Hot Rod comic books issue 1

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.

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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Written by CHARLIE HUSTON Penciled by SHAWN MARTINBROUGH Cover by TIM BRADSTREET 'Mad Billy' Finn pulled young Frank Castle's butt of out the fire in the 'Nam. So when he runs into some trouble a few decades later, in the form of a particularly unsavory biker gang, Frank's all too happy to help out an old friend. Get ready, Maruaduer, 'cause the Punisher is about to take you on a Highway to Hell. Get ready for the Punisher's War Wagon! 48 PGS./MATURE READERS Cover price $4.99.

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Written by Craig Boldman and Various. Art by Stephen Butler and VARIOUS. Cover by Stephen Butler. A BRAND-NEW STORY kicks off this NEED FOR SPEED issue! In 'The Race to Save Face,' First Apperance of Daisy Thunder, of the Southside Serpents, challenges Archie and his crew to a charity race throughout the Riverdale. Can Archie prove that his souped up jalopy can best Daisy's hot wheels? All that plus more racing fun! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Happy Comics Edition Variant Cover by Dan DeCarlo - limited to 250 copies. Written by Craig Boldman and Various. Art by Stephen Butler and VARIOUS. A BRAND-NEW STORY kicks off this NEED FOR SPEED issue! In 'The Race to Save Face,' First Appearance of Daisy Thunder, of the Southside Serpents, challenges Archie and his crew to a charity race throughout the Riverdale. Can Archie prove that his souped up jalopy can best Daisy's hot wheels? All that plus more racing fun! 32 pages, full color.

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $89.00 View scans Paper: White Happy Comics Edition B. Label #4413006013 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Happy Comics "Veronica" Edition Virgin Cover by Dan DeCarlo - limited to 250 copies. Written by Craig Boldman and Various. Art by Stephen Butler and VARIOUS. A BRAND-NEW STORY kicks off this NEED FOR SPEED issue! In 'The Race to Save Face,' First Appearance of Daisy Thunder, of the Southside Serpents, challenges Archie and his crew to a charity race throughout the Riverdale. Can Archie prove that his souped up jalopy can best Daisy's hot wheels? All that plus more racing fun! 32 pages, full color.

Second Edition. Stadium Comics Exclusive Virgin Cover by Laura Braga - limited to 75 copies. Written by Craig Boldman and Various. Art by Stephen Butler and VARIOUS. A BRAND-NEW STORY kicks off this NEED FOR SPEED issue! In 'The Race to Save Face,' First Appearance of Daisy Thunder, of the Southside Serpents, challenges Archie and his crew to a charity race throughout the Riverdale. Can Archie prove that his souped up jalopy can best Daisy's hot wheels? All that plus more racing fun! 32 pages, full color.

Second Edition. Stadium Comics Exclusive Foil Edition Virgin Cover by Laura Braga - limited to 10 copies. Written by Craig Boldman and Various. Art by Stephen Butler and VARIOUS. A BRAND-NEW STORY kicks off this NEED FOR SPEED issue! In 'The Race to Save Face,' First Appearance of Daisy Thunder, of the Southside Serpents, challenges Archie and his crew to a charity race throughout the Riverdale. Can Archie prove that his souped up jalopy can best Daisy's hot wheels? All that plus more racing fun! 32 pages, full color.

Cover by Nick Roche. By Simon Furman, Nick Roche, and James Raiz Continuing a series of one-shots focusing on some of the best-loved (or loathed) characters from the Transformers universe. This month, the spotlight falls on Hot Rod, as the daredevil Autobot undertakes a solo mission firmly filed and stamped: impossible! But what is the Magnificence, and how does it all connect with Hot Rod's first? disastrous?mission? By Simon Furman (The Transformers: Stormbringer) and Nick Roche (Transformers Spotlight: Shockwave). Veteran TF artist James Raiz provides a variant cover, too. 32pgs, FCSRP: $3.99 Cover price $3.99.

