(1996)

Avalon Communications, 1996 Series
Published in English (Canada) Canada
 
Price
2.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
ACG
Brand
ACG - America's Comic Group
Editing
Rob Brown (editor)
Color
Colour Cover; Black and White Interior
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock
Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding
Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format
One-Shot

Issue Notes

Before publication, this issue was sold as "Herbie Rides Again". Cover shows "Herbie" as title, but indicia show "The Return of Herbie #1".

The Return of Herbie (Table of Contents)

Herbie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humour; satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Herbie Popnecker
Synopsis
Herbie vs. hockey players. Herbie wears #99, the number worn by Wayne Gretsky on a jersey with a chess night and a Canadian maple leaf. The hockey equipment shows several major manufacturers' names: Sher-wood, Easton, Christian, Cooper.

Indexer Notes

ACG America's Comic Group (not the same ACG that published the original Herbie comics) and "First Issue!".

Cover Thumbnail for Return of Herbie (Avalon Communications, 1996 series) #1
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Pass the Puck, Herbie (Table of Contents: 1)

Herbie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Broughton
Pencils
Dan Day
Inks
Dan Day
Letters
?
Genre
humour; satire-parody; superhero
Characters
Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker
Synopsis
Herbie's dad wants him to be a hockey player.

Indexer Notes

In a letter from the editor, Rob Brown, this story is described as being done by Roger Broughton and Dan and David Day several years earlier for the unpublished Herbie #3 from Dark Horse. In this story, Herbie's dad drives a Volkswagen Beetle, a possible reference to Disney's Herbie, the Love Bug. Herbie does not abbreviate his speech in this story, shows fear, and is called "fat little nothing" by his father instead of "little fat nothing". True to form, Herbie talks with a mouse in this story, but when he skates, he skates on ice instead of on air as in Herbie #14's "Herbie Claus is Coming to Town!" (December 1965)

Watch Your Step, Fella! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes ?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Letters
Ed Hamilton ?
Editing
Richard Hughes (original editor)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Fat character in story walks on air like Herbie.

1,000 Years Ago... In 1962! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Richard Hughes (credited as Shane O'Shea)
Pencils
Ogden Whitney
Inks
Ogden Whitney
Letters
Ed Hamilton
Editing
Richard Hughes (original editor)
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Herbie Popnecker
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This is a science fiction story in which Herbie makes a brief appearance as a boy scout. He is not in character and has no special powers. The story is credited to Shane O'Shea (Richard E. Hughes) and art to Ogden Whitney, both of whom are pictured by their names on the splash page.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Return of Herbie
    Herbie
  2. 1. Pass the Puck, Herbie
    Herbie
  3. 2. Watch Your Step, Fella!
  4. 3. 1,000 Years Ago... In 1962!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gary Perlman
  • Marco Pesce
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore
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