Herbie
#22
(December-January 1966-67)
American Comics Group,
1964 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly February, March, August, September; bi-monthly April-May, June-July, October-November, December-January
- On-sale Date
- 1966-10-13
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Best Syndicated Features Inc.
- Brand
-
American Comics Group ACG
- Editing
- Richard Hughes (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Herbie / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury); Magical Moe
- Synopsis
- Fat Fury upsetting Magical Moe on flying bike.
Just Like Magic!
Herbie / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Herbie Popnecker [Magical Moe]; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Fat Fury; Grandpa; Professor Frankenstein
- Synopsis
- Magical Moe has arrived from space by bike and is causing chaos. When Fat Fury tries to attack, Moe learns that he can take away the special properties of lollipops to disable Fat Fury. Moe goes to the Unknown with help from his animal friends and enrolls in the Academy of Magic and Hocus-Pocus. Moe receives only half a diploma and returns to Earth where Fat Fury halfway succeeds his magic. Unable to stop Moe, Fat Fury drops in a museum where he sees ancient lollipops, including cinnamon, a flavor so rare that Magical Moe hasn’t removed its powers. As a result, Fat Fury allega-poops it on Moe.
Indexer Notes
Story: O'Shea /
Art: Whitney
Almost a King!
Herbie / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Noodleman; Squarehead; Sheik; President Lyndon Johnson; Vice-President Hubert Humphrey; Ben Franklin; Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip; Charles de Gaulle
- Synopsis
- Noodleman, Squarehead, and the Sheik invade a European country and Herbie is sent to defend it. After Herbie saves Ruritania, its Queen tricks Herbie into signing a marriage contract. Herbie tries everything to make himself unattractive, but it is only a new suitor who lets Herbie off the hook.
Indexer Notes
Story: One-Horse O'Shea /
Art: Jitney McWhitney
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