Teenage Hotrodders (1963) comic books 1965-1967

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Jack Keller and others. The world of hot rods and drag-racing culture forms the backdrop for drama. Motors McHorn enters his first drag race. A fender-bender results in a road-rage war between two motorists. The Grand Prix pits a fast, but erratic car against one that's slower but steadier. The Tortoise and the Hare; Chain Reaction; Always Automobiles; Shifty's T-riffic Tub; First Drag. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Jack Keller and Dick Giordano. The world of hot rods and drag-racing culture forms the backdrop for drama. Scot enters a particularly dangerous "figure eight" drag race. The Rodmasters and a competing car club meet for a rally and race. Mustang owner Rudy decides to see if he can outrace a police cruiser, in a story with some nice art featuring a mid-'60s blue Ford Mustang. Plus tips on restoring die-cast metal model cars. Hotrod Rally; Figure Eight; Hot Rod Seat; Restoring Metal Cars; Chicken Fuzz; Old Mike's Pile of Iron. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Jack Keller and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. The world of hot rods and drag-racing culture forms the backdrop for drama. Rick has a chance to win the Indy 500, if disaster doesn't strike. Dirt-bike racers enter a particularly steep hillside race. Motors McHorn gets talked into another crazy race against beatnik-bearded baddie Shifty Gears, driving a go-kart against Shifty's hot rod. Plus tips on controlling a skid. Indianapolis '65; King of the Hill; Barriers to Disaster; Head on Collision; Control That Skid; Impossible to Lose. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas and Jon D'Agostino. The world of hot rods and drag-racing culture forms the backdrop for drama. Rick has to improvise when his power-steering goes out at a crucial moment in a race. Scot shows his stuff by "popping a wheelie" during the Winternational race. Beatnik-bearded baddie Shifty Gears convinces Motors McHorn to take him to Motors' next rally, not realizing it's a skateboard rally, and the skate-punks take a dislike to Shifty. The Championship Trail; Wheelie at the Winternational; The Complete Picture; Just for Kids!; The Incredible Bug. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Jack Keller and Edd Ashe. The world of hot rods and drag-racing culture forms the backdrop for drama. Rick suspects shenanigans when phony brake lights cause him to lose a race to his rival Torro. Beatnik-bearded baddie Shifty Gears and Scot Jackson declare a "Hotrod Olympics" to decide who gets to date lovely Jill. Mags and Warts go for a cop-eluding joyride that ends abruptly. Hot Rod Olympics; Backfire; A Visit to a Rod and Custom Show; Highway Halfwits; Great Moments in Racing History: The World 600. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Pat Masulli and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Jack Keller and Edd Ashe. The world of hot rods and drag-racing culture forms the backdrop for drama. A mystery hot-rodder frames Scot Jackson for making a dangerous joyride through town, and Beatnik-bearded baddie Shifty Gears is nowhere to be found. A traffic cop lets two violators off with a warning, and soon wishes he hadn't. A Pinewood Derby story features the sons of Teenage Hotrodders artist Jack Keller, including Rick Keller, who later became a comics letterer himself. Runaway Rod; The Hard Way; A Racing We May Go; Pinewood Derby; Great Moments in Racing History: The Detroit Special. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Jack Keller and Edd Ashe. The world of hot rods and drag-racing culture forms the backdrop for drama. Larry Martin burns rubber and learns the terrible price of laying a patch. Racer Tazio Nuvolari is so good with his old red car that he becomes known as "The Flying Mantuan." Flip finds his preconceptions upended when he meets a woman driver on the raceway. Lay a Patch; The Old Red Car; Safety Features; The Woman Driver; Great Moments in Racing History: Le Man's 24 Hour Race 1959. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Jack Keller and others. The world of hot rods and drag-racing culture forms the backdrop for drama. The latest crazy contraption to burn up the raceway is known as the Wing Ding. Guy Landon demonstrates why he's known as the Crash King. Rick Roberts gets the dreaded DNF rating at the Sebring raceway - Did Not Finish. D.N.F.; Crash King; Some Firsts in Driving; Wing Ding; The Incredible Accident. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. The world of hot rods and drag-racing culture forms the backdrop for drama. Scot faces one of his fastest and trickiest opponents on the track, the racer known as The Sandbagger. "Go-Go" Gamble prefers the pedal to be on the metal. Jigger Leeds decides to enter his trashed-out car in the demolition derby. Flat Out; Demolition King; Thoughts on Drivers Education; The Muscle Cars; Scot Jackson: The Sandbagger. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. The world of hot rods and drag-racing culture forms the backdrop for drama. With the one town cop on vacation, small-town racers must take action when their dragstrip is invaded by a biker gang. Doug tries to warn rival driver Chris that his kid has wandered onto the raceway. Street racers decide that slot racing is a less dangerous pursuit, but even there, Beatnik-bearded baddie Shifty Gears causes trouble. War with the Warriors; The Race Had to be Won!; Commandeered; The Street Racers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Jack Keller, Edd Ashe, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. The world of hot rods and drag-racing culture forms the backdrop for drama. Arnie finds that his father, an ex-drag racer himself, is supportive of Arnie's new hobby. Teens driving Mom's Mustang are tempted when street-racers goad them to compete. Beatnik-bearded baddie Shifty Gears pulls some Wile E. Coyote tricks on his rivals in the Rodmasters. Duel Drag; The Novice Driver; His Big Dream; Race Against the Clock. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Jack Keller, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. The world of hot rods and drag-racing culture forms the backdrop for drama. Street-racers gravitate to a new road construction site as the perfect drag strip, but the local State cop has other ideas. A racer on vacation at his uncle's place on the lake discovers that his uncle's old car is a souped-up old-school race car. The "funny car" phenomenon makes its way to the pages of Teenage Hotrodders, in a story with some great car art. Draggin' the Fuzz; Uncle Ed's Pride and Joy; More Adventures of a Bus Driver; The Funny Cars. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Jack Keller, Edd Ashe, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. The world of hot rods and drag-racing culture forms the backdrop for drama. Ken King has a chance to clear his name of a motorcycle crash, but first he must make a deal with corrupt ex-cabbie Rudolf Funk. A racer gets a lucky break from a car dealer. A teen finds a suitcase full of cash and spends it on a hot rod to impress a girl, because apparently he's never seen a mob movie. The Payoff; Nothin' But Guts; The Unsafe Driver; Flying Failure; Melon Head Part 2. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Jack Keller. Stories and art by Jack Keller, Joe Gill, Carl Hubbell, Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. The world of hot rods and drag-racing culture forms the backdrop for drama. Ostracized from the mainstream drag-racing world, Ken King races with the "super modified" fringe circuit, but finds his reputation has followed him even there. Cowhands Tex and Mick use a souped-up jalopy to chase down steers instead of horses. Scot is out testing his hot rod on a deserted mountain road when he's passed by a futuristic flying car. Outlaw Trail Part II; The First Time; Rebel Round-Up; Dragging the Fuzz; The Flying Thingie! Final issue under this title; series continues as Top Eliminator (1967) #25. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.12.