Issue | #5 |
Published | October-November 1964 |
Cover Price | 0.12 |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Richard Hughes |
Notes | Herbie in turban and not much else charms a cobra as an officer looks on // Ogden Whitney (signed) |
Characters | Herbie Popnecker |
Genre | super hero; humor; satire |
Pencils | Ogden Whitney |
Inks | Ogden Whitney |
Notes | Herbie in turban and not much else charms a cobra as an officer looks on // Ogden Whitney (signed) |
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. |
Genre | super hero; humor; satire |
Script | Richard Hughes (as Shane O'Shea) |
Pencils | Ogden Whitney |
Inks | Ogden Whitney |
Letters | Ed Hamilton |
Script | Richard Hughes (as Shane O'Shea) |
Pencils | Ogden Whitney |
Inks | Ogden Whitney |
Characters | Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; The Beatles (as the Beetles); Ringo Starr; George Harrison; Paul McCartney; John Lennon; 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. |
Genre | super hero; humor; satire |
Script | Richard Hughes (as Shane O'Shea) |
Pencils | Ogden Whitney |
Inks | Ogden Whitney |
Letters | Ed Hamilton |
Notes | here is no box of credits on the splash page, but the frame is signed by Ogden Whitney. To look like the famous mop-tops, Herbie wears a mop-top, with a prominent metal clip. Eibreh Rekcenpop is Herbie Popnecker, backwards. |