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Cover of the Week: Hot Wheels #6

Hot Wheels #6, Feb 1971

Another typically fabulous cover from the pen of Neal Adams. This very striking design includes a rather more murderous take on Santa than perhaps we are used to…

Hot Wheels was a short-lived (6 issue) title based on a toy line and its associated cartoon spin-off. It’s mainly distinguished by the quality of its artwork, with most issues featuring work from Alex Toth. This issue has a long strip drawn by Neal Adams — but was clearly insufficient to stave off the axe of cancellation.

I’m quite surprised to discover that the link between the Hot Wheels line of toy cars and DC Comics characters is still current.

©2009 DC Comics/Mattel

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3 Responses to “Cover of the Week: Hot Wheels #6”

  1. Jacque Nodell says:
    June 8, 2009 at 4:51 am

    I am always curious about the Hot Wheels books. They aren’t something I would usually be interested in, but I love the covers. Are the stories any good?

  2. rob! says:
    June 10, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    Hello, DC? Yeah, I have an idea for a new Absolute collection…”

  3. Allan says:
    June 11, 2009 at 7:33 am

    It’d be a bit of a slim tome…

    Jacque: Hot Wheels is good, solid fun. If you’re not a big fan of fast cars and hair-raising stunts this may not be the series for you, but it is exceedingly well-drawn. It’s based on a cartoon — which I’ve not seen — and ‘feels’ like a fair reflection of the show. Characterisation is not a high priority, but action most certainly is.