Celebrating National Superhero Day with Iconic Cars from Comic Books

Apr 28, 2022

Today is National Superhero Day! And we’re excited to share some great comics that feature iconic cars from superheroes and villains. Check out our picks for recommended reading, and stick around to the end for some fun video content

Speed Racer AKA Mac GoGoGo

This series was published in 2 volumes both in 1966-1968 and then again in 1997. Each issue chronicles the life of a young race car driver and his high-powered gadget filled race car. It’s become an incredible iconic entry into automotive memorabilia as well as the world of comics. You’d be hard pressed to find any car enthusiast that wasn’t immersed in its story at some point in their youth or adulthood! Like “Initial D,” this series also received an anime and film adaptation, so you can continue exploring long after you’ve finished reading, or explore some of the spin-off materials.

Black Beauty

The Green Hornet’s infamous car, Black Beauty, has made its way from a radio show serial to television to comics. She is a 1966 Imperial Crown (as per the TV series) and is stored in a secret hideaway garage at Brit Reid’s house beneath his daily driver vehicle. Black Beauty is certainly a versatile getaway car, with the ability to fire explosives at the flip of a switch. It also has a slew of hidden compartments and switches for secret weapons and infra-green headlights for nighttime stealth driving. Snag a copy at your local comics shop to see what else she’s got hidden away!

The Fantastic Four

As comics go, The Fantastic Four is truly an iconic offering from Marvel Comics. We’re choosing to highlight it on this list thanks to the ultra cool Fantasti-Car! This 27-foot hybrid vehicle designed by characters Reed Richards and Johnny Storm. This electric fan lift and jet engine thrust vehicle is capable of achieving speeds of 550MPH with all 4 members of the team in it. It’s also got a detachable mini-plane. What’s not to love about the car that truly does it all?!

Lola aka Low-Orbit Liftoff Automobile/Levitating Over Land Automobile

This vehicle is a 1962 corvette modified by engineer Howard Stark and driven by Agent Phil Coulson during his employment with S.H.I.E.L.D. It’s modeled after earlier Marvel Comics issues in the 1960s and Nick Fury’s cars. Thanks to the wonderful magic of crossovers, the car made its way from the screen into the pages of the comics, so snap one up to read more of her adventures.

The Batmobile

There are over two dozen iterations of this absolutely iconic comic book vehicle! Holy wow! It first graced the pages of Detective Comics in Issue 27 in May of 1939. This legendary vehicle can do just about anything from capturing and containing baddies to tracking evil-doers and busting through walls or blasting through fireballs. You can follow its evolution from page to screen and back again in any Detective Comics, Batman series, Teen Titans, or related spin-off issues.

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The Batmobile is one of the most iconic vehicles in movie and comic book history, but it’s ever changing and evolving to meet different needs for each generation of Batman storyline. Check out this video from WatchMojo all about the batmobile: