(1999)

Avalon Communications, 1999 Series
Published in English (Canada) Canada
 
Volume
?
Price
2.95 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
?
Brand
?
ISBN
?
Barcode
?
Editing
Roger Broughton (editor)
Color
Colour cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock
Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding
Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format
One-Shot

Issue Notes

This issue features two reprints of Herbie in space.

Spaced Out Herbie (Table of Contents)

Herbie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Day
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humour; satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Herbie Popnecker
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover shows Herbie, dressed as Star Trek's Mr. Spock, using one hand to hold a lollipop and the other to give the Vulcan sign for "Live Long and Prosper". Difficult to read name in lower left of cover; may be "David & Dan Day."

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Space-Age Herbie! (Table of Contents: 1)

Herbie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea)
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Letters
Ed Hamilton
Genre
humour; satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Dr. Dimwit
Synopsis
Herbie's father opens a balloon company, but his balloons do not fly. Herbie gets a job with Dr. Dimwit, who has discovered Planet Percival, where lollipops have uplifting powers.
Reprints

Race Through Space! (Table of Contents: 2)

Herbie / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea)
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Letters
Ed Hamilton
Genre
humour; satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker
Synopsis
To win money to build a swimming pool, Herbie gets his father to enter a space race. When Herbie finds that his neighbor, Professor Flipdome is away, he builds his own rocket and gets his animal friends to power it. Herbie races Black Bumby, who does his best to stop Herbie's rocket.
Reprints

Simple Samson (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Don R. Christensen
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humour
Reprints
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Spaced Out Herbie
    Herbie
  2. 1. Space-Age Herbie!
    Herbie
  3. 2. Race Through Space!
    Herbie
  4. 3. Simple Samson
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  • Terry Jeffress
  • Gary Perlman
  • Marco Pesce
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore
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