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Herbie's Amazing Powers
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Invisible Herbie
Created:
2004-11-07
Updated:
2012-04-10
Stories:
5
Examples:
6
Links:
4
Related:
Lollipops
(66 examples)
Magical Powers
(20 examples)
Early on, it looked like invisibility would be a regular power, but it soon disappeared.
Index terms:
invisible, cloaked, transparent, Richard E. Hughes, Ogden Whitney
Herbie is introduced in Forbidden Worlds
#73
as someone who can become invisible, as well a someone who can
fly
.
Source:
Forbidden Worlds
#73
p.5 (1958-12)
Updated:
2005-02-02
Also in Forbidden Worlds
#73
, he can see invisible creatures.
Source:
Forbidden Worlds
#73
p.7 (1958-12)
Updated:
2005-02-02
Herbie materializes.
Source:
Forbidden Worlds
#110
p.8 (1963-03)
Updated:
2008-11-21
Themes
Cover
Scan
In Herbie
#1a
, Herbie becomes invisible in battle.
Source:
Herbie
#1a
p.11 (1964-04)
Updated:
2004-11-07
Themes
Cover
Prime Example
: In Herbie
#1b
, he uses a disappearing
lollipop
to become invisible.
Source:
Herbie
#1b
p.7 (1964-04)
Updated:
2004-11-07
Themes
Cover
In Herbie
#3a
, Herbie draws a disappearing
lollipop
from his
lollipop
belt, but it doesn't quite do the job. Maybe that's why invisibility was not used after that.
Source:
Herbie
#3a
p.6 (1964-08)
Updated:
2004-11-07
Themes
Cover