Hot Rod Comics comic books issue 2

Cover by Mort Lawrence. Race adventure from the world of 1950s auto culture, featuring terrific "hip" racer slang of the era. Officer Boltin hits the roof when he finds out his own son is a street racer. The competition over an experimental new car leads to betrayal, a crash, and a high-speed chase. The true story of the 1908 New York to Paris Race that later inspired the classic film "The Great Race." Souped-Up Spite; Cannonball Loses A Flag; Pancake Alley; Bad Boy; Maverick Wheelman; New York to Paris on Wheels; Bush Track Sentence. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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 and the Road Knights - the law-abiding kind of street-racing gang - get the airport and the city to approve a drag race. Every issue has illustrated mechanical and racing-culture features. This issue includes pinup-style drawings of the Jaguar XK-120, the Cunningham, and the MG Model TD Midget. Clint tries to convince the authorities that not only are the Road Knights a legit club, they want to help with the city's Civilian Defense program. Clint Curtis: Safety Comes in First; The Operation of Hydraulic Brakes; The Sports Car Gallery; Beauty Hints for Your Car; Why Not Build a Ford Four-Barrel?; Clint Curtis: Hot Rods for Civilian Defense. 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.