Speed Racer #8

(March 1988)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Title, credits, introduction, Now on Sale! and indicia, on the inside front cover.

The Haunted Engine (Table of Contents: 2)

Speed Racer / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Lamar Waldron (credited)

Pencils

George Booker (credited)

Inks

Brian Thomas (credited)

Colors

Ken Holewczynski (credited)

Letters

Ken Holewczynski (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

After escaping from the submarine Atlantis,

Genre

adventure; car

Characters

Speed Racer; Trixie VanDerbucks; Sparky; "Pops" Racer; "Mom" Racer; Harry Cranium [G.R.X.-2 Owner]; Racer X; Spridle Racer; Chim-Chim; Frances Wilford

Synopsis

The Racer family sets down roots in San Francisco and gets ready to qualify for the next race. "Pops" and Speed are horrified to find out the GTX,'the fastest engine in the world' is back. Speed's fear and fascination with the GTX leads him to make choices he might not survive.

Reprints

• in Speed Racer (IDW, 2008 series) #2 (February 2008)

Keywords

Curse; GTX; San Francisco; V-Gas

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Speed Readers / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from J. Randolph, D.S.M. II, Pierre Comtois and Kevin Gumm.