Herbie #5

(October-November 1964)

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:

humor; satire-parody; superhero

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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

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:

humor; satire-parody; superhero

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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

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.