic books in 'Race Car'

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Cover by Bob Powell. Stories and art by Bob Powell and Clem Weisbecker. Fawcett taps into the teen racing scene of the 1950s with one of the earliest racing comics. In the main story, hot-rodder Clint Curtis earns his way into the local racing circuit by building his own hot rod. Every issue has illustrated mechanical and racing-culture features. This issue includes diagrams of engine pistons and lubrication points on a car; pinup-style drawings of the three top racing cars in the US, circa 1951; and a color photograph of the Flying Torpedo, a hot rod made out of a P-38 fighter aircraft. Clint Curtis Builds a Hot Set of Wheels; The Operation of a Four-Cycle Engine; The Hot Rod Gallery; Lubricate Those Out-Of-The-Way Spots; Clint Curtis: Hot Rod Haven; Flying Torpedo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bob Powell and others. Fawcett taps into the teen racing scene of the 1950s with one of the earliest racing comics. Clint Curtis and the Road Knights - the law-abiding kind of street-racing gang - get the airport and the city to approve a drag race. Every issue has illustrated mechanical and racing-culture features. This issue includes pinup-style drawings of the Jaguar XK-120, the Cunningham, and the MG Model TD Midget. Clint tries to convince the authorities that not only are the Road Knights a legit club, they want to help with the city's Civilian Defense program. Clint Curtis: Safety Comes in First; The Operation of Hydraulic Brakes; The Sports Car Gallery; Beauty Hints for Your Car; Why Not Build a Ford Four-Barrel?; Clint Curtis: Hot Rods for Civilian Defense. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Powell. Stories and art by Bob Powell and others. Fawcett taps into the teen racing scene of the 1950s with one of the earliest racing comics. Clint Curtis and the Road Knights put their hot rods to civic use when the town is threatened by floodwaters. Every issue has illustrated mechanical and racing-culture features. This issue includes world-champion racers and racecars of the past. When Clint finds out nobody from Mid City is registered for the charity race, he decides its time to debut his new ride. Clint Curtis: Flood; Speedy Sparkins; The Carburetor; Champions; How to S-T-R-E-T-C-H Your Tire Mileage!; Fuel Facts; Clint Curtis: The Racing Game! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Powell. Stories and art by Bob Powell and others. Fawcett taps into the teen racing scene of the 1950s with one of the earliest racing comics. Clint Curtis heads into the burning desert to enter his hot rod in the Bonneville Salt Flats National Championship. Every issue has illustrated mechanical and racing-culture features. This issue includes more world-champion racecars of the past. Clint and his car club the Road Knights enter a police-approved drag race, in a story with plenty of cool car and motorcycle imagery by Bob Powell. Plus a guide to hot-rodder slang of the 1950s. Clint Curtis at the Bonneville National Championships; The Ignition System; The Cooling System; Famous Racing Cars; Hot Rod Lingo; Clint Curtis: Drag Feud!; The Lineman. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Powell. Stories and art by Bob Powell and others. Fawcett taps into the teen racing scene of the 1950s with one of the earliest racing comics. Clint Curtis and the Road Knights help police find a gang of car thieves who are stealing hot rods. Every issue has illustrated mechanical and racing-culture features. This issue includes tips on improving fuel mileage, and a look at the "H class" racecars. A high-school shop class builds an experimental car, in a story with plenty of cool car imagery by Bob Powell. Clint Curtis: Stolen Wheels; The Clutch; Speed Secrets; Dippy Detours; A Dozen Ways to Aid Gas Economy!; Clint Curtis: Hot Rod Field Day!; Car Care. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Powell. Stories and art by Bob Powell and others. Fawcett taps into the teen racing scene of the 1950s with one of the earliest racing comics. When a judge takes an interest in the Road Knights hot rods, Clint feels pressure to impress him that they can be responsible street racers. Every issue has illustrated mechanical and racing-culture features. This issue includes Unique Cars, a look at experimental models the Jetmobile, The Fulton Airphibian, and the Phantom Corsair. Clint enters a contest that will test his hot rods ability to take to the hills, in a story with plenty of cool car imagery by Bob Powell. Clint Curtis Drags Hizzoner; Know Your Spark Plugs!; Code of the Road; Squeaks and Rattles; Unique Cars; Steeler the Dealer; Locating Engine Miss; Clint Curtis: Hot Rod Hillclimb; Tightwad Tad. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Powell. Stories and art by Bob Powell and Pat Moran. Fawcett taps into the teen racing scene of the 1950s with one of the earliest racing comics. Clint and his friends build a sports car to race against the ones bought by Clint's boss and his father. Every issue has illustrated mechanical and racing-culture features. This issue includes a Sports Car Gallery featuring the Type 35 Bugatti and Type 56 Bugatti. After a town is cut off by a snowstorm, Clint and his car club the Road Knights are enlisted to run snowplows, in a story with art by Bob Powell. Handy Rules for Hand Tools; Clint Curtis: Sports Car Road Race; Tire Tips; Car Care; Sports Car Gallery; The Cooling System; Race to Death; Clint Curtis: Avalanche. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art and cover by Bob Powell. Covers and interior stories correspond to U.S. issues, but in this U.K. edition, stories are in black and white. Cover priced 6-D.

