Herbie #7

(February 1965)

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1)

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

? (illustrations)

Inks

? (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Editing

?

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Advertisement for various novelty products from Honor House Products Corp. of Lynbrook, N.Y.

Good Old Peepwhistle! (Table of Contents: 2)

Herbie / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea, who else?) (story, see notes)

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (credited as Ogden Whitney, of course!) (art, see notes)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (credited as Ogden Whitney, of course!) (art, see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton (sourced) (see notes)

Feature Logo

Herbie

Genre

humor; satire-parody; superhero

Characters

Nikita Khruschev; Herbie Popnecker; Harry S. Truman; Mao Tse-Tung; Pincus Popnecker; Mr. Owl; Mrs. Popnecker

Synopsis

After graduation from P.S. 45, Herbie sets his sights on his father's old school, Peepwhistle Prep. Herbie pledges his father's fraternity, Tappa Kegga Koke, and passes all the tests, but is still not admitted. With Peepwhistle Prep in financial ruin, Herbie helps them strike it rich with oil.

Reprints

• in Herbie Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (December 2008)

Indexer Notes

Page 4 contains a reference to Herbie Popneckner, an error attributed in #13 "Here's Herbie!" (letters) to "crazy mixed-up letterer Ed Hamilton". Ed Hamilton was the main letterer for ACG from the late 1940s on.

This is the first issue in which the credits are spiced up.

Fun ● Magic ● Mystery (Table of Contents: 3)

Giant Surprise Catalog of Professional Magic / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

? (illustrations)

Inks

? (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Editing

?

Indexer Notes

An advertisement for the Giant Surprise Catalog of Professional Magic from The House of a Thousand Mysteries from Monroe, Conn.

This advertisement appears between pages 6 and 7 of the first story "Good Old Peepwhistle!"

Get Ahead! Be an Auto Mechanic! (Table of Contents: 4)

Commercial Trades Institute Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

? (illustration); ? (photographs)

Inks

? (illustration); ? (photographs)

Letters

typeset

Editing

?

Indexer Notes

An advertisement for a booklet about auto mechanic training courses from the Commercial Trades Institute of Chicago, Illinois.

[Coming Up Next... Herbie No. 8, March!] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody; superhero

Characters

The Fat Fury [Herbie Popnecker]

Indexer Notes

A promotional house advertisement in comics-form for the next issue. Includes a preview of Herbie's Fat Fury costume.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Richard Hughes ?

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (Herbie's heads in logo banner)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (Herbie's heads in logo banner)

Colors

? (logo color, background yellow on the page)

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Here's Herbie

Characters

Herbie Popnecker

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Charles Myerson (from St. Clair Shores, Michigan), Robert Rauch (from Bronx, New York), Chuck Kalus (from Baltimore, Maryland), James Jacob (from Overland Park, Kansas), Emily Ruble (from Dallas, Texas), Bill Stewart (from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada), and David Silver (from Danbury, Connecticut).

High Spirits! (Table of Contents: 7)

Herbie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Real funny, by Shane O'Shea) (story)

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (credited as Ogden Whitney (How that man can draw!)) (art)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (credited as Ogden Whitney (How that man can draw!)) (art)

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

Feature Logo

Herbie

Genre

humor; satire-parody; superhero

Characters

Herbert Hoover; Herbie Popnecker; Jow Gidgy; Hortense McWitch; Eric the Red; Captain Skullbones; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Synopsis

The Unknown is over-crowded and four inhabitants come down to Earth to haunt a mansion, just purchased by Herbie's dad. Herbie takes care of them one by one.

Reprints

• in Herbie Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (December 2008)

Jet "Rocket" Space Ship! $4⁹⁸ (Table of Contents: 8)

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

? (illustrations)

Inks

? (illustrations)

Colors

? (yellow background color)

Letters

typeset; ? (logo design)

Editing

?

Indexer Notes

An advertisement for a six-foot-long toy jet rocket ship from Honor House Products Corp. of Lynbrook, N.Y.

This advertisement falls in between pages 6 and 7 of the "High Spirits!" story.

Nellie No Date! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed as Ogden Whitney)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed as Ogden Whitney)

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Yubiwaza / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

N. J. Fleming (ad copy) (credited); Yoshie Imanami (ad copy) (credited)

Pencils

N. J. Fleming (photographs) (credited); Yoshie Imanami (photographs) (credited); N. J. Fleming (illustrations) (credited); Yoshie Imanami (illustrations) (credited)

Inks

N. J. Fleming (photographs) (credited); Yoshie Imanami (photographs) (credited); N. J. Fleming (illustrations) (credited); Yoshie Imanami (illustrations) (credited)

Colors

? (background yellow color)

Letters

typeset

Editing

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Boys! Men! I'll help you master Yubiwaza

Genre

martial arts

Characters

N. J. Fleming (Yubiwaza master, photograph of); Yoshie Imanami (Fleming's wife, photograph of)

Indexer Notes

An advertisement for Yubiwaza, a form of martial arts from the Yubiwaza System of Newark, New Jersey.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Guide to Hypnotism / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

? (illustration); ? (photograph)

Inks

? (illustration); ? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Give me just on evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. An advertisement for teaching hypnotism in a series of books from Palmer-Jones Books of Newark, New Jersey.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

? (ad copy)

Pencils

? (photographs)

Inks

? (photographs)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Boys! Men! My secret new Dynaflex Method

Characters

Mike Marvel (photograph of)

Indexer Notes

Back cover. An advertisement for the Dynaflex Method body-building course from the Mike Marvel System of Newark, New Jersey.