Kit Karter: old comic book about go kart enthusiast

Kit Karter is a 1962 comic book about a "teenager who "eats, sleeps, and drinks GO KARTS." His pal Axil Greez has an impossible haircut.

The first issue is available for download here.

UPDATE: Holy Roger Kaputnik! I just learned that Kit Karter was written and illustrated by Dave Berg, the "Lighter Side of..." cartoonist from MAD.

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Anonymous

Dell did an odd thing for a while, raising their prices to 15 cents and being the only publisher to do so at the time. Sales slowed significantly, and they were forced to reduce their price back down to 12 cents!
Julie Ellis

#11, everything is smaller in our childhood memories :-) AND really special (sometimes)
Johnny Drongo

I wanna get me that haircut…
Stefan Jones

I can picture Dell Comic’s marketing staff of square geezers, flailing around trying to figure out what the young people are into these days.

“How about those hula-hoopers? Can we get a title out of that?
LB

Anyone else look at the logo and think, “Kit Kat”?
Bitgod

Oh that Hank Venture, he’s a hoot.
wgmleslie

Axil looks like he’s on his mobile, but it’s his 9 volt GE Model P-808E transistor radio.
Anonymous

#4. I also thought it was related to the Venture Bros.
Anonymous

It’s like eyebrows, under your eyes!
dculberson

Lawyer spam? We’ve hit the big time.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Nah. Plastic surgeon spam would be the big time.
wylkyn

Wow, that was painful to read. Why is this getting notice on Boing Boing?
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Because Mark likes old comics. And go karts. And odd hairdos.
Mark Frauenfelder

I read Wylkyn’s comment and started chuckling. Then I read Antinous’ comment and chuckled harder!
IWood

#7 posted by wylkyn:

You don’t get camp either, do you?
Anonymous

Wow, 15c. My memory may not be the greatest, but I do remember paying 12c for most of my comics in 1962. This must have been really special.

Lou From Here
Anonymous

Subtitle plays with the name of a popular western TV-series from the late fifties: Have gun, will travel.
Anonymous

#11 I was thinking the same thing. I know comic books back then were almost all 12c except annuals or specials at 25c.