Art and cover by Bob Powell. Covers and interior stories correspond to U.S. issues, but in this U.K. edition, stories are in black and white. Cover priced 6-D.

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Art and cover by Bob Powell. Covers and interior stories correspond to U.S. issues, but in this U.K. edition, stories are in black and white. Cover priced 6-D.

Art and cover by Bob Powell. Covers and interior stories correspond to U.S. issues, but in this U.K. edition, stories are in black and white. Cover priced 6-D.

Art and cover by Bob Powell. Clint Curtis in "Stolen Wheels" and "Hot Rod Fair." Covers and interior stories correspond to U.S. issues, but in this U.K. edition, stories are in black and white. Cover priced 6-D.

Art and cover by Bob Powell. Covers and interior stories correspond to U.S. issues, but in this U.K. edition, stories are in black and white. Cover priced 6-D.

Art and cover by Bob Powell. Covers and interior stories correspond to U.S. issues, but in this U.K. edition, stories are in black and white. Cover priced 6-D.

Stories and art by Frank Giacoia, Vic Martin, and Art Peddy. "Hot Rod" King drives the Cameron Motor Company's experimental race car, The Falcon. In a race for experimental cars only, Hot Rod is forced to choose between saving his own life or that of the mysterious Masked Driver. Hank and Hot Rod enter an antique race and are assigned a Stanley Steamer, in a story that may be the work of DC legend Carmine Infantino. Plus a look at the history and racing strategy of the soap-box derby. The Masked Driver; The Terrible-Tempered Tea Kettle; Chucklehead Rides the Rods!; F.O.B.: Junkyard; Baby Face; Wheel Wheezes; The Soap Box Derby. 32 pages, Full Color.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Don Perlin and Jack Keller. Racers face drama on the track and off, featuring realistic technical details and some great art of '60s racing machines. A lifelong back-country road racer is well-prepared by the time he gets to the hot-rod racetrack. Chino has a racket winning bets against his beat-up '62 Plymouth, but his scheme starts a feud with George that quickly escalates. A friendly racing rivalry forms between owners of the "camshaft cavaliers": a Corvair, a Plymouth Valiant and a Ford Falcon. After he wrecks his '61 Chevy, a friend lets Eddie try out a Mercedes Roadster. Local Champ; The Compact Cavaliers; Spare Tire; The Legacy; Sports Cars; Back-Road Champ; The Model Maker. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno and Jon D'Agostino. Racers face drama on the track and off, featuring realistic technical details and some great art of '60s racing machines. When Larry's brother gets drafted and leaves him a beat-up old car, Larry decides to turn it into a racing machine. Street-racers Dolan and Hubbard decide to resolve their feud with a race at the Grand Prix course at Grant Oval. Small-town delivery-truck drivers have a truck race to determine who is the fastest. Plus auto maintenance tips in comics form. The Avenger; Starting Your Car; Joes Jalopy; Always With Automobiles; This Is Murder; The Driver, Not The Car; Jalopy Jamboree. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas and Jon D'Agostino. Racers face drama on the track and off, featuring realistic technical details and some great art of '60s racing machines. Big Mo's car is so light, he can't keep it on the track. Plymouth 426 driver Red Keegan has the good luck to meet other 426 owners who race them. Tommy loves racing on the Alabama back roads, but when motorcycle cop Loomis is injured trying to catch him, Tommy has a moment of clarity. The Super-Stocks; Alabama Whammer; Lucky Driver!; The 426 Club; Stand-Up Dragster. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Stories and art by Bill Molno, Vince Colletta and Jack Keller. Racers face drama on the track and off, featuring realistic technical details and some great art of '60s racing machines. Scot Jackson (the hero of Charlton comic Teenage Hotrodders) and the Rod Masters meet Big Daddy Torque in the battle of the Fabulous Fuelers. Inspired by his Sicilian grandfather Giuseppe, an old-school racer, Tommy returns to Sicily to enter the grand Targa Florio race himself. Bespectacled racing novice Al must sit in the driver's seat for the first time when his brother is injured just before a big stock-car race. Scot Jackson: Fabulous Fuelers; Go Read the Law; Sicilian Adventure; The 400 King; S/SA Champ. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Fraccio, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Racers face drama on the track and off, featuring realistic technical details and some great art of '60s racing machines. Vic regularly beats "Dasher Dan" on the racetrack, until Dan's sponsor, a car dealer, provides him with a new vehicle. Georgie knows he can't outrace Ray's Ford Fairlane, but maybe he can outthink Ray. The lifelong rivalry between wealthy Tommy and poor Bob intensifies when Tommy steals Bob's girl Pennie. A/FX Champ; Brains vs. Horsepower; On The Road; Super Stock Star; Klunker King. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Pat Masulli and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Jon D'Agostino, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Racers face drama on the track and off, featuring realistic technical details and some great art of '60s racing machines. Unswayed when his girlfriend leaves him for a faster racer, Richy decides to build the fastest drag racer in town. A safety officer counsels a teen about racing on public roads. The Smith brothers build a super light-weight dragster and struggle to keep it earthbound. Plus auto maintenance tips in comics form. Tame Tiger; Always Automobiles; Cautious Cannonball; Hot Shot; 1,500 lbs of T.N.T.! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Pat Masulli and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Bill Fraccio and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Racers face drama on the track and off, featuring realistic technical details and some great art of '60s racing machines. Wealthy Lyle puts down the money for the very fastest car, but his working-class mechanic Pete fears he still doesn't understand racing. Obnoxious Gil is a bully on and off the track, but Johnny wants to shut him down. Larry returns from a three-year stint in Vietnam a changed man, but Mo and Tiny Tom provoke him until he's ready to get back behind the wheel. Quarter Mile Drag Paved with $$; Cooled Off Hotshot; Drive Differently; Roder's Dream: 1,000 H.P.; Leadfoot Larry. