(August 2008)

Dark Horse, 2008 Series
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Volume
1
Price
49.95 USD
Pages
232
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Brand
Dark Horse Archives; Dark Horse Books
ISBN
978-1-59307-987-1 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781593079871 54995
Editing
Shawna Gore (collection editor); Jemiah Jefferson (assistant editor); Scott Cook (designer); Lia Ribacchi (art director); Aren Kittilsen (digital restoration)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Herbie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Herbie Popnecker
Reprints
  • from ?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Richard Hughes ?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's Fun in Your Future!
Genre
humor
Characters
Herbie Popnecker
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Herbie (American Comics Group, 1964 series) #6.

Introduction: "You Want I Should Bop You With This Here Introduction?" (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Shaw
Letters
typeset

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

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

Script
Richard Hughes ?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is Herbie. Very fat. Very funny.
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Herbie series (American Comics Group, 1964).

Herbie's Quiet Saturday Afternoon! (Table of Contents: 4)

Herbie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes ?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Senator Stevens
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

Herbie and the Spirits! (Table of Contents: 5)

Herbie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Frankenstein
Synopsis
Herbie is the new kid in school. He proves his bravery by going to a haunted house. Supernatural beings (a witch, a ghost, a creep, and Frankenstein) cause havoc, but prove to be no match for Herbie, his lollipops, or his magic.
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1,000 Years Ago... In 1962! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Joe Kerr [XW-4362]; Margie Adams; Herbie Popnecker (cameo); RBQ-40-A
Synopsis
A scientist decides to travel back in time to 1962 and destroy Earth's population in an effort to cure overpopulation in 2962.
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Herbie and the Sneddiger's Salad Oil (Table of Contents: 7)

Herbie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Frankenstein; Lionosaurs
Synopsis
Aliens from space have stolen Earth's entire supply of Sneddiger's Salad Oil, and Herbie's mother needs a bottle.
Reprints

Forbidden Worlds Presents Herbie (Table of Contents: 8)

Herbie / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker
Reprints

A Little Fat Nothing Named Herbie! (Table of Contents: 9)

Herbie / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; John F. Kennedy; Jackie Kennedy; Adlai Stevenson
Synopsis
JFK and Adlai Stevenson need Herbie's help in Africa. Jackie Kennedy swoons as Herbie visits the White House. In the African province of Meranga, Herbie faces the god, Karod, who Herbie defeats by summoning the animals of the jungle.
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How to Stay Healthy! (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Herbie Popnecker
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the Herbie series (American Comics Group, 1964).

Forbidden Worlds Presents Herbie (Table of Contents: 11)

Herbie / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Miss Baylor
Reprints

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

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

Script
Richard Hughes ?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who? Who Can--
Genre
humor
Characters
Herbie Popnecker
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the Herbie series (American Comics Group, 1964).

Herbie Goes to the Devil! (Table of Contents: 13)

Herbie / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Satan; Miss Baylor; Frankenstein; Dracula
Synopsis
Satan is getting fewer souls every year so he boasts that he will deliver a randomly chosen one: Herbie's. Herbie agrees to a deal with the Devil to help his dad, and after consultation on contracts, Herbie reluctantly agrees to go to Hades. Hades would never be the same!
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
Richard Hughes ?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Listen, you --- you people, you!
Genre
humor
Characters
Herbie Popnecker
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the Herbie series (American Comics Group, 1964).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Herbie / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What do you mean, impossible? That's Herbie!
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; George Washington
Reprints

"Herbie and the Dragon's Tears!" (Table of Contents: 16)

Herbie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; President Lyndon Johnson; Ladybird Johnson; Nikita Khrushchev; Abraham Lincoln; George Washington; King Arthur; Merlin; Sir Lancelot; Guinevere; Jimmy Durante
Synopsis
President Johnson needs Herbie's help to beat Russia into space. Herbie goes back in time to Medieval England. He gets into a magic contest with Merlin the Magician before pursuing his real goal of bringing back the base for a miraculous rocket fuel: dragon's tears.
Reprints

Herbie Beards Castro! (Table of Contents: 17)

Herbie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Sonny Liston; Fidel Castro; Satan
Synopsis
Herbie's family goes to Florida to see Sonny Liston box. Herbie ends up boxing Liston to help win money for the ransom of the kidnapped head of the Cuban underground. Ultimately, Herbie has to go to Cuba to rescue the prisoner personally.
Reprints

"We're Talking to You!" (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script
Richard Hughes ?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Herbie Popnecker
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Herbie series (American Comics Group, 1964).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Herbie / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mystery Man Captured By Police
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker
Reprints

Herbie and the Purloined Pops! (Table of Contents: 20)

Herbie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Senator McClellan; Senator Javits; The Man in the Cloak
Synopsis
The Man in the Cloak is stealing all the lollipops so Herbie investigates. Closing in on the gangster, Herbie is mistaken for the villain and is questioned by a Senate committee that sends him to jail. To set things straight, Herbie breaks out of jail, tracks down, and stares down the real criminal into confessing.
Reprints

"What You Need Is a Girl, Herbie!" (Table of Contents: 21)

Herbie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Cinderella; Marie Antoinette; George Washington; Louella; Alexander
Synopsis
Herbie decides to get a girlfriend. A beauty uses Herbie to make her boyfriend jealous. Herbie wants to impress her and goes back in time to get her a pet dinosaur, Cinderella's glass slippers, and Marie Antoinette's jewels, only to find out that he is unwanted. Fortunately, there's always lollipops.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Herbie / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
H-help! W-what are you going to do to us, Herbie?
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker
Reprints

Herbie and the Loch Ness Monster! (Table of Contents: 23)

