Issue | #1 |
Published | April-May 1964 |
Cover Price | 0.12 |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Richard Hughes |
Notes | (Shane O'Shea is the penname used by Richard E. Hughes for this series). First comic devoted to Herbie. Masthead reads "Make Way for the Fat Fury..." and Herbie's physique is worked into the R in HERBIE. Herbie tows George Washington and his troops across the Delaware. // Ogden Whitney (signed) |
Characters | Herbie Popnecker; George Washington |
Genre | super hero; humor; satire |
Pencils | Ogden Whitney (signed) |
Inks | Ogden Whitney (signed) |
Notes | (Shane O'Shea is the penname used by Richard E. Hughes for this series). First comic devoted to Herbie. Masthead reads "Make Way for the Fat Fury..." and Herbie's physique is worked into the R in HERBIE. Herbie tows George Washington and his troops across the Delaware. // Ogden Whitney (signed) |
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. |
Genre | super hero; humor; satire |
Script | Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea] |
Pencils | Ogden Whitney |
Inks | Ogden Whitney |
Letters | Ed Hamilton |
Notes | First story in which Herbie travels in time. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea] |
Pencils | Chic Stone |
Inks | Chic Stone |
Characters | Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker |
Synopsis | Eibreh Rekcenpop helps out Pincus Popnecker's favorite football team, the New York Giants, beat the Green Bay Packers 4,236 to 0. |
Genre | super hero; humor; satire |
Script | Richard Hughes? |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Eibreh Rekcenpop is Herbie Popnecker, backwards. This is the first of three text stories to appear in Herbie comics. |
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 to the ransom of the kidnapped head of the Cuban underground. Ultimately, Herbie has to go to Cuba to rescue the prisoner personally. |
Genre | super hero; humor; satire |
Script | Richard Hughes [as Shane O'Shea] |
Pencils | Ogden Whitney |
Inks | Ogden Whitney |
Letters | Ed Hamilton |