Mod Wheels

    (Gold Key, 1971-1976)
™ and ©1971 Western Publishing Company

This “hip” title from Gold Key is most evocative of the Hot Wheels animated series and DC comic book of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Sporting such early 70s accoutrements as mutton-chop sideburns and bell-bottoms, Wheels and his racing team pals—Lump, Cube, ’Scot, and Bit—take on such evils as unethical drivers and rampaging biker gangs. The dialogue is heavy with the perceived teenage slang of the day, and the artwork is vaguely similar to the “heavy” 70s style Mike Sekowsky was using on DC’s Wonder Woman and Supergirl at the time.
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  • 2
    #2
    May 1971
    Cover: $0.15
    W: Len Wein  ·  A: Jack Abel
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  • 3
    #3
    Aug 1971
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    W: Len Wein  ·  A: Jack Abel
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  • 4
    #4
    Nov 1971
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    W: Len Wein
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  • 6
    #6
    Jun 1972
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    W: Len Wein
    1 copy for $3.75
  • 11
    #11
    Painted cover
    Jan 1974
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    W: Paul S. Newman
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  • 12
    #12
    Painted cover
    Apr 1974
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    W: Paul S. Newman
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    #14 Variation A
    Whitman Cover; Painted cover
    Oct 1974
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Paul S. Newman  ·  A: Jack Sparling
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    #16
    Painted cover
    Apr 1975
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    A: Jack Sparling
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  • 19
    #19
    Painted cover
    Jan 1976
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    W: Paul S. Newman  ·  A: Jack Sparling
    Final issue
    1 copy for $2.49
  • 19/A
    #19 Variation A
    Whitman Cover; Painted cover
    Jan 1976
    Cover: $0.25
    W: Paul S. Newman  ·  A: Jack Sparling
    Final issue
    1 copy for $4.99