Herbie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Grandpa; Winston Churchill; Loch Ness Monster; Queen Elizabeth II
Synopsis
While visiting his grandfather (who is an older version of Herbie), Herbie hears a radio news report of a rampage by the Loch Ness Monster. Herbie walks across the Atlantic Ocean floor to meet Churchill and offer his help. Herbie visits the Unknown to find the monster's weaknesses, only to find that it's won the championship for tough monsters for 400 years. Still, it's no contest and Queen Elizabeth knights Herbie the Duke of Popnecker.
Reprints

"Popnecker Saves the Poorhouse"! (Table of Contents: 24)

Herbie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; President Lyndon Johnson; Cary Grant; Doris Day
Synopsis
Herbie's father collects a fortune for the poorhouse only to have it stolen by scoundrels. Herbie saves the day.
Reprints

[Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral!] (Table of Contents: 25)

Herbie / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp
Reprints

"Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral!" (Table of Contents: 26)

Herbie / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp; Doc Holliday
Synopsis
Herbie goes back in time to get the shotgun Doc Holliday used in the Battle of the Okay Corral.
Reprints

Professor Flipdome's Screwy Machine! (Table of Contents: 27)

Herbie / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome
Synopsis
Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome, transports Herbie and his father to Miniturea, where everyone has a miniature twin, even Herbie.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

There is no box of credits on the splash page, but the frame is signed by Ogden Whitney.

[Get Your Splints Now --- Herbie'll Fracture You!] (Table of Contents: 28)

Herbie / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker
Reprints

Sahib Herbie! (Table of Contents: 29)

Herbie / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie; U Thant (UN Secretary General); Chairman Mao Tse-Tung of China
Synopsis
At school, Herbie is assigned to report on his biggest adventure. He is then called to the United Nations by Secretary-General U Thant to stop a Communist threat to India through the Principality of Hanki-Panki. Herbie catches a rocket to China, drops worms (left over from fishing) into Mao's mouth, and uses his many abilities (including his legendary allure to women) to stop communism from getting a foothold. When he returns to his class, Herbie reports that he is too fat to have adventures.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Script
Richard Hughes ?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Show you it's smart to read "Herbie"!
Genre
humor
Characters
Herbie Popnecker
Reprints
  • from Herbie (American Comics Group, 1964 series) #4?

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Herbie (American Comics Group, 1964 series) #5.

Herbie, Boy "Beetle!" (Table of Contents: 31)

Herbie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes
Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Herbie Popnecker [Eibreh Rekcenpop]; Pincus Popnecker; The Beatles [as the Beetles][Ringo Starr; George Harrison; Paul McCartney; John Lennon] (cameo); Frank Sinatra; Dean Martin
Synopsis
Popcorn is making movie-goers whistle from their ears. Herbie's investigation leads him to a Beetles concert, and Herbie becomes a rock star (Eibreh Rekcenpop), who even Herbie's mother thinks is divine. Herbie finds out that a jealous man with a red nose is breaking up performances with Martin and Sinatra with special popcorn.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

There is no box of credits on the splash page, but the frame is signed by Ogden Whitney.

Richard E. Hughes 1909-1974 (Table of Contents: 32)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Scott Shaw
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography

Ogden Whitney 1918-197? (Table of Contents: 33)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Scott Shaw
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Herbie
  2. 1. ["There's Fun in Your Future!"]
    Herbie
  3. 2. Introduction: "You Want I Should Bop You With This Here Introduction?"
  4. 3. ["This is Herbie. Very fat. Very funny."]
    Herbie
  5. 4. Herbie's Quiet Saturday Afternoon!
    Herbie
  6. 5. Herbie and the Spirits!
    Herbie
  7. 6. 1,000 Years Ago... In 1962!
  8. 7. Herbie and the Sneddiger's Salad Oil
    Herbie
  9. 8. Forbidden Worlds Presents Herbie
    Herbie
  10. 9. A Little Fat Nothing Named Herbie!
    Herbie
  11. 10. How to Stay Healthy!
    Herbie
  12. 11. Forbidden Worlds Presents Herbie
    Herbie
  13. 12. ["Who? Who Can--"]
    Herbie
  14. 13. Herbie Goes to the Devil!
    Herbie
  15. 14. ["Listen, you --- you people, you!"]
    Herbie
  16. 15. ["What do you mean, impossible? That's Herbie!"]
    Herbie
  17. 16. "Herbie and the Dragon's Tears!"
    Herbie
  18. 17. Herbie Beards Castro!
    Herbie
  19. 18. "We're Talking to You!"
    Herbie
  20. 19. ["Mystery Man Captured By Police"]
    Herbie
  21. 20. Herbie and the Purloined Pops!
    Herbie
  22. 21. "What You Need Is a Girl, Herbie!"
    Herbie
  23. 22. ["H-help! W-what are you going to do to us, Herbie?"]
    Herbie
  24. 23. Herbie and the Loch Ness Monster!
    Herbie
  25. 24. "Popnecker Saves the Poorhouse"!
    Herbie
  26. 25. [Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral!]
    Herbie
  27. 26. "Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral!"
    Herbie
  28. 27. Professor Flipdome's Screwy Machine!
    Herbie
  29. 28. [Get Your Splints Now --- Herbie'll Fracture You!]
    Herbie
  30. 29. Sahib Herbie!
    Herbie
  31. 30. ["Show you it's smart to read "Herbie"!"]
    Herbie
  32. 31. Herbie, Boy "Beetle!"
    Herbie
  33. 32. Richard E. Hughes 1909-1974
  34. 33. Ogden Whitney 1918-197?
This issue was modified by
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore