Herbie Popnecker (ACG: American Comics Group)

	Title	Synopsis/Characters/Notes
	Forbidden Worlds 73 (Cover) ACG date: 1958-12 price: 0.10 pages: 36	WWII pilot clinging to a mast of a pirate ship // Ogden Whitney (signed) Approved by the Comics Code Authority. Tagline is "Stories of Strange Adventure" GCD INDICIA COVER PDF CBZ
	Herbie Herbie's Quiet Saturday Afternoon! (Story) pages: 8	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. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker Story: Richard Hughes (assumed) Art: Ogden Whitney (signed) 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 #23 (ACG February 1967); Herbie #2 (A-plus Feburary 1990) SPLASH THEMES
	Forbidden Worlds 94 (Cover) ACG date: 1961-03 price: 0.10 pages: 36	Green alien looks at a hand-sized human through an optical device // Ogden Whitney (signed) Bottom of page notes return of Herbie: "He's back again! Herbie Popnecker, the world's strangest boy, tackles the supernatural, in... 'Herbie and the Spirits!'" GCD INDICIA COVER PDF CBZ
	Herbie Herbie and the Spirits! (Story) theme: Unknown pages: 12	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. Herbie Popnecker; Mrs.Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker 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. Reprinted: in Herbie #17 (ACG April 1966); Herbie #1 (A-plus January 1990) SPLASH THEMES
	Unknown Worlds 20 (Cover) ACG date: 1961-12 price: 0.10 pages: 36	Tiger magically fades as it attacks a woman // Ogden Whitney (signed) GCD INDICIA COVER PDF
	Herbie 1,000 Years Ago... In 1962! (Story) pages: 14	Herbie Popnecker This is a science fiction story in which Herbie makes a brief appearance as a boy scout. He is not in character and has no special powers. The story is credited to Shane O'Shea (Richard E. Hughes) and art to Ogden Whitney, both of whom are pictured by their names on the splash page. Since Hughes wrote all ACG stories, pictures of any pseudonyms were made up, but the drawing of Whitney is thought to be accurate. Reprinted: in Return of Herbie (Avalon Communications 1996) SPLASH
	Forbidden Worlds 110 (Cover) ACG date: 1963-03 price: 0.10 pages: 36	Ghost in crystal ball and Herbie's hand // Ogden Whitney (assumed) Cover notes: "He's back folks! The world's strangest hero -- in an action packed thriller you'll never forget! Look...here's just one of the menaces Herbie comes up against!" Tagline is "Stories of Strange Adventure" GCD INDICIA COVER PDF CBZ
	Herbie Herbie and the Sneddiger's Salad Oil (Story) theme: space pages: 10	Aliens from space have stolen Earth's entire supply of Sneddiger's Salad Oil, and Herbie's mother needs a bottle. Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Frankenstein; Lionosaurs Noted as one of Editor's top 20 stories in Forbidden Worlds #114 (September 1963, before the Herbie series started). SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Forbidden Worlds 114 (Cover) ACG date: 1963-09 pages: 36	Merangans throwing spears at Herbie // Ogden Whitney (signed) Herbie Popnecker Masthead of comic is "Forbidden Worlds presents Herbie". This is the first comic featuring Herbie on the cover. GCD INDICIA COVER ODDBALL PDF CBZ
	Herbie A Little Fat Nothing Named Herbie! (Story) theme: patriot pages: 14	JFK and Adlai Stevenson need Herbie's help in Africa. Jackie Kennedy swoons as Herbie visits the Whitehouse. In the African province of Meranga, Herbie faces the god, Karod, who Herbie defeats by summoning the animals of the jungle. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; John F. Kennedy; Jacqueline Kennedy; Adlai Stevenson SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Forbidden Worlds 116 (Cover) ACG date: 1963-11 pages: 36	Herbie and Miss Baylor (as Cleopatra) // Ogden Whitney (assumed) Herbie Popnecker; Elizabeth Taylor Masthead of comic is "Forbidden Worlds presents Herbie". This is the final appearance of Herbie on a Forbidden Worlds cover; Herbie gets his own series in April 1964. GCD INDICIA COVER ODDBALL PDF CBZ
	Herbie Herbie Goes to the Devil! (Story) theme: Unknown dad pages: 13	Satan is getting fewer souls every year so he boasts that he will deliver a randomly chosen one: Herbie's. Herbie agrees to a deal with the Devil to help his dad, and after consultation on contracts, Herbie reluctantly agrees to go to Hades. Hades would never be the same! Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Satan; Miss Baylor (Elizabath Taylor); Frankenstein; Dracula On page 2, Satan chooses soul by throwing a dart at a map. The map implies that Herbie lives in the midwest USA, in Nebraska or Kansas. On page 10, Herbie's stare melts Frankenstein and Dracula, during which the two plead for help; their words are too small for the balloons and in a different lettering style, suggesting that different words were changed at the last minute. SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 1 (Cover) ACG date: 1964-04 pages: 36	Herbie tows George Washington and his troops across the Delaware. // Ogden Whitney (signed) Herbie Popnecker; George Washington First comic devoted to Herbie. Masthead reads "Make Way for the Fat Fury..." and Herbie's physique is worked into the R in HERBIE. GCD INDICIA COVER PDF CBZ
	Herbie Herbie and the Dragon's Tears! (Story) theme: patriot time pages: 13	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. 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 First story in which Herbie travels in time. SPLASH THEMES
	Rocket #1352 Does Not Answer (Story) genre: science fiction pages: 1
	Herbie The Triumph of Eibreh Rekcenpop (Text-Story) pages: 2	Eibreh Rekcenpop helps out Pincus Popnecker's favorite football team, the New York Giants, beat the Green Bay Packers 4,236 to 0. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker Eibreh Rekcenpop is Herbie Popnecker, backwards. This is the first of three text stories to appear in Herbie comics.
