Herbie #2

(March 1991)

Herbie's Quiet Saturday Afternoon! (Table of Contents: 1)

Herbie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Richard Hughes

Pencils:

Ogden Whitney (signed)

Inks:

Ogden Whitney

Letters:

Ed Hamilton ?

Editing:

Richard Hughes (original editor)

Genre:

humour; superhero

Characters:

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Synopsis:

Herbie's father thinks his son will never amount to anything or do anything. Herbie goes to the zoo where he takes on a tiger. Then, he saves Senator Stevens who is lost at sea. Finally, he stops an alien invasion.

Reprints:

• from Herbie (American Comics Group, 1964 series) #23 (February 1967)
which is reprinted
• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #73 (December 1958) [with commentary]

Indexer Notes

This story is the first appearance of Herbie and features his peculiar way of flying and his ability to talk to animals and aliens. Herbie looks and talks differently in this pre-Herbie reprint.

Popnecker the Pilgrim! (Table of Contents: 2)

Herbie / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script:

Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]

Pencils:

Ogden Whitney

Inks:

Ogden Whitney

Letters:

Ed Hamilton ?

Editing:

Richard Hughes (original editor)

Genre:

humour; superhero

Characters:

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Synopsis:

Herbie's family owes money dating back to the Mayflower. Herbie travels back in time to set things straight.

Reprints:

• from Herbie (American Comics Group, 1964 series) #17 (April-May 1966)

Mussel-Man (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Q? (signed)

Inks:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

? (Original Editor)

Genre:

superhero; humour

Withering Heights (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

Nicola Cuti

Pencils:

John Byrne

Inks:

John Byrne

Letters:

John Byrne

Editing:

George Wildman (original editor)

Job Number:

D-6597

Reprints:

• from E-Man (Charlton, 1973 series) #7 (March 1975)

Indexer Notes

(c) ROG 2000, TM, Roger Broughton/SIS Prod. 1990. Credit for art: John Byrne

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

Herbie / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea]

Pencils:

Ogden Whitney

Inks:

Ogden Whitney

Letters:

Ed Hamilton ?

Editing:

Richard Hughes (original editor)

Genre:

humour; superhero

Characters:

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; George Washington; Paul Revere

Synopsis:

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

Reprints:

• from Herbie (American Comics Group, 1964 series) #8 (March 1965)

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Herbie / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Hard Day of Murgatroyd Minch! (Table of Contents: 7)

Herbie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Richard Hughes ?

Pencils:

Ogden Whitney ?

Inks:

Ogden Whitney ?

Letters:

Ed Hamilton ?

Editing:

Richard Hughes (original editor)

Genre:

humour; superhero

Characters:

Herbie Popnecker

Synopsis:

A skinny fan wants to be just like Herbie.

Reprints:

• from Herbie (American Comics Group, 1964 series) #13 (October-November 1965)

The Space Broomstick (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Richard Hughes [as Brad Everson]

Pencils:

Lloyd Cynwald

Inks:

Lloyd Cynwald

Letters:

?

Editing:

Richard Hughes (Original Editor)

Genre:

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis:

No one can explain the strange abilities of Archie Worple's broomstick.

Reprints:

• from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #132 (November-December 1965)
which is reprinted
• from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #108 (May 1959) [retitled]