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Bill Fraccio and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Racers face drama on the track and off, featuring realistic technical details and some great art of '60s racing machines. Two racers decide to resolve their grudge through the upcoming A/A Champ race. The town is less than welcoming for its newest motorcycle club, the Sierra Bears. Joe is experimenting with engine power for a college dissertation, but his father and his academic advisors think he's just a hot-rodding punk. Plus auto maintenance tips in comics form. A/A Champ; The Burning Car; The Little Giant; Strip Tips; The Bad Bears. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Edd Ashe and Jack Keller. Racers face drama on the track and off, featuring realistic technical details and some great art of '60s racing machines. In his first encounter with the revenge-crazed maniac Baron Manfred von Trawitz, Rick Roberts is forced to race over winding mountain roads with the foolhardy Baron in close pursuit. In his latest race, Clint Curtis faces Scot Jackson, hero of another Charlton racing comic, Teenage Hotrodders. When Bud's parents buy a second car, he convinces them to get an ordinary-looking one with a high-end racing motor under the hood. Plus auto maintenance tips in comics form. Clint Curtis: Match Race; Quarter King; Night Driving; Rick Roberts: Revenge Grand Prix. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Edd Ashe, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Jack Keller. Racers face drama on the track and off, featuring realistic technical details and some great art of '60s racing machines. Two racers bearing a grudge from a previous bout meet on the highway while driving to the next race. Sam's car is so fast, he can't keep it on the ground... unfortunately, that's where the finish line is. Rick finds himself in a mysterious race with no spectators, no rules, and an elusive goal. Plus auto maintenance tips. Rouge Driver; Fast Loser; A Racing We May Go; Rick Roberts: The Race of Fear. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Edd Ashe, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Jack Keller. Racers face drama on the track and off, featuring realistic technical details and some great art of '60s racing machines. Race-car driver Ray has trouble convincing his brother Dan not to go hot-dogging around country back roads. Marsh has an ugly car with a great engine, while Johnny's car is just for looks, so Johnny asks for some racing advice. Rick wonders if the mysterious and dangerous hooded driver in this race is his old enemy Baron Manfred von Trawitz . Plus auto maintenance tips. Wild Wheeler; The Bus Driver Hits Back; Wreck To Riches; Rick Roberts: The Chase! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Edd Ashe, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Jack Keller. Racers face drama on the track and off, featuring realistic technical details and some great art of '60s racing machines. The rivalry between Clint and Bobby goes back to their first soap-box derby race against each other. Richie is a little too anxious to enjoy his buddy Flash's street-racing antics. Rick's one racing superstition involves a cat and the story of his grandfather in the 1907 French Grand Prix. Plus auto safety tips. Clint Curtis: The Golden Boy; The Worrier; Stay in Your Lane; The Spoiler; Rick Roberts: The Day of the Cat! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Edd Ashe, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Jack Keller. Racers face drama on the track and off, featuring realistic technical details and some great art of '60s racing machines. The lifelong rivalry between Clint and Bobby continues in the present day, in Part III of the story The Golden Boy (Part II appeared in Hot Rods and Racing Cars (1951) #84). "Bash" gets his farmer father to help him put together a new hot rod before the big race. Rick must confront his hereditary cat superstition before he can race in the French Grand Prix, in Part III of the story The Day of the Cat (Part II appeared in Hot Rods and Racing Cars (1951) #84). Plus auto safety tips. Clint Curtis: The Golden Boy; Little Lulu; Car Chess; The Day the Creampuff Won; Rick Roberts: The Day of the Cat! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Joe Gill, Edd Ashe, Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia and Jack Keller. Racers face drama on the track and off, featuring realistic technical details and some great art of '60s racing machines. Wealthy driver Tator has hired away Clint's road crew the Road Knights, leaving Clint to face the next race alone, in part II of the story The Last Road Knight (Part I appeared in Hot Rods and Racing Cars (1951) #85). Tim goes up against "Prince Kudo of Mars" and his souped-up custom car. A shoulder injury requires Rick Roberts to find a substitute driver before the Watkins Glen race, in Part II of the story The Drivers (Part I appeared in Hot Rods and Racing Cars (1951) #85). Plus auto safety tips. Clint Curtis: The Last Road Knight; The Martian; You Never Know!; The Drunken Driver Test; Rick Roberts: The Drivers. Final issue under this title; series continues as Grand Prix (1967) #16. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Antique automobiles article. "Speed Davis Takes Over," art by Seymour Moskowitz; A young Speed Davis becomes interested in racing and learns that his dad was a race car driver. "Jimmy Mullane at Indianapolis;" A man tells his grandson about some of the worst crashes in the Indianapolis 500. "A Newsman with a Great Idea;" A brief history of the Soap Box Derby. "Screwball of the Hot Rods" starring Buster Camshaft. "Guy Vaughan the Boy Who Learned about Cars Early;" A brief account of the life of racing car driver Guy Vaughan. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"HItting the Trap at Bonneville," "Buster Camshaft, Screwball of the Hot Rodders," "Indianapolis Speedway Thrills," "Border-to-Border Mexican Road Race," and "Fly By Night." Cover price $0.10.

