Hot Rod and Speedway Comics (1952) comic books 1952

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 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.