Hot Rod Racers (1964) comic books 1960-1969
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Issue #1
Published Dec 1964 by Charlton Comics Group.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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.
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Issue #2
Published Feb 1965 by Charlton Comics Group.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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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Issue #3
Published May 1965 by Charlton Comics Group.$5.00
$3.80
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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Issue #4
Published Jul 1965 by Charlton Comics Group.$9.00
$5.00
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.
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Issue #5
Published Sep 1965 by Charlton Comics Group.$7.00
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.
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Issue #6
Published Nov 1965 by Charlton Comics Group.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Bill Fraccio, Jon D'Agostino and Jack Keller. Racers face drama on the track and off, featuring realistic technical details and some great art of '60s racing machines. Clint Curtis and his Road Knights racing crew decide to get even with the crooked car dealer who calls himself Honest Charlie. A racer keeps losing time when his car "wheelies" up, so he enlists Motors McHorn's beefy cousin Wellington as a passenger. Reserved teacher Miss Willet decides to show her drag-racing students what her little Ford Falcon can do. Plus auto safety tips in comics form. Tons of Fun; Schoolmarm's Car; Slogans for Safety; Clint Curtis: The Cream Puff; Cyril Is a Swinger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.
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Issue #7
Published 1966 by Charlton Comics Group.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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.
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Issue #8
Published May 1966 by Charlton Comics Group.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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.
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Issue #9
Published Jul 1966 by Charlton Comics Group.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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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Issue #10
Published Sep 1966 by Charlton Comics Group.$4.80
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.
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Issue #11
Published Nov 1966 by Charlton Comics Group.$8.00
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.
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Issue #12
Published Jan 1967 by Charlton Comics Group.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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.
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Issue #13
Published Mar 1967 by Charlton Comics Group.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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.
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Issue #14
Published May 1967 by Charlton Comics Group.$8.00
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.
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Issue #15
Published Jul 1967 by Charlton Comics Group.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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.
