Ah, the Silver Age of Comics!
When situations like the one portrayed above were the norm, rather than the exception.
From
Hot Wheels #6 (1970), the
last issue of the
first comic based on a TV series based on a toy line.
Ironically, it was the Christmas issue...
Long before
He-Man, Micronauts, GI Joe and
Transformers presented toys as animated action heroes, Hanna-Barbera's
Hot Wheels animated series (based on the highly-successful Mattel toys) featured a politically-correct team of teens battling evil while engaging in auto races in nifty cars (with their seat belts firmly buckled, of course)!
Yes, it sounds like
Scooby Doo without the annoying talking dog...
To see this never-reprinted story, click
HERE.
And, keep an eye on
Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™, where the entire six-issue run of
How Wheels will be re-presented after January 1st.