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"Strange Sports Stories: "The Man Who Drove Through Time!"": Bill Slade puts together a horseless carriage in the year 1896. He then participates in a race to win the hand of his fiancée Betty Edwards. If he beats her fathers horse and carriage then he will give consent to the marriage. Slade

The Brave and the Bold #48 is an issue of the series The Brave and the Bold (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1963.

Synopsis for Strange Sports Stories: "The Man Who Drove Through Time!"

Bill Slade puts together a horseless carriage in the year 1896. He then participates in a race to win the hand of his fiancée Betty Edwards. If he beats her fathers horse and carriage then he will give consent to the marriage. Slade picks up speed and easily surpasses the horse and buggy. He is moving so fast that he soon finds himself in a time warp traveling to the future. He finally comes to a stop and finds himself in the year 1964. He is ticketed by a police officer for not having a license and registration. A judge then fines him $15 for his speeding infraction which he pays using 1896 bills. Slade marvels at the technological advances of the age. He ponders at how he might be able to return back to his own time. He then notices a newspaper story about the Indianapolis 500 and decides that it would be the perfect venue for him to speed and return back to his own time. Slade enters the race and finds that he must qualify by averaging at least 100 miles per hour. Blade races his car and average 135 miles per hour to qualify. The race is then helf on Memorial Day, Slade qualifies as one of the first three cars to start. He accelerates lap after lap around the track but he does not revert back in time. He finishes the race and winds up winning but is disappointed that he has not warped back to his time. As he continues racing down the track he blurs out of sight and disappers. He finds himself back in 1896 with no memory of what has happened. His future father in law approves of the marriage and offers to go in business with him manufacturing cars.

Appearing in Strange Sports Stories: "The Man Who Drove Through Time!"

Featured Characters:

  • William Slade (Single appearance)

Supporting Characters:

  • Betty Edwards (Single appearance)

Antagonists:


Other Characters:

  • Mr. Edwards (Betty's Father) (Unnamed) (Single appearance)

Locations:

Items:

  • None

Vehicles:

  • William's Automobile


Synopsis for Strange Sports Stories: "Duel of the Star Champions!"

Eric Marr is a star athlete of planet Earth about to compete in the Planethalon, an intergalactic version of the Olympics. His ship crash lands on a strange world where alien scientist Okkan Dol uses his machine to sap Eric's "will to win", so that Okkan can use it to win the championship for his people...

Appearing in Strange Sports Stories: "Duel of the Star Champions!"

Featured Characters:

  • Eric Marr (Single appearance)

Supporting Characters:


Antagonists:

  • Okkan Dol (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

  • Bjorne Aslefssen (Flashback only) (Single appearance)

Locations:

Items:

  • The Panmedikron

Vehicles:

  • Eric's Ship

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