NASCAR Comics
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Not only are comic books advertised on NASCAR vehicles, but there have been comic books about NASCAR:
Vortex published a series of NASCAR titles in the 1990’s. The longest was Legends of NASCAR, which ran for 16 issues between 1990 and 1993. Each issue featured a biography of a particular driver, told in comic book format.
Simultaneously, Vortex also published NASCAR Adventures in 1991. The series ran for 2 issues, then stopped. It was revived a year or so later for its third issue (inexplicably numbered #5) then stopped again. A final issue was published some months later, #7 of course. So the four issues of NASCAR Adventures are numbered 1, 2, 5, 7. Like Legends of NASCAR, each issue featured a biography of a famous racer.
Vortex also published The NASCub Adventures (sometimes titled Adventures of the NASCubs). This children’s comic featured the “Official Mascots of NASCAR”, and Richard Petty too. The cover shows a bear, a koala, a panda, a female racoon, and (I think) a lion (or it may be a beaver with a birth defect). This comic lasted for a single issue in 1991.
Despite NASCAR fans being collectors of over-priced merchandise, these comics can still be found for cover price or (usually) much less.
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March 17th, 2008 at 8:57 am
[...] According to the solicits, “The first ever officially licensed NASCAR Comics series in the Nextel Cup era has already been featured on NBC’s Today Show! 75 million NASCAR fans will be reading — will you?” After enjoying Cars way more than I expected to, I can see the potential in a comic book tied in to Nascar, I think it would have a better chance of success through a direct partnership deal like Miles the Monster pulled off than in the direct market. Considering an attempt at Nascar comics failed miserably back in the 90s, it’s not the least bit encouraging that Nascar Comics doesn’t seem to have a web site or any Google presence at all beyond its Previews listing. [...]
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