Hot Rod Comics comic books issue 1

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.

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.

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.