Herbie #4

(September 1964)

Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral! (Table of Contents: 1)

Herbie / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea)

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (credited)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Smile when yuh call me that, partner!

Genre

humor; satire-parody; superhero

Characters

Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp; Doc Holliday; Dr. Meringue; Clanton Gang

Synopsis

Herbie goes back in time to get the shotgun Doc Holliday used in the Battle of the Okay Corral.

Reprints

• in Herbie (A-Plus Comics, 1990 series) #4 (1991)
• in Herbie (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #2 (November 1992)
• in Herbie Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008)

Keywords

buffalo; dentist; hammock; hypnosis; Indians; lollipop; museum; saloon; shotgun; time travel; Tombstone; zoo

Indexer Notes

Traveling back in time, Herbie gets stuck around his house and sees himself as a baby, being adored by his parents; Herbie head looks the same, with bowl haircut, glasses, those eyes, and he is sucking on a lollipop.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Herbie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Here's Herbie / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (responses)

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (illustration)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Herbie (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Paul A. Feola, David Gede, Fred Landesman, Denny Ward, and Laren Estleman.

[Date with a Martian] (Table of Contents: 4)

Nellie No-Date / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes ?

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The spacecraft from Mars is now hovering just above the Earth and plans to land tomorrow.

Genre

humor

Characters

Nellie No-Date

Synopsis

Nellie gets a date with a Martian, but is snubbed when he finds a "prettier girl"--a cow.

Keywords

county fair; cow; Martian; telephone

Professor Flipdome's Screwy Machine! (Table of Contents: 5)

Herbie / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Reader, do you deserve to read this story?

Genre

humor; satire-parody; superhero

Characters

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome

Synopsis

Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome, transports Herbie and his father to Miniturea, where everyone has a miniature twin, even Herbie.

Reprints

• in Herbie (A-Plus Comics, 1990 series) #5 (1991)
• in Herbie (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #1 (October 1992)
• in Herbie Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1 (August 2008)

Keywords

ant; bumblebee; spider; swordfish; television

Indexer Notes

There is no box of credits on the splash page.
This is the first story featuring Herbie's eccentric neighbor, Professor Flipdome. He is featured in Herbie #4, #9, and #20, makes a cameo appearance in #15, and is mentioned in #19.