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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#3

August, 1971
Cover Price: $0.15
2 copies available from $17.28 		Len WeinJack Abel
#7 (Painted cover)

January, 1973
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $5.00 		Len WeinJack Sparling
#8

April, 1973
Cover Price: $0.15
1 copy available for $7.00 		Len Wein 
#9 (Painted cover)

July, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $5.00 		Paul S. Newman 
#10 (Painted cover)

October, 1973
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $3.00 		Paul S. NewmanJack Sparling
#11 (Painted cover)

January, 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $7.98 		Paul S. Newman 
#12 (Painted cover)

April, 1974
Cover Price: $0.20
1 copy available for $9.99 		Paul S. Newman 
#14 (Painted cover)

October, 1974
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $7.50 		Paul S. NewmanJack Sparling
#14 Variation A (Whitman Cover; Painted cover)

October, 1974
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $9.00 		Paul S. NewmanJack Sparling
#16 (Painted cover)

April, 1975
Cover Price: $0.25
2 copies available from $18.00 		 Jack Sparling
#16 Variation A (Whitman Cover; Painted cover)

October, 1974
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $4.98 		 Jack Sparling
#19 (Painted cover)

January, 1976
Cover Price: $0.25
2 copies available from $9.99 		Paul S. NewmanJack Sparling
#19 Variation A (Whitman Cover; Painted cover)

January, 1976
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $4.99 		Paul S. NewmanJack Sparling