Racer X #8 [Direct]
(May 1989)

Now, 1988 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
NOW Comics
Brand
Now Comics
Editing
?

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Racer X / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Vince Argondezzi (signed as Argondezzi)
Inks
Jim Brozman (signed as Brozman)
Colors
?
Genre
adventure; car; spy
Characters
Racer X [Rex Racer]
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The Return of the Mammoth Car Part One (Table of Contents: 1)

Racer X; Speed Racer / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script
Stephen Sullivan (credited as Steve Sullivan)
Pencils
Vince Argondezzi (credited)
Inks
Rich Rankin (credited)
Colors
Dan McKinnon
Letters
Dan McKinnon (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Man, this is putting me to sleep.
Genre
adventure; car; spy
Characters
Speed Racer; Trixie VanDerbucks; "Pops" Racer; "Mom" Racer; Spridle Racer; Chim-Chim; Racer X; Stacy Arvedon; Gerome North; Liz Stevens; Barney [Vera Barnes]; Cruncher Block (villain); Lo Kung (villain); ninjas (villain)
Synopsis
Racer X is following Block who he believes is working with Lo Kung. This takes him to the Milwaukee Auto Show where Speed Racer is displaying the Mach 5. Speed, leery of Block's claims of going legit, goes back to check on the Mach 5 to find Block and his ninjas in the middle of a heist.
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Indexer Notes

Story continued in Speed Racer #20 (Now, 1987 series).

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Racer X
  2. 1. The Return of the Mammoth Car Part One
    Racer X; Speed Racer
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