Violent racetrack car collision cover by Lou Morales. In order of appearance: "Indy Before the Races" art by Lou Morales; "A Pine Box!" art by Dick Giordano; "Corry's Custom" art by Lou Morales and Dennis Laugen; "Hot Rod Talk"; "Mile a Minute Killer"; "Auto Oddities" art by Stan Campbell; "High-Heeled Tempest!" art by Lou Morales and Dennis Laugen; and "A Costly Lesson". "The Hot Rod Taxi Idea" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Violent racing car collision cover by Lou Morales. In order of appearance: "Cad-Allard" and "Racing to Lose" art by Dick Giordano (as Richi Giordano); "Afraid of Speed" art by Lou Morales and Dennis Laugen; "Hot Rod Talk" art by Tony Tallarico; and "Hot Rock" art by Lou Morales. "A Hot Rod Dictionary Is Born" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Lou Morales cover. In order of appearance: "Custom for a Killer" art by Dick Giordano; "Dual Potts" and "Sports-Rod" art by Lou Morales; "The Month's Pin-Up, Delahaye"; "Hot Rod Talk"; "Stock Mill!"; "National Champ" art by Dick Giordano; and "Custom Contest, What Are Your Ideas?". "The Hampton Hot Rod Jamboree" illustrated text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Dick Giordano cover. In order of appearance: "Trial by Fire" art Lou Morales and Dennis Laugen; "Souped Up Siren!" art by Dick Giordano; "Death Takes the Wheel!"; "Hot Rod Talk"; "Trigger Temper" art by Art Capello and Dick Giordano; and "Swanson's Swan Song" art by Stan Campbell. "Salvo and Kemmo Join the Hot Rodders" illustrated text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Dick Giordano cover. In order of appearance: "Death Is a Racer!" art by Dick Giordano and Art Capello; "Dead Man's Luck" art by Dick Giordano; "Custom Contest, Dear Readers: Whoa! Slow Down!"; "Dark Victory" art by Dick Giordano; "Hot-Rod Talk!!"; and "The Monster Had a Mind". "The Hot Rod Song" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Giordano-Alascia cover. In order of appearance: "A Coward at the Wheel!!" art by Vince Alascia; "Death Claims the Loser!"; "Phil Hill and Steve Lansing"; "Briggs Cunningham and Bill Spear"; "The Last Mile!!"; "The Speed King!!" art by Ray Osrin; and "Rust Bucket Romance" art by Walter Davoren. "The Teddy Bear Car" illustrated text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Last pre-Code issue. Giordano-Alascia cover. In order of appearance: "The Big One!" art by Ray Osrin; "Car Care"; "Technitopics, The Cooling System"; "The Glory Race!" art by Ray Osrin; "The Fabulous Bugatti"; "Car Care, Safety Hints"; "Sports Car Gallery, Aston Martin"; "The Soft Touch!" art by Dick Giordano; "Sports Cars, The Lago Talbot, The H.R.G."; and "Race to Death". "Classify That Car" illustrated text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

