Hot Rod comic books issue 4

"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.

Volume 4, Issue 3 - March 1951. 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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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.

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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.

Volume 4, Issue 1 - March, 1957. Early East coast hot rod magazine. Numerous articles about making your car faster and cooler, including: "Regulating Fuel Pressure for Smoother Power", "The World's Best Mufflers", "Super-Silicones and Your Car". Heavily illustrated. 5.5" x 8". 66 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 4, No. 2. April, 1957. Early East coast hot rod magazine. Numerous articles about making your car faster and cooler, including: "Perfect Pin-Striping" and coverage of the second annual Motorama car show held in Westchester County, NY with "Mad and Modified". Heavily illustrated. 5.5" x 8". 66 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 4, No. 6. Aug., 1957. Early East coast hot rod magazine. Numerous articles about making your car faster and cooler, including: "Building a '40 Ford Stormer" and an article on an absolutely gorgeous "T" bucket titled "The Black Widow". Heavily illustrated. 5.5" x 8". 66 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 4, No. 7. Sept., 1957. Early East coast hot rod magazine. Numerous articles about making your car faster and cooler, including: "Rodding with the RPM's" and "Decorate Your Dashboard". Heavily illustrated. 5.5" x 8". 66 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 4, No. 8. Oct., 1957. Early East coast hot rod magazine. Numerous articles about making your car faster and cooler, including: "Down the Main Drag" and "Trends in Tail Lights". Heavily illustrated. 5.5" x 8". 66 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 4, No. 9. Nov., 1957. Early East coast hot rod magazine. Numerous articles about making your car faster and cooler, including: "Rhode Island Dragfest" and "More Power from the Olds". Heavily illustrated. 5.5" x 8". 66 pages. Black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Mort Lawrence. Stories and art by Ross Andru, John Prentice, Bill Ely, Paul Reinman, George Olesen, and Ed Smalle Race adventure from the world of 1950s auto culture, featuring terrific "hip" racer slang of the era. Notorious street racer Lucky Harris wins the title to every car he beats in a race. Gangsters and gambling make stock-car racing even more dangerous than it already is. No one believes in Vic's racing ability - not his father, his boss or his opponent - until they see him race, but Peggy is always by his side, and sometimes behind the wheel. Offbeat, colorful cover by Mort Lawrence. You Never Know a Driver; The Turn-Over Guy; Grind Pals Remember; The Jag's Double Lung; The Cut-Down 711; Hughie's Set of Wheels. 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.

Vol. 4, No. 1 - January 1965. Car enthusiast magazine covering many aspects of the aftermarket modification of cars. 8" x 11", 84 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.