(October-November 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
[Get Your Splints Now --- Herbie'll Fracture You!] (Table of Contents)
Herbie / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Inks:
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero; humor; satire
- Characters:
- Herbie Popnecker
- Synopsis:
- Herbie, in turban and not much else, charms a cobra as an officer looks on.
- Reprinted:
- in Herbie Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1
Sahib Herbie! (Table of Contents)
Herbie / comic story / 13 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Richard E. Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]
- Pencils:
- Ogden Whitney
- Inks:
- Ogden Whitney
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ed Hamilton
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero; humor; satire
- Characters:
- Herbie; U Thant (UN Secretary General); Chairman Mao Tse-Tung of China
- Synopsis:
- At school, Herbie is assigned to report on his biggest adventure. He is then called to the United Nations by Secretary-General U Thant to stop a Communist threat to India through the Principality of Hanki-Panki. Herbie catches a rocket to China, drops worms (left over from fishing) into Mao's mouth, and uses his many abilities (including his legendary allure to women) to stop communism from getting a foothold, When he returns to his class, Herbie reports that he is too fat to have adventures.
- Reprinted:
- in Herbie Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1
Nellie No-Date (Table of Contents)
comic story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Richard E. Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]
- Pencils:
- Ogden Whitney
- Inks:
- Ogden Whitney
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Herbie, Boy "Beetle!" (Table of Contents)
Herbie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Richard E. Hughes
- Pencils:
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Inks:
- Ogden Whitney (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ed Hamilton
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero; humor; satire
- Characters:
- Herbie Popnecker [Eibreh Rekcenpop]; Pincus Popnecker; The Beatles [as the Beetles][Ringo Starr; George Harrison; Paul McCartney; John Lennon] (cameo); Frank Sinatra; Dean Martin
- Synopsis:
- Popcorn is making movie-goers whistle from their ears. Herbie's investigation leads him to a Beetles concert, and Herbie becomes a rock star (Eibreh Rekcenpop), who even Herbie's mother thinks is divine. Herbie finds out that a jealous man with a red nose is breaking up performances with Martin and Sinatra with special popcorn.
- Reprinted:
- in Herbie Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #1
Indexer Notes
There is no box of credits on the splash page, but the frame is signed by Ogden Whitney.
To look like the famous mop-tops, Herbie wears a mop-top, with a prominent metal clip. Eibreh Rekcenpop is Herbie Popnecker, backwards.
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Lou Mazzella
- Gary Perlman
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Gary Perlman
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