Herbie #8

(March 1965)

Make Way for the Fat Fury! (Table of Contents: 1)

Herbie / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea)

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Hamilton

Genre

humor; satire-parody; superhero

Characters

Fat Fury [Herbie Popnecker] (origin); Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Mr. Horrible; President Lyndon Johnson (cameo); Senator Barry Goldwater (cameo)

Synopsis

The giant Mr. Horrible is a one-man crime wave, leaving Senator Goldwater and President Johnson at wits end. To help out, Herbie enrolls in a superhero school to become a licensed costume hero. Herbie did not graduate, and when his father threatened to become a costume hero, Herbie created the Fat Fury. Not a licensed, graduate hero, but he'd do. He wore red flannel underwear, a blue cape, a blue mask and a plunger on his head. Bare feet! The Fat Fury rescues the Statue of Liberty and defeats Mr. Horrible.

Reprints

• in Herbie (A-Plus Comics, 1990 series) #1 (January 1991)
• in Herbie (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #1 (October 1992)
• in Fat Fury Special (Avalon Communications, 1998 series) #1 ([April] 1998)
• in Herbie Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (December 2008)

Keywords

battleship; robbery; Statue of Liberty; superhero school; television

Indexer Notes

Origin of the Fat Fury. Story title matches the tagline at top of Herbie comic covers.

All Yours --- Next Issue (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Richard Hughes (responses)

Pencils

Ogden Whitney

Inks

Ogden Whitney

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Herbie (cameo)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Mary Mowder, John Ferris, Barbara Schmidt, Gyrene Greene, Susan Mayberry, Zigmund Zubkow, David R. Charles, Joyce Stansbury, Kirk Walton, and Derek Fuller. Clip art of Herbie as part of title logo.

[Date with a Judge] (Table of Contents: 4)

Nellie No-Date / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Richard Hughes

Pencils

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've got to get a date---any date!

Genre

humor

Characters

Nellie No-Date

Synopsis

Nellie tries everything, but can't get a date. She is stopped for speeding and is over-joyed to get a date to see the judge.

Keywords

motorcycle policeman; speeding; street cleaner

George Washington's Teeth! (Table of Contents: 5)

Herbie / comic story / 9 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; Pincus Popnecker; George Washington; Paul Revere; Queen Elizabeth II (cameo)

Synopsis

Herbie goes back in time to settle a dispute about how the US Revolutionary War started.

Reprints

• in Herbie (A-Plus Comics, 1990 series) #2 (March 1991)
• in Herbie (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #2 (November 1992)
• in Herbie Archives (Dark Horse, 2008 series) #2 (December 2008)

Keywords

bagels; hammock; hot dogs; lox; pizza; Revolutionary War; sauerkraut; time travel