(March-April 1961)

American Comics Group, 1951 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Editing:
Richard Hughes
Format: 
Standard Silver Age U.S.; Full Color: Glossy cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Herbie and the Spirits!
    Herbie
  2. 2. The Roadside Restaurant
  3. 3. The Conquering Breed
This issue was most recently indexed by:
  • Gary Perlman
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Gene Reed
  • Lou Mougin
  • Bob Hughes
  • Gary Perlman
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Peter Croome
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Issue Notes

Bottom of cover notes return of Herbie: "He's back again! Herbie Popnecker, the world's strangest boy, tackles the supernatural, in... 'Herbie and the Spirits!'"

The Conquering Breed (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Ogden Whitney
Inks:
Ogden Whitney
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
horror

Indexer Notes

[Cover story notes are the same as the issue notes (see Issue Notes above). This may mean that one or both set of notes need editing as a result of our recent migration to having separate issue and cover notes.]

Herbie and the Spirits! (Table of Contents)

Herbie / story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Richard Hughes (as Shane O'Shea)
Pencils:
Ogden Whitney
Inks:
Ogden Whitney
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
super hero; humor
Characters:
Herbie Popnecker; Mrs.Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker
Synopsis:
Herbie is the new kid in school. He proves his bravery by going to a haunted house. Supernatural beings (a witch, a ghost, a creep, and Frankenstein) cause havoc, but prove to be no match for Herbie, his lollipops, or his magic.
Reprinted:
  • in Herbie (American Comics Group, 1964 series) #17 (April 1966)
  • in Herbie (A-Plus Comics, 1990 series) #1 (January 1990)

Indexer Notes

Herbie looks and talks differently in this pre-Herbie series story. In this story, Herbie's pants are brown; in all other original stories, they were blue. The being called Frankenstein is really Frankentein's Monster, but is called Frankenstein throughout the Herbie stories.

The Roadside Restaurant (Table of Contents)

story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Emil Gershwin
Inks:
Emil Gershwin
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Reprinted:
  • from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #77 (October 1956) [orig. title: The All Night Diner]

The Conquering Breed (Table of Contents)

story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Standish
Pencils:
John Rosenberger
Inks:
John Rosenberger
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

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