	Herbie Herbie Beards Castro! (Story) theme: patriot pages: 12	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. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Sonny Liston; Fidel Castro; Satan SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 2 (Cover) ACG date: 1964-06 pages: 36	Herbie and police walking through newspaper // Ogden Whitney (signed) Herbie Popnecker GCD INDICIA COVER PDF CBZ
	Herbie Herbie and the Purloined Pops! (Story) theme: pops pages: 12	The Man in the Cloak is stealing all the lollipops so Herbie investigates. Closing in on the gangster, Herbie is mistaken for the villain and is questioned by a Senate committee that sends him to jail. To set things straight, Herbie breaks out of jail, tracks and stares down the real criminal into confessing. Herbie Popnecker On page 8, the writers for Horrible Science Fiction discuss a plot much like a typical Herbie scene. Perhaps Richard Hughes is depicted as the writer pitching the story. SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Lollipop Astronaut (Text-Story) theme: space genre: satire pages: 2	Dad gets Herbie onto a mission to Planet Fink. Problem is, there are only officers and Herbie is the crew. Herbie bails out the mission over and over, but never receives credit. Herbie's father is resigned to the fact that his son is a Little Fat Nothing, and that's all he'll ever be. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; General Merton Boop "Through space he trudged" is how Herbie's flying is described. (p.1, column 2, halfway down). After Herbie fights a five-mile-long serpent, it is "neatly tied up in the best Boy Scout knots that Herbie Popnecker could remember." This ties into Herbie's cameo appearance as a Boy Scout in Unknown Worlds #20 (December 1961).
	Herbie What You Need is a Girl, Herbie! (Story) theme: love pages: 12	Herbie decides to get a girlfriend. A beauty uses Herbie to make her boyfriend jealous. Herbie wants to impress her and goes back in time to get her a pet dinosaur, Cinderella's glass slippers, and Marie Antoinette's jewels, only to find out that he is unwanted. Fortunately, there's always lollipops. Herbie Popnecker; Cinderella; Marie Antoinette; George Washington When looking over the field, Herbie dislikes any traits like his (fat, glasses). To get Cinderella's shoes, Herbie uses a magic lollipop to enlarge a Mother Goose book that he walks into. The story contains a parody of the mirror scene from I Love Lucy with Lucy and Harpo Marx, only with Herbie and Marie Antoinette. SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 3 (Cover) ACG date: 1964-08 pages: 36	Herbie walking away from two scoundrels hanging on a skyscraper // Ogden Whitney (signed) Herbie Popnecker This cover is the first time Herbie says the whole phrase "You want I should bop you with this here lollipop?" GCD INDICIA COVER PDF CBZ
	Herbie Herbie and the Loch Ness Monster! (Story) theme: patriot pages: 12	While visiting his grandfather (who is an older version of Herbie), Herbie hears a radio news report of a rampage by the Loch Ness Monster. Herbie walks across the Atlantic Ocean floor to meet Churchill and offer his help. Herbie visits the Unknown to find the monster's weaknesses, only to find that it's won the championship for tough monsters for 400 years. Still, it's no contest and Queen Elizabeth knights Herbie the Duke of Popnecker. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Grandpa; Winston Churchill; Loch Ness Monster; Queen Elizabeth II Grandpa appears in #3, #18, and #22 and is one of many characters who happen to look just like Herbie. Because Herbie has lookalike ancestors on both parent's sides, it is unknown if Grandpa is Herbie's mother's or father's father. SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie's Typical Tuesday (Text-Story) pages: 1	Herbie is resting and overhears that his mother let the car roll into a lake; Herbie gets it out and dries it with a searching look. Later, he learns that his father has bought land to build a gold course, unfortunately with a mountain on it; Herbie uses a cinnamon lollipop to take care of the problem. Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker "Plop, plop, plop" is how he is described walking down stairs. Later: "he plodded heavily up into the air, stifling a yawn. Plop, plop, plop -- that was he trudging through the sky." The story contains details on the properties of different flavors: "Orange. Okay for sudden death. Lemon. Best for mayhem. Lime. For large elephants or small dinosaurs. Chocolate. For riots and public disturbances. Grape. Best for giants and runaway horses. Butterscotch. For rebellious armies.... Cinnamon -- for bopping tough mountains!"
