Herbie #3

(August 1964)

Herbie and the Loch Ness Monster! (Table of Contents: 1)

Herbie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea)

Pencils

Ogden Whitney

Inks

Ogden Whitney

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

Genre

humor; satire-parody; superhero

Characters

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Grandpa; Winston Churchill; Loch Ness Monster; Queen Elizabeth II

Synopsis

While visiting his grandfather (who is an older version of Herbie), Herbie hears a radio news report of a rampage by the Loch Ness Monster. Herbie walks across the Atlantic Ocean floor to meet Churchill and offer his help. Herbie visits the Unknown to find the monster's weaknesses, only to find that it's won the championship for tough monsters for 400 years. Still, it's no contest and Queen Elizabeth knights Herbie the Duke of Popnecker.

Reprints

• in Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900-1969 (Harry N. Abrams, 2006 series) (2006)
• in Herbie Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008)

Indexer Notes

Grandpa appears in Herbie #3, #18, and #22 and is one of many characters who happen to look just like Herbie. Because Herbie has lookalike ancestors on both parent's sides, it is unknown if Grandpa is Herbie's mother's or father's father.

[Here's Herbie] (Table of Contents: 2)

Here's Herbie / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes ?

Pencils

Ogden Whitney ?

Inks

Ogden Whitney ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; superhero

Indexer Notes

First letters to Herbie in his own comic. Has Herbie at top of page. Bottom of letter page states: Your life won't be worth living without "Herbie"! He'll take care of that!

Nellie No-Date (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea)

Pencils

Ogden Whitney

Inks

Ogden Whitney

Colors

?

Letters

?

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Herbie / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Herbie's Typical Tuesday (Table of Contents: 5)

Herbie / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes ?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; satire-parody; superhero

Characters

Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker

Synopsis

Herbie is resting and overhears that his mother let the car roll into a lake; Herbie gets it out and dries it with a searching look. Later, he learns that his father has bought land to build a golf course, unfortunately with a mountain on it; Herbie uses a cinnamon lollipop to take care of the problem.

Indexer Notes

"Plop, plop, plop" is how he is described walking down stairs. Later: "he plodded heavily up into the air, stifling a yawn. Plop, plop, plop -- that was he trudging through the sky." The story contains details on the properties of different flavors: "Orange. Okay for sudden death. Lemon. Best for mayhem. Lime. For large elephants or small dinosaurs. Chocolate. For riots and public disturbances. Grape. Best for giants and runaway horses. Butterscotch. For rebellious armies.... Cinnamon -- for bopping tough mountains!". Last of three text stories in Herbie comics.

"Popnecker Saves the Poorhouse"! (Table of Contents: 6)

Herbie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea)

Pencils

Ogden Whitney

Inks

Ogden Whitney

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

Genre

humor; satire-parody; superhero

Characters

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; President Lyndon Johnson; Cary Grant; Doris Day

Synopsis

Herbie's father collects a fortune for the poorhouse only to have it stolen by scoundrels. Herbie saves the day.

Reprints

• in Herbie Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008)