Speed Smith - The Hot Rod King (1952) comic books

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Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by George Roussos, Marvin Stein, and Art Peddy. Early auto-racing one-shot from Ziff-Davis. Speed Smith plays Good Samaritan to elderly Roscoe, only to discover the police know him as Roscoe the Rascal. The Chief of Police tries to shut down hot-rod street races, but after a disaster, the hot-rodding teens become a vital means of transport. Social reject Mel Tork proves himself on the track, where he's known as the "Magnificent Meathead." Rules of the Road All Over the World; Roscoe the Rascal; Rodders to the Rescue!; The Greatest Sports Cars Ever; Rats of the Race Track; Magnificent Meathead; Ordeal by Auto; Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.