	Herbie Popnecker Saves the Poorhouse! (Story) theme: dad pages: 12	Herbie's father collects a fortune for the poorhouse only to have it stolen by scoundrels. Herbie saves the day. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; President Lyndon Johnson; Cary Grant; Doris Day SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 4 (Cover) ACG date: 1964-09 pages: 36	Herbie and Wyatt Earp in gunfight // Ogden Whitney (signed) Herbie Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp GCD INDICIA COVER PDF CBZ
	Herbie Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral! (Story) theme: time helper pages: 15	Herbie goes back in time to get the shotgun Doc Holliday used in the Battle of the Okay Corral. Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp; Doc Holliday Traveling back in time, Herbie gets stuck around his house and sees himself as a baby, being adored by his parents; Herbie head looks the same, with bowl haircut, glasses, those eyes, and he is sucking on a lollipop. Reprinted: in Herbie #4 (A-plus April 1990); Herbie #2 (Dark Horse February 1992) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Professor Flipdome's Screwy Machine! (Story) theme: flipdome pages: 9	Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome, transports Herbie and his father to Miniturea, where everyone has a miniature twin, even Herbie. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome There is no box of credits on the splash page, but the frame is signed by Ogden Whitney. This is the first story featuring Herbie's eccentric neighbor, Professor Flipdome. He is featured in Herbie #4, #9, and #20, makes a cameo appearance in #15, and is mentioned in #19. Reprinted: in Herbie #5 (A-plus May 1990); Herbie #1 (Dark Horse January 1992) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 5 (Cover) ACG date: 1964-10 pages: 36	Herbie in turban and not much else charms a cobra as an officer looks on // Ogden Whitney (signed) Herbie Popnecker GCD INDICIA COVER PDF CBZ
	Herbie Sahib Herbie! (Story) theme: helper pages: 13	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. Herbie Popnecker; U Thant; Mao Tse-Tung SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie, Boy 'Beetle!' (Story) theme: helper pages: 10	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. Herbie; Pincus Popnecker; The Beatles (as the Beetles); Dean Martin; Frank Sinatra There 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. SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 6 (Cover) ACG date: 1964-12 pages: 36	Herbie, in caveman garb, being dragged by his hair into cave by Ticklepuss, his female twin // Ogden Whitney (signed) Herbie Popnecker; Ticklepuss GCD INDICIA COVER PDF CBZ
	Herbie A Caveman Named Herbie! (Story) theme: time pages: 12	Herbie's teacher says that cavemen were stupid, but Herbie disagrees. An actor thinks cavemen had slicked-back hair and wore monocles, but Herbie thinks that is not authentic. He goes back in time to prove his point and meets Ticklepuss, a female version of Herbie. Herbie takes Ticklepuss' brother, Bumbum, back to the present and proves himself right. Herbie's teacher falls in love with Bumbum, and Herbie has a nightmare about being chased by Ticklepuss. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Eva Gardner; Gregory Peck; Ticklepuss Ticklepuss returns in Herbie #10 (June-July 1965). SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Space-Age Herbie! (Story) theme: space pages: 11	Herbie's father opens a balloon company, but his balloons do not fly. Herbie gets a job with Dr. Dimwit, who has discovered Planet Percival, where lollipops have uplifting powers. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Dr. Dimwit Reprinted: in Herbie #6 (A-plus June 1991); Spaced Out Herbie (Avalon Communications 1999) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 7 (Cover) ACG date: 1965-02 pages: 36	Herbie slicing pants off of pirates // Ogden Whitney (assumed) Herbie Popnecker GCD INDICIA COVER PDF CBZ
	Herbie Good Old Peepwhistle! (Story) theme: college pages: 13	After graduation from P.S. 45, Herbie sets his sights on his father's old school, Peepwhistle Prep. Herbie pledges his father's fraternity, Tappa Kegga Koke, and passes all the tests, but is still not admitted. With Peepwhistle Prep in financial ruin, Herbie helps them strike it rich with oil. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Harry S Truman, Mr. Owl; Mrs. Popnecker; Nikita Khruschev; Mao Tse-Tung Story: Shane O'Shea, who else? Art: Ogden Whitney, of course! This is the first issue in which the credits are spiced up. Page 4 contains a reference to Herbie Popneckner, an error attributed in #13 "Here's Herbie!" (letters) to "crazy mixed-up letterer Ed Hamilton". (Ed Hamilton is listed as an ACG letterer 1961-62 on p. 136 of "Forbidden Adventures" by Michael Vance.) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie High Spirits! (Story) theme: Unknown pages: 11	The Unknown is over-crowded and four inhabitants come down to Earth to haunt a mansion, just purchased by Herbie's dad. Herbie takes care of them one by one. Herbie Popnecker; Jow Gidgy; Hortense McWitch; Eric the Red; Catain Skullbones; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Herbert Hoover; Story: Real funny, by Shane O'Shea / Art: Ogden Whitney (How that man can draw!) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 8 (Cover) ACG date: 1965-03 pages: 36	Fat Fury in flight // Ogden Whitney (signed) Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury) GCD INDICIA COVER ODDBALL PDF CBZ
	Herbie Make Way for the Fat Fury! (Story) theme: fat fury pages: 15	The giant Mr. Horrible is a one-man crime wave, leaving Senator Goldwater and President Johnson at wits end. To help out, Herbie enrolls in a superhero school to become a licensed costume hero. Herbie did not graduate, and when his father threatened to become a costume hero, Herbie created the Fat Fury. Not a licensed, graduate hero, but he'd do. He wore red flannel underwear, a blue cape, a blue mask and a plunger on his head. The Fat Fury rescues the Statue of Liberty and defeats Mr. Horrible. Herbie Popnecker; Fat Fury; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker Origin of the Fat Fury. Story title matches the tagline at top of Herbie comic covers. Reprinted: in Herbie #1 (A-plus January 1990); Herbie #1 (Dark Horse January 1992); Fat Fury Special #1 (Avalon Communications 1998) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie George Washington's Teeth! (Story) theme: time pages: 9	Herbie goes back in time to settle a dispute about how the US Revolutionary War started. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; George Washington; Paul Revere Reprinted: in Herbie #2 (A-plus February 1990); Herbie #2 (Dark Horse February 1992) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 9 (Cover) ACG date: 1965-04 pages: 36	Herbie playing football // Ogden Whitney (signed) Herbie Popnecker GCD INDICIA COVER PDF CBZ
	Herbie Lookit All the Herbies! (Story) theme: flipdome pages: 13	Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome, creates the Automatic Imitator, which creates many duplicates of Herbie. Swami O'Toole breaks out of prison and tries to use Herbie's love of lollipops against him, but Herbie's doubles come to the rescue. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome Story: An O'Shea blue plate special / Art: Whitney ... Real classy like Reprinted: in Herbie #5 (A-plus May 1991) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Only Robin Hood Can Help You, Herbie! (Story) theme: dad time pages: 11	Herbie's dad thinks Herbie is a great archer and enters him in the Robin Hood Tournament. Herbie goes back in time to get Robin Hood's bow. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Sheriff of Nottingham; Little John; Maid Marian; Robin Hood; Friar Tuck (Herbie look-alike); Satan; Witch Great Plot by Shane O'Shea / Cool Art by Ogden Whitney SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 10 (Cover) ACG date: 1965-06 pages: 36	Fat Fury riding bomb // Ogden Whitney (signed) Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury) GCD INDICIA COVER ODDBALL PDF CBZ
	Herbie Plump Lump vs. Black Whack! (Story) theme: dad fat fury pages: 16	Herbie's dad has fallen on hard times, so Herbie gets him a job selling bowling balls. Problem is, the bowling balls hypnotize people into giving up their money, but not Herbie. Herbie's dad is arrested as the mastermind, but the Fat Fury clears his name by finding the real Black Whack. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Black Whack; J. Edgar Hoover; Fat Fury Story: "Stranger, The Name's Shane O'Shea!" Art: "Just Li'l Ol' Me -- Ogden Whitney!" SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Ticklepuss Rides Again! (Story) theme: dad time pages: 9	Herbie has a nightmare of the return of Ticklepuss, his stone age female double. His dad buys a house next to an excavation that opens up an old cave with a pterodactyl and a cave girl. Herbie Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Ticklepuss Wotta Story! ... Shane O'Shea and What Art! ... Ogden Whitney Ticklepuss first appeared in "A Caveman Named Herbie" in Herbie #6 (January 1965) and is one of the only repeat characters besides Herbie's immediate family. Reprinted: in Herbie #2 (Dark Horse February 1992) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 11 (Cover) ACG date: 1965-08 pages: 36	Herbie riding sea serpent before Columbus's boats // Ogden Whitney (signed) Herbie Popnecker GCD INDICIA COVER ODDBALL PDF CBZ
	Herbie Beware of the B-Bomb, Buster! (Story) theme: patriot pages: 15	Secrete agent X-413½ has stolen the plans to the B-bomb, which gets its mighty power from beans. LBJ and Adlai Stevenson enlist the help of Herbie, who gets on the trail of Lovely Horowitz. To explain his absence, Adlai Stevenson tells Herbie's dad he will be at a camp for little fat nothings. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Abraham Lincoln; President Lyndon Johnson; Adlai Stevenson; Lovely Horowitz; Mr. Periwinkle; Charles de Gaulle Story: -Writ by Shane O'Shea (who admits he's scared of Herbie) / Art: - Drew by Ogden Whitney (who won't admit it, but is even scareder!) Includes a 4th-wall-breaking recounting of American history by Herbie's dad in which Herbie climb's into the story's thought balloon while an appreciative statue of Abraham Lincoln looks on. SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Christopher Columbus Popnecker! (Story) theme: time money pages: 10	Herbie goes back in time to get Christopher Columbus' autograph. Herbie learns that the world is not round, after all, but still helps Columbus discover America. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Christopher Columbus; Queen Isabella Crazy story by Shane O'Shea / Art even crazier... Ogden Whitney Reprinted: in Herbie #1 (A-plus january 1990); Time Traveler Herbie (Avalon Communications December 1998) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 12 (Cover) ACG date: 1965-09 pages: 36	Fat Fury and gorilla in tunnel of love // Ogden Whitney (signed) Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury) GCD INDICIA COVER ODDBALL PDF CBZ
	Herbie Good Gosh, the Gorilla! (Story) theme: helper fat fury pages: 16	Chick Beeple's circus is being attacked by a gorilla. Herbie wants to repay an old favor and the Fat Fury is soon there to help. Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Chick Beeple; Fat Fury; Mr. Molecule Shows flashback to Herbie as a baby being given a lollipop pacifier. SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Pincus Popnecker, Private Eye! (Story) theme: dad helper pages: 10	Someone's stealing all the fat in town and Herbie's dad becomes a private eye to solve the crime and get the reward. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker Art: Ogden (himself) Whitney / Story: adapted from the first prize fan story submitted Richard Roesberg of New Jersey. In the Here's Herbie! section, the top three prize winners are listed, along with the next five winners of a subscription. SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 13 (Cover) ACG date: 1965-10 pages: 36	Herbie in mountie uniform holding musket at walrus // Ogden Whitney (signed) Herbie Popnecker GCD INDICIA COVER ODDBALL PDF CBZ
	Herbie Pirate Gold! (Story) theme: dad money time pages: 13	Herbie's father wants to be president of the Men's Club, and fund-raising looks like the way to get there. Herbie helps him set up a concession to sell fake pirate gold at the town charity fair, but needs to go back in time to get real gold when the fake gold does not sell. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker Story: Shane (wotta writer) O'Shea / Art: Ogden (wotta artist) Whitney Reprinted: in Herbie #3 (A-plus March 1990); Time Traveler Herbie (Avalon Communications December 1998) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie The Hard Day of Murgatroyd Minch! (Story) pages: 2	A skinny fan wants to be just like Herbie. Herbie Popnecker; Murgatroyd Minch Reprinted: in Herbie #2 (A-plus February 1990); Fat Fury Special (Avalon Publications 1998)
	Herbie Mom's New Coat! (Story) theme: mom helper pages: 10	Herbie's mom wants a new coat, but Herbie has no money. He goes up north to find a fur coat. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker Story masterpiece by Shane O'Shea / Beautiful-type art by Ogden Whitney Technically, there are no penguins in the arctic. SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 14 (Cover) ACG date: 1965-12 pages: 36	Magicman, Nemesis, and Herbie // Ogden Whitney (signed) Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury); Magicman; Nemesis GCD INDICIA COVER ODDBALL PDF CBZ
	Herbie Gangway For the Three Musketeers! (Story) theme: fat fury pages: 14	Roderick Bump is an unsuccessful scientist who, after blowing up 327 homes of his parents, goes out to make his living. He creates defective superheroes: Moronman, Garbageman, Halfaman, Monkeyman, Pigman, Pizzaman, and Frogman who unleash a crime wave. Nemesis is called from the Adventures into the Unknown and Magicman from Forbidden Worlds, but they are quickly frozen solid. The Fat Fury comes to the rescue and the superheroes combine forces. Herbie Popnecker; Magicman; Nemesis; Fat Fury; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Frankenstein; Dracula; Tillie; Hortense SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie Claus is Coming to Town! (Story) theme: helper pages: 12	Santa is injured but Herbie comes to the rescue and delivers all the presents. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Santa Claus; Cassius Clay; Elizabeth Taylor Story: Shane O'Shea Claus / Art: Ogden Whitney Claus Reprinted: in Herbie #3 (A-plus March 1990) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 15 (Cover) ACG date: 1966-02 pages: 36	Herbie (in tortoise shell) being spit out by dinosaur // Kurt Schaffenberger Herbie Popnecker GCD INDICIA COVER PDF CBZ
	Herbie Call Me Schlemiehl! (Story) theme: college pages: 17	Herbie meets Pud Bimbo, Dad's old roommate at Peepwhistle Prep, who reveals that Herbie's father was once a little fat nothing like Herbie. Dad challenges Pud, and the two compete at athletics (Dad, with Herbie's help). Herbie Popnecker; Hubert Humphrey; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker Schlemiel is German for "fool". Schlemiel or shlemiel is Yiddish for a dolt who is a habitual bungler, an inept, clumsy person. SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie Goes Nap-Happy! (Story) theme: Unknown pages: 9	Herbie, a mortal, is not supposed to be getting magical lollipops from the Unknown. To get rid of him, Herbie is slipped a time lollipop that does not require a grandfather clock, but unknown to him, it's a one-way time lollipop. When Herbie goes back in time to Napoleon, it takes some ingenuity and patience to get back. Herbie Popnecker; Professor Flipdome; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Josephine, Napoleon Bonaparte Reprinted: in Time Traveler Herbie (Avalon Communications December 1998) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 16 (Cover) ACG date: 1966-03 pages: 36	Foo-Manchoo vs. Fat Fury // Ogden Whitney (signed) Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury); Foo-Manchoo GCD INDICIA COVER ODDBALL PDF CBZ
	Herbie Don't Mess Around With the Fat Fury! (Story) theme: patriot fat fury pages: 16	Red China has sent a two-headed spy to destroy arsenals, steal military secrets, and worse. The Fat Fury meets his toughest opponent ever. Herbie Popnecker; Mao Tse-Tung; Foo-Manchoo; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Fat Fury Story ends with note of a future story that never happened: "Oh-oh... Foo-Manchoo still lives! and he's due back in a future issue in a scream story you'll never forget!" SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie It's Love, Lover! (Story) theme: love pages: 9	Hepzibah Higgins won Herbie in a raffle and intends to marry him. The skinny buck-toothed woman has big plans but Herbie is scared by her. Herbie does all he can to find an honorable way out, but it is not until she falls for another that Herbie is set free. Then, too late, Herbie finds out she is a lollipop heiress. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Hepzibah Higgins; Richard Burton; President Lyndon Johnson Shane O'Shea wrote dis, and Ogden Whitney drewed it! SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 17 (Cover) ACG date: 1966-04 pages: 36	Indian medicine man doing rain dance to drench Herbie in pilgrim's outfit // Kurt Schaffenberger Herbie Popnecker GCD INDICIA COVER PDF CBZ
	Herbie Popnecker the Pilgrim! (Story) theme: mom time helper pages: 13	Herbie's family owes money dating back to the Mayflower. Herbie travels back in time to set things straight. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Myles Standish; John Alden; Priscilla Mullins Reprinted: in Herbie #2 (A-plus February 1990) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie and the Spirits! (Story) theme: Unknown pages: 12	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. Herbie Popnecker; Mrs.Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker Herbie looks and talks differently in this pre-Herbie series story. Reprinted: from Forbidden Worlds #94 (March-April 1961), with commentary SPLASH
	Herbie Herbie 18 (Cover) ACG date: 1966-06 pages: 36	Fat Fury vs. Fat Fury robot on top of hot-air balloon // Ogden Whitney (assumed) Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury) GCD INDICIA COVER ODDBALL PDF CBZ
	Herbie Calling All Cars! Bring In Fat Fury! (Story) theme: pops fat fury pages: 13	Question Mark uses machines for every type of crime, but the Fat Fury foils his efforts. After 10,416 curses, Question Mark uses his Locate Things Machine to find the Fat Fury and his Source of His Powers Machine to discover that his Destroying All Lollipops machine will disable his adversary. Then Question Mark unleashes a Fat Fury (Phony Phat Phury) robot that everyone mistakes for our hero. Without his lollipops, the Fat Fury is helpless, but for the aid of a mouse he helped early in the story. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popneker; Hubert Humphrey; Lyndon Johnson; Grandpa (Herbie's grandfather, speaking to Herbie from a painting); Fat Fury Story: That O'Shea Brat. Art: Mrs. Whitney's Boy Ogden. Reprinted: in Fat Fury Special #1 (Avalon Communications 1998) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Clear the Road For Skinny! (Story) theme: patriot dad pages: 13	Herbie's father feels like a failure because he can't get Herbie to lose weight. Herbie enlists the help of President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey who call his father to Washington. Herbie's father can't understand why everyone seems to know Herbie: Governor Nelson Rockefeller, President Charles de Gaulle, and Queen Elizabeth. Johnson appoints Herbie's dad Ambassador to Hongadingia, with his first big job to end a war between the Hissians and the Pigturtles. Herbie becomes skinny after he is bit by a Hissian and his father becomes fat after he is bit by a Pigturtle. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Lyndon Johnson; Hubert Humphrey; Nelson Rockefeller; Charles de Gaulle; Queen Elizabeth II; Mrs. Popnecker Credits are read by snake: Read this goofy story by Shane O'Shea... and dig the crazy Ogden Whitney pictures! Reprinted: in Herbie #4 (A-plus April 1990) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 19 (Cover) ACG date: 1966-08 pages: 36	Herbie, Cleopatra, and mummy // Ogden Whitney (assumed) Herbie Popnecker; Cleopatra GCD INDICIA COVER ODDBALL PDF CBZ
	Herbie Race Through Space! (Story) theme: space pages: 14	To win money to build a swimming pool, Herbie gets his father to enter a space race. When Herbie finds that his neighbor, Professor Flipdome is away, he builds his own rocket and gets his animal friends to power it. Herbie races Black Bumby, who does his best to stop Herbie's rocket. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker Story: The stupendous O'Shea / Art: The miraculous Whitney Reprinted: in Herbie #6 (A-plus June 1991); Spaced Out Herbie (Avalon Communications 1999) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Egyptian Conniption! (Story) theme: dad time helper pages: 11	Herbie's dad loves Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra and tells Herbie to get her. Herbie hears wrong and goes back in time to get the real Cleopatra, who falls in love with Dad. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Cleopatra; Mrs. Popnecker Story: Shane (Frankenstein) O'Shea / Art: Ogden (Dracula) Whitney Herbie sends Cleopatra back to her time by placing a lollipop-sucking dummy of her beloved in the time-traveling grandfather clock. Herbie never uses that clock again, but does travel in time with another clock (#21) and with a super special time lollipop that makes a propeller "sprong" out of his head (#23). The story ends with Dad winking at Herbie, which may be the most positive father-son gesture in the series. SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 20 (Cover) ACG date: 1966-09 pages: 36	Fat Fury flying into oven as Dracula holds door open // Kurt Schaffenberger Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury); Dracula GCD INDICIA COVER ODDBALL PDF CBZ
	Herbie Pass a Piece of Pizza, Please! (Story) theme: Unknown fat fury pages: 14	On a suggestion by Herbie, the Grim Reaper sends Dracula down to Earth as a good will ambassador. After striking out with full-blooded women and having blood drawn instead of deposited at the blood bank, Dracula finds that what he really wants is pizza (although his staff prefer bagels). Only the Fat Fury can stop them. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Grim Reaper; Dracula; Fat Fury Story: Masterpiece by Shane O'Shea! Art: Stroke of Genius by Ogden Whitney! SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Adventure at the Center of the Earth! (Story) theme: flipdome pages: 12	Herbie's teacher Dr. Plumduffle is in danger of being forced to retire because he can't handle Butch Nelson. Herbie goes with his neighbor, Professor Flipdome, to the center of the earth in the professor's Squirm-Worm. After some misdirections, including Hades, they make it to the center where they find that there is an exact fire-breathing duplicate for everyone on the surface. Herbie returns with Dr. Plumduffle's duplicate, who teaches Butch Nelson a lesson. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome; Satan Story: You were expecting Hemingway? Art: Rembrandt it ain't! Reprinted: in Herbie #5 (A-plus May 1991) SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 21 (Cover) ACG date: 1966-10 pages: 36	Alligator football player kicking football with Herbie inside // Ogden Whitney (signed) Herbie Popnecker GCD INDICIA COVER ODDBALL PDF CBZ
	Herbie Yay, Team! (Story) theme: college pages: 14	Herbie goes out for the Hassenpfeffer High football team, because Dad has locked up his lollipops. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker Story: Amazing O'Shea / Art: Wonderful Whitney SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie A Viking To Your Liking! (Story) theme: dad helper time Unknown pages: 12	Herbie's dad opens a roadside museum, but it's haunted by a Viking, Eric Shapiro. Herbie goes back in time to find out who made the Eric betray his shipmates. Herbie bops the culprit with his lollipop. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Eric Shapiro; Mrs. Shapiro (a Herbie look-alike) Story: O'Shea / Art: Whitney SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 22 (Cover) ACG date: 1966-12 pages: 36	Fat Fury upsetting Magical Moe on flying bike // Kurt Schaffenberger Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury); Magical Moe GCD INDICIA COVER PDF CBZ
	Herbie Just Like Magic! (Story) theme: pops fat fury pages: 15	Magical Moe has arrived by bicycle from space and is wreaking havoc. When the Fat Fury tries to take him on, Magical Moe learns that he can take away the special properties of lollipops to disable the Fat Fury. Herbie goes to the Unknown with help from his animal friends and enrolls in the Academy of Magic and Hocus-Pocus. Herbie receives only half a diploma and returns to Earth where Fat Fury is half successful with his magic. Unable to stop Magical Moe, the plump lump drops in at a museum where he sees ancient lollipops, including hard-to-get cinnamon, a flavor so rare that Magical Moe had not removed its powers. Revived (even fatter and more furious than ever), the Fat Fury allega-poops it to Magical Moe. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Fat Fury; Grandpa; Professor Frankenstein Story: O'Shea / Art: Whitney SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Almost a King! (Story) theme: patriot helper love pages: 11	Noodleman, Squarehead, and the Sheik invade a European country and Herbie is sent to defend it. After Herbie saves Ruritania, its Queen tricks Herbie into signing a marriage contract. Herbie tries everything to make himself unattractive, but it is only a new suitor who lets Herbie off the hook. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Noodleman; Squarehead; Sheik; President Lyndon Johnson; Vice-President Hubert Humphrey; Ben Franklin; Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip; Charles de Gaulle Story: One-Horse O'Shea / Art: Jitney McWhitney SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie 23 (Cover) ACG date: 1967-02 pages: 36	Herbie in boxing match with bear // Kurt Schaffenberger Herbie Popnecker GCD INDICIA COVER ODDBALL PDF CBZ
	Herbie Can You Bear It? (Story) theme: lollipops time helper pages: 17	Herbie receives some odd lollipops and his father tries one, only to be motivated to take away all Herbie's lollipops. Herbie escapes with his lollipop cabinet and hides in a bear cage at the zoo. The next day, the bear's miserable because bears are portrayed negatively. Herbie uses magic to allega-poop himself into a story book, but finds that bears deserve their image. He goes back in time to set up some positive images. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Goldilocks; David; Goliath Story: O'Shea? Oh, sure! Art: Whitney? Every little bitney! Last Herbie story by Hughes and Whitney. SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Herbie's Quiet Saturday Afternoon! (Story) pages: 8	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. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker No credits listed but frame is signed by Ogden Whitney. 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. Reprinted: from Herbie's first appearance in Forbidden Worlds #73 (December 1958), with commentary SPLASH
	Herbie Herbie 01 (Cover) A-plus date: 1990-01 pages: 52	Herbie walking on air, carrying Batman and Spiderman's costumes //Trina Robbins Herbie Popnecker Color cover art is signed Trina Robbins '90 for Ogden Whitney (artist for original Herbie series) Consists of black+white reproductions of the original artwork GCD COVER
	Herbie Herbie and the Spirits! (Story) pages: 12	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. Herbie Popnecker; Mrs.Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker Herbie looks and talks differently in this pre-Herbie series story. Reprinted: from Herbie #17 (April-May 1966), which was a reprint with commentary from Forbidden Worlds #94 (March-April 1961).
