In the course of researching my post on the Facel Vega Excellence, I came across some scans of European "graphic novels" (comic books) featuring Facel Vegas, posted at the website of the Amicale Facel Vega owners' club. Seeing those got me to wondering what other Lust-worthy cars may be lurking in the back issues at your local comic book store. Turns out there are quite a few.
We'll start with the Hot Wheels comic, which ran for six issues in 1970. As you probably already figured, it was a book with car-centric action-adventure stories and not much else. Though the people were drawn a little "cartoony," the cars themselves, like the Cord 810/812 that made the cover of #5, were rendered realistically, with fanatic attention to detail. This particular cover was drawn by illustrator Alex Toth, who had a long career in comics and animation. Among his many accomplishments, he designed the character of Space Ghost for Hanna Barbera.
As I was writing this post, I remembered actually reading this particular issue of Hot Wheels back when it was published--either one of my playmates had it, or it was one of the comic books the barbershop on Mahoning Avenue had lying around so you could kill time while waiting your turn to get clipped. That was when I first learned of the existence of the legendary "coffin-nose Cords," and it was the beginning of a life-long fascination with those particular cars.
