Herbie #16
(March 1966)

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
1966-01-18
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 1966 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 (as Fat Fury); Foo-Manchoo

Indexer Notes

Foo-Manchoo vs. Fat Fury

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Don't Mess around with the Fat Fury! (Table of Contents: 1)

Herbie / comic story / 16 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; Mao Tse-Tung; Foo-Manchoo; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Fat Fury
Synopsis
Red China has sent a two-headed spy to destroy arsenals, steal military secrets, and worse. The Fat Fury meets his toughest opponent ever.

Indexer Notes

Story ends with note of a future story that never happened: "Oh-oh... Foo-Manchoo still lives! and he's due back in a future issue in a scream story you'll never forget!"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Letters
typeset

It's Love, Lover! (Table of Contents: 3)

Herbie / comic story / 9 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; Hepzibah Higgins; Richard Burton; President Lyndon Johnson
Synopsis
Hepzibah Higgins won Herbie in a raffle and intends to marry him. The skinny buck-toothed woman has big plans but Herbie is scared by her. Herbie does all he can to find an honorable way out, but it is not until she falls for another that Herbie is set free. Then, too late, Herbie finds out she is a lollipop heiress.

Indexer Notes

Shane O'Shea wrote dis, and
Ogden Whitney drewed it!

Go Magicman! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Herbie
  2. 1. Don't Mess around with the Fat Fury!
    Herbie
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Here's Herbie
  4. 3. It's Love, Lover!
    Herbie
  5. 4. Go Magicman!
    Forbidden Worlds
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