	Herbie Make Way for the Fat Fury! (Story) pages: 15	The giant Mr. Horrible is a one-man crime wave, leaving Senator Goldwater and President Johnson at wits end. To help out, Herbie enrolls in a superhero school to become a licensed costume hero. Herbie did not graduate, and when his father threatened to become a costume hero, Herbie created the Fat Fury. Not a licensed, graduate hero, but he'd do. He wore red flannel underwear, a blue cape, a blue mask and a plunger on his head. The Fat Fury rescues the Statue of Liberty and defeats Mr. Horrible. Herbie Popnecker; Fat Fury; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker Origin of the Fat Fury. Story title matches the tagline at top of Herbie comic covers. Reprinted: from Herbie #8 (March 1965)
	Herbie Christopher Columbus Popnecker! (Story) pages: 10	Herbie goes back in time to get Christopher Columbus' autograph. Herbie learns that the world is not round, after all, but still helps Columbus discover America. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Christopher Columbus; Queen Isabella Reprinted: from Herbie #11 (August 1965)
	Herbie Herbie 02 (Cover) A-plus date: 1990-02 pages: 52	Herbie, dressed as Uncle Sam, points at the reader with one hand and holds a patriotic lollipop in the other. Herbie Popnecker Consists of black+white reproductions of the original artwork GCD COVER
	Herbie Herbie's Quiet Saturday Afternoon! (Story) pages: 8	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. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker 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. Reprinted: from an annotated reprint of Herbie's first appearance in Forbidden Worlds #73 (December 1958). Annotated and first reprinted in Herbie #23 (February 1967), the final issue from the original series.
	Herbie Popnecker the Pilgrim! (Story) pages: 13	Herbie's family owes money dating back to the Mayflower. Herbie travels back in time to set things straight. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker Reprinted: from Herbie #17 (April-May 1966)
	Herbie George Washington's Teeth! (Story) pages: 9	Herbie goes back in time to settle a dispute about how the US Revolutionary War started. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; George Washington; Paul Revere Reprinted: from Herbie #8 (March 1965)
	Herbie The Hard Day of Murgatroyd Minch! (Story) pages: 2	A skinny fan wants to be just like Herbie. Herbie Popnecker Reprinted: from Herbie #13 (October 1965)
	Herbie Herbie 03 (Cover) A-plus date: 1990-03 pages: 52	Cover shows Herbie, dressed in pirate garb, holding a lollipop menacingly. Herbie Popnecker Consists of black+white reproductions of the original artwork GCD COVER
	Herbie Pirate Gold! (Story) pages: 13	Herbie's father wants to be president of the Men's Club, and fund-raising looks like the way to get there. Herbie helps him set up a concession to sell fake pirate gold at the town charity fair, but needs to go back in time to get real gold when the fake gold does not sell. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker Reprinted: from Herbie #13 (October 1965)
	Herbie Herbie Claus is Coming to Town! (Story) pages: 12	Santa is in trouble, but Herbie comes to the rescue. Santa is injured and Herbie has to deliver all the presents,including a very special last present. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Santa Claus; Cassius Clay; Elizabeth Taylor Reprinted: from Herbie #14 (December 1965-January 1966)
	Cookie [Yipe! There's Life on the Moon!] (Story) pages: 12	Reprinted: from?
