(August 1965)

American Comics Group, 1964 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.12 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
Editing:
Richard Hughes
Format:
Modern Comic Size; Color Covers & Interiors; Saddle Stitched

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Herbie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks:
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
super hero; humor; satire
Characters:
Herbie Popnecker

Indexer Notes

Herbie riding sea serpent before Columbus's boats


Beware of the B-Bomb,Buster! (Table of Contents)

Herbie / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Richard Hughes (as Shane O'Shea)
Pencils:
Ogden Whitney
Inks:
Ogden Whitney
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ed Hamilton

Content Information

Genre:
super hero; humor; satire
Characters:
Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Abraham Lincoln; President Lyndon Johnson; Adlai Stevenson; Lovely Horowitz; Mr. Periwinkle; Charles de Gaulle
Synopsis:
Secrete agent X-413 1/2 has stolen the plans to the B-bomb, which gets its mighty power from beans. LBJ and Adlai Stevenson enlist the help of Herbie, who gets on the trail of Lovely Horowitz. To explain his absence, Adlai Stevenson tells Herbie's dad he will be at a camp for little fat nothings.

Indexer Notes

Story: -Writ by Shane O'Shea (who admits he's scared of Herbie)
Art: - Drew by Ogden Whitney (who won't admit it, but is even scareder!).
Includes a 4th-wall-breaking recounting of American history by Herbie's dad in which Herbie climb's into the story's thought balloon while an appreciative statue of Abraham Lincoln looks on.


Christopher Columbus Popnecker! (Table of Contents)

Herbie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Richard Hughes (as Shane O'Shea)
Pencils:
Ogden Whitney
Inks:
Ogden Whitney
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ed Hamilton

Content Information

Genre:
super hero; humor; satire
Characters:
Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Christopher Columbus; Queen Isabella
Synopsis:
Herbie goes back in time to get Christopher Columbus' autograph. Herbie learns that the world is not round, after all, but still helps Columbus discover America.
Reprinted:
  • in Herbie (A-Plus Comics, 1990 series) #1 (January 1990)
  • in Time Traveler Herbie (Avalon Communications, 1998 series) #1 (December 1998)

Indexer Notes

Crazy story by Shane O'Shea /
Art even crazier... Ogden Whitney


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Beware of the B-Bomb,Buster!
    Herbie
  2. 2. Christopher Columbus Popnecker!
    Herbie
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Per Sandell
  • Gary Perlman
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Gene Reed
  • Gary Perlman