(April-May 1964)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- American Comics Group ACG
- Editing:
- Richard E. Hughes
- Format:
- Modern Comic Size; Color Covers & Interiors; Saddle Stitched
Issue Notes
First comic devoted to Herbie. Masthead reads "Make Way for the Fat Fury..." and Herbie's physique is worked into the R in HERBIE.
["What do you mean, impossible? That's Herbie!"]
Herbie / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Inks:
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters:
- Herbie Popnecker; George Washington
- Synopsis:
- Herbie tows George Washington and his troops across the Delaware.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in Herbie Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008)
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"Herbie and the Dragon's Tears!"
Herbie / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Richard E. Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]
- Pencils:
- Ogden Whitney
- Inks:
- Ogden Whitney
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ed Hamilton
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters:
- Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; President Lyndon Johnson; Ladybird Johnson; Nikita Khrushchev; Abraham Lincoln; George Washington; King Arthur; Merlin; Sir Lancelot; Guinevere; Jimmy Durante
- Synopsis:
- President Johnson needs Herbie's help to beat Russia into space. Herbie goes back in time to Medieval England. He gets into a magic contest with Merlin the Magician before pursuing his real goal of bringing back the base for a miraculous rocket fuel: dragon's tears.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Herbie Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
First story in which Herbie travels in time.
Rocket #1352 Does Not Answer
comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Richard E. Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]
- Pencils:
- Chic Stone
- Inks:
- Chic Stone
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
The Triumph of Eibreh Rekcenpop!
Herbie / text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Richard E. Hughes ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters:
- Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker
- Synopsis:
- Eibreh Rekcenpop helps out Pincus Popnecker's favorite football team, the New York Giants, beat the Green Bay Packers 4,236 to 0.
Indexer Notes
Eibreh Rekcenpop is Herbie Popnecker, backwards. This is the first of three text stories to appear in Herbie comics.
Herbie Beards Castro!
Herbie / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Richard E. Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]
- Pencils:
- Ogden Whitney
- Inks:
- Ogden Whitney
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ed Hamilton
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters:
- Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Sonny Liston; Fidel Castro; Satan
- Synopsis:
- Herbie's family goes to Florida to see Sonny Liston box. Herbie ends up boxing Liston to help win money for the ransom of the kidnapped head of the Cuban underground. Ultimately, Herbie has to go to Cuba to rescue the prisoner personally.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Herbie Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008)
-
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
["What do you mean, impossible? That's Herbie!"]
Herbie -
1.
"Herbie and the Dragon's Tears!"
Herbie -
2.
Rocket #1352 Does Not Answer
-
3.
The Triumph of Eibreh Rekcenpop!
Herbie -
4.
Herbie Beards Castro!
Herbie
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- R. J. Roper
- Lou Mazzella
- Per Sandell
- Gary Perlman
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Gary Perlman
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