| 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. |
| Genre |
Superhero; Humor |
| Script |
Richard Hughes? |
| Pencils |
Ogden Whitney |
| Inks |
Ogden Whitney |
| 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-series story. Herbie's pants are a slightly different blue than the rest of the Herbie stories. |
| Reprinted |
in Herbie (American Comics Group, 1964 series) #23 (February 1967); in Herbie (A-Plus Comics, 1991 series) #2 (Feburary 1991) [as annotated in Herbie #23] |