Herbie #5

(October-November 1964)

Sahib Herbie! (Table of Contents: 1)

Herbie / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea)

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (credited)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

Genre

humor; satire-parody; superhero

Characters

Herbie Popnecker (also as Sultan of Sarsparilla); U Thant (UN Secretary General); Chairman Mao Tse-Tung [Mao Zedong] of China; Lastoza

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

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

Keywords

China; communism; elephant; India; roc; school; thunderstorm; tiger; United Nations

There's Fun in Your Future! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Herbie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Date with New Neighbor] (Table of Contents: 3)

Nellie No-Date / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Ogden Whitney

Inks

Ogden Whitney

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh-hhh! The big dance is tonight and everybody'll be there--

Genre

humor

Characters

Nellie No-Date

Synopsis

Nellie tries to get a date to the big dance with her new neighbor.

Keywords

hammock; neighbor; tuxedo

Indexer Notes

No credits on story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Here's Herbie / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (responses)

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (illustration)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Herbie (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Babs Tuohy, Vincent M. Mansfield, H. M. Siegel, Benny Fontane, Phillip Jones, Richard "Grass" Green, Virginia Kaufman, Douglas Humphrey, and Rod Curran.

Herbie, Boy "Beetle!" (Table of Contents: 5)

Herbie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

Genre

humor; satire-parody; superhero

Characters

Herbie Popnecker (also as 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 moviegoers 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

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

Keywords

Hollywood; hypnotism; lollipop; mop; movies; popcorn

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.