First post-Code issue. Dick Giordano cover. In order of appearance: "Man Against Mountain" art by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia; "The Buzz Bomb" art by Frank Giacoia; "Road Race Feud" and "Outlaw Racer" art by Dick Giordano; and "Leadfoot". "Hot Rod Harry" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Dick Giordano cover. In order of appearance: "The Big Heat!" art by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia; "Hair-Pin Curve"; "Spin of the Wheel" art by Frank Giacoia; "Early Automobiles"; "Backfire!"; and "Kent Looz, King of the Speedway". "Tire Tips" illustrated text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Giordano-Alascia cover. In order of appearance: "The Drag Strip" art by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia; "Locked Wheels"; "The Margin From Error"; and "Punk Track". "The Helcar" illustrated text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

In order of appearance: "Draggin' Wheels" and "Daredevil Duo" art by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia; "Race Against Time"; "Payoff in the Pits"; and "Buster Camshaft, Screwball of the Hot Rodders". "Simpson Sets a New Record" illustrated text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Giordano-Alascia cover. In order of appearance: "The Sea Lesson"; "All Winners, Ray Harroun 1911, Tommy Milton 1921..."; "The Red Flag Winner"; "All Winners, Dario Resta 1916, Only Three-Time Winners..."; "Salute to Defeat!"; and "The Quitter". "The Hot Rod Skiing Center" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Giordano-Alascia cover. In order of appearance: "An Accident at Every Lap"; "Unlucky Seven"; "Angel at the Wheel"; "Racing Facts, The '500'"; "Four-Wheeled Fun"; "Homemade Jalopy"; "Laughing Gas"; and "Men, Women, and Motors". "The Hot Rod Safety Gate" text story. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.