Cover by James Raiz. By Simon Furman, Nick Roche, and James Raiz Continuing a series of one-shots focusing on some of the best-loved (or loathed) characters from the Transformers universe. This month, the spotlight falls on Hot Rod, as the daredevil Autobot undertakes a solo mission firmly filed and stamped: impossible! But what is the Magnificence, and how does it all connect with Hot Rod's first? disastrous?mission? By Simon Furman (The Transformers: Stormbringer) and Nick Roche (Transformers Spotlight: Shockwave). Veteran TF artist James Raiz provides a variant cover, too. 32pgs, FCSRP: $3.99 Cover price $3.99.

"R1-A" Incentive sketch cover by Nick Roche. By Simon Furman, Nick Roche, and James Raiz Continuing a series of one-shots focusing on some of the best-loved (or loathed) characters from the Transformers universe. This month, the spotlight falls on Hot Rod, as the daredevil Autobot undertakes a solo mission firmly filed and stamped: impossible! But what is the Magnificence, and how does it all connect with Hot Rod's first? disastrous?mission? By Simon Furman (The Transformers: Stormbringer) and Nick Roche (Transformers Spotlight: Shockwave). Veteran TF artist James Raiz provides a variant cover, too. 32pgs, FCSRP: $3.99 Cover price $3.99.

"R1-A" Incentive sketch cover by James Raiz. By Simon Furman, Nick Roche, and James Raiz Continuing a series of one-shots focusing on some of the best-loved (or loathed) characters from the Transformers universe. This month, the spotlight falls on Hot Rod, as the daredevil Autobot undertakes a solo mission firmly filed and stamped: impossible! But what is the Magnificence, and how does it all connect with Hot Rod's first? disastrous?mission? By Simon Furman (The Transformers: Stormbringer) and Nick Roche (Transformers Spotlight: Shockwave). Veteran TF artist James Raiz provides a variant cover, too. 32pgs, FCSRP: $3.99 Cover price $3.99.

Story and Art by Various. Cover by James Biggie. Whether you call him Hot Rod, Rodimus Prime, or even just Roddy, the hotheaded and cavalier Autobot leader is an all-time great. From his youthful days as the new kid in the group to his accomplishments as Optimus Prime's successor and (co-)captain of the Lost Light, catch up on all things Rodimus! Do yourself a favor, achieve something, and earn yourself a Rodimus star! Collects 'Rise' from Transformers: Autocracy #10, Spotlight: Hot Rod, 'White Fire' from Transformers (UK) #254, 'Crucible (Part 2): L?str?re' from Transformers: Lost Light #20, 'The War to End All Wars, Part 5' from Transformers: Regeneration One #100, and 'Peace' from Transformers Annual 1989 (UK). 96 pages, full color. Cover price $6.99.

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 Ross Andru and others. Race adventure from the world of 1950s auto culture, featuring terrific "hip" racer slang of the era. Bill challenges a suicidal street-racer on a steep mountain pass, in a story (and action-packed cover) featuring art possibly by the legendary team of Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. Slim vows revenge on the unscrupulous driver who caused his brother's death in a midget-car race crash. Gill converts his father's old jalopy into a racing roadster called Lightning Lois, but fame and success go to his head. Bill Spang --- Hot-Rodder Tangles with the Chicken Driver...; Brothers to a Bullet; Heavy Foot and Green; Stingers under the Hood; Big-Time at Last; Nice Guys Finish Last; Two For One; It's All in the Records; Four Wheels and a Friend. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

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.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Horror is the theme, and Hot Rods are vehicle that propels the theme, in this wheel-standin', nitro-burning, soul-chilling anthology series! Volume 1 features 14 original stories by Jon Ascher, Attaboy, Ben Collison, Devon Devereaux, Joshua Ellingson, Juan Garcia, Rick Geary, Andrew Goldfarb, Christopher, Justin Nitz, David Quinn, Ristaino, David Settlow, and James Suhr, running the gamut from funny to scary, but each with a Hot Rods-n-Horror theme! Softcover, 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.00.