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Issue Details

Issue #94
Published March-April 1961
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Hughes
Notes Bottom of cover notes return of Herbie: "He's back again! Herbie Popnecker, the world's strangest boy, tackles the supernatural, in... 'Herbie and the Spirits!'"

Cover Details - "The Conquering Breed"

Genre horror
Pencils Ogden Whitney
Inks Ogden Whitney
Notes Bottom of cover notes return of Herbie: "He's back again! Herbie Popnecker, the world's strangest boy, tackles the supernatural, in... 'Herbie and the Spirits!'"

12 page Herbie story "Herbie and the Spirits!"

Characters Herbie Popnecker; Mrs.Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker
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.
Genre super hero; humor
Script Richard Hughes (as Shane O'Shea)
Pencils Ogden Whitney
Inks Ogden Whitney
Notes Herbie looks and talks differently in this pre-Herbie series story. In this story, Herbie's pants are brown; in all other original stories, they were blue. The being called Frankenstein is really Frankentein's Monster, but is called Frankenstein throughout the Herbie stories.
Reprinted in Herbie (American Comics Group, 1964 series) #17 (April 1966); in Herbie (A-Plus Comics, 1990 series) #1 (January 1990)

7 page story "The Roadside Restaurant"

Pencils Emil Gershwin
Inks Emil Gershwin
Reprinted from Adventures into the Unknown (American Comics Group, 1948 series) #77 (October 1956) [orig. title: The All Night Diner]

7 page story "The Conquering Breed"

Script Bob Standish
Pencils John Rosenberger
Inks John Rosenberger