Herbie #11
(August 1965)

American Comics Group, 1964 Series
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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
1965-06-10
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 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Herbie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Herbie Popnecker
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Indexer Notes

Herbie riding sea serpent before Columbus's boats

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Beware of the B-Bomb, Buster! (Table of Contents: 1)

Herbie / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea)
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton
Genre
humor; satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Abraham Lincoln; President Lyndon Johnson; Adlai Stevenson; Lovely Horowitz; Mr. Periwinkle; Charles de Gaulle
Synopsis
Secrete agent X-413 1/2 has stolen the plans to the B-bomb, which gets its mighty power from beans. LBJ and Adlai Stevenson enlist the help of Herbie, who gets on the trail of Lovely Horowitz. To explain his absence, Adlai Stevenson tells Herbie's dad he will be at a camp for little fat nothings.
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Indexer Notes

Story: -Writ by Shane O'Shea (who admits he's scared of Herbie)
Art: - Drew by Ogden Whitney (who won't admit it, but is even scareder!).
Includes a 4th-wall-breaking recounting of American history by Herbie's dad in which Herbie climb's into the story's thought balloon while an appreciative statue of Abraham Lincoln looks on.

Christopher Columbus Popnecker! (Table of Contents: 2)

Herbie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea)
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton
Genre
humor; satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Christopher Columbus; Queen Isabella
Synopsis
Herbie goes back in time to get Christopher Columbus' autograph. Herbie learns that the world is not round, after all, but still helps Columbus discover America.
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Indexer Notes

Crazy story by Shane O'Shea /
Art even crazier... Ogden Whitney

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Herbie
  2. 1. Beware of the B-Bomb, Buster!
    Herbie
  3. 2. Christopher Columbus Popnecker!
    Herbie
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