	Someone to Watch Over You! (Story) pages: 8	Reprinted: from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #41 (February 1956)
	Herbie Herbie 04 (Cover) A-plus date: 1991-04 pages: 52	Fat Plains Drifter: Cover shows Herbie, dressed as a high plains drifter, sucking on a lollipop. Herbie Popnecker Consists of black+white reproductions of the original artwork GCD COVER
	Herbie Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral! (Story) pages: 15	Herbie goes back in time to get the shotgun Doc Holliday used in the Battle of the Okay Corral. Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp; Doc Holliday Traveling back in time, Herbie gets stuck around his house and sees himself as a baby, being adored by his parents; Herbie head looks the same, with bowl haircut, glasses, those eyes, and he is sucking on a lollipop. Reprinted: from Herbie #4 (September 1964)
	Herbie Clear the Road For Skinny (Story) pages: 13	Herbie's father feels like a failure because he can't get Herbie to lose weight. Herbie enlists the help of President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey who call his father to Washington. Herbie's father can't understand why everyone seems to know Herbie: Governor Nelson Rockefeller, President Charles de Gaulle, and Queen Elizabeth. Johnson appoints Herbie's dad Ambassador to Hongadingia, with his first big job to end a war between the Hissians and the Pigturtles. Herbie becomes skinny after he is bit by a Hissian and his father becomes fat after he is bit by a Pigturtle. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Lyndon Johnson; Hubert Humphrey; Nelson Rockefeller; Charles de Gaulle; Queen Elizabeth II; Mrs. Popnecker Reprinted: from Herbie #18 (June 1965)
	Herbie Herbie 05 (Cover) A-plus date: 1991-05 pages: 52	Cover shows the Fat Fury, sitting on a pile of lollipops, shrugging characteristically. // HBender 91. Herbie Popnecker This issue features back+white reprints of Herbie stories with Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome. GCD COVER
	Herbie Professor Flipdome's Screwy Machine! (Story) pages: 9	Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome, transports Herbie and his father to Miniturea, where everyone has a miniature twin, even Herbie. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome Reprinted: from Herbie #4 (September 1964)
	Herbie Lookit All the Herbies! (Story) pages: 13	Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome, creates the Automatic Imitator, which creates many duplicates of Herbie. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome Reprinted: from Herbie #9 (April-May 1965)
	Herbie Adventure at the Center of the Earth (Story) pages: 12	Herbie's teacher Dr. Plumduffle is in danger of being forced to retire because he can't handle Butch Nelson. Herbie goes with his neighbor, Professor Flipdome, to the center of the earth in the professor's Squirm-Worm. After some misdirections, including Hades, they make it to the center where they find that there is an exact fire-breathing duplicate for everyone on the surface. Herbie returns with Dr. Plumduffle's duplicate, who teaches Butch Nelson a lesson. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome Reprinted: from Herbie #20 (September 1966)
	Herbie Herbie 06 (Cover) A-plus date: 1991-06 pages: 52	Herbie as Mr. Spock from Start Trek Herbie Popnecker This issue features two black+white reprints of Herbie in space. Herbie, disguised as Star Trek's Mr. Spock, using one hand to hold a lollipop and the other to give the Vulcan sign for "Live Long and Prosper". Difficult to read name in lower left of cover; may be "David & Dan Day." GCD COVER
	Herbie Race Through Space! (Story) pages: 14	To win money to build a swimming pool, Herbie gets his father to enter a space race. When Herbie finds that his neighbor, Professor Flipdome is away, he builds his own rocket and gets his animal friends to power it. Herbie races Black Bumby, who does his best to stop Herbie's rocket. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker Reprinted: from Herbie #19 (August 1966)
	Herbie Space-Age Herbie! (Story) pages: 11	Herbie's father opens a balloon company, but his balloons do not fly. Herbie gets a job with Dr. Dimwit, who has discovered Planet Percival, where lollipops have uplifting powers. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Dr. Dimwit Reprinted: from Herbie #6 (December 1964-January 1965)
	Herbie Herbie 01 (Cover) Dark Horse date: 1992-01 pages: 40	Fat Fury sitting on Earth covered with lollipops in shape of USA //John Byrne Herbie Popnecker Consists of one new story by John Byrne and two reprints from the original series, with new colors by James Brown. Editor for this issue: Mike Richardson. Page count includes 36 pages plus Dr. Giggles center poster. Cover price $2.50 U.S., $3.00 Canadian GCD COVER PDF CBZ
	Herbie The Most Beautiful Mom in the World! (Story) pages: 8	Mom takes on a career in television commercials and is sorely missed. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker Artist and writer: John Byrne Colors different from original series. Herbie wears purple pants. Dad calls Herbie "fat little nothing" instead of "little fat nothing". SPLASH THEMES
	Herbie Make Way for the Fat Fury! (Story) pages: 15	The giant Mr. Horrible is a one-man crime wave, leaving Senator Goldwater and President Johnson at wits end. To help out, Herbie enrolls in a superhero school to become a licensed costume hero. Herbie did not graduate, and when his father threatened to become a costume hero, Herbie created the Fat Fury. Not a licensed, graduate hero, but he'd do. He wore red flannel underwear, a blue cape, a blue mask and a plunger on his head. The Fat Fury rescues the Statue of Liberty and defeats Mr. Horrible. Herbie Popnecker; Fat Fury; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker Origin of the Fat Fury. Story title matches the tagline at top of Herbie comic covers. Reprinted: from Herbie #8 (March 1965)
	Herbie Professor Flipdome's Screwy Machine! (Story) pages: 9	Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome, transports Herbie and his father to Miniturea, where everyone has a miniature twin, even Herbie. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome Reprinted: from Herbie #4 (September 1964)
	Herbie Herbie 02 (Cover) Dark Horse date: 1992-02 pages: 36	Herbie dressed as a western sheriff // Jorge Pacheco Herbie Popnecker Consists of reprints of three stories from the original series, newly colored by James Brown. Editor for this issue: Mike Richardson. GCD COVER
	Herbie Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral! (Story) pages: 15	Herbie goes back in time to get the shotgun Doc Holliday used in the Battle of the Okay Corral. Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp; Doc Holliday Traveling back in time, Herbie gets stuck around his house and sees himself as a baby, being adored by his parents; Herbie head looks the same, with bowl haircut, glasses, those eyes, and he is sucking on a lollipop. Reprinted: from Herbie #4 (September 1964)
	Herbie George Washington's Teeth! (Story) pages: 9	Herbie goes back in time to settle a dispute about how the US Revolutionary War started. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; George Washington; Paul Revere Reprinted: from Herbie #8 (March 1965)
	Herbie Ticklepuss Rides Again (Story) pages: 9	Herbie has a nightmare of the return of Ticklepuss, his stone age female double. His dad buys a house next to an excavation that opens up an old cave with a pterodactyl and a cave girl. Herbie Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Ticklepuss Ticklepuss first appeared in "A Caveman Named Herbie" in Herbie #6 (January 1965) and is one of the only repeat characters besides Herbie's immediate family. Reprinted: from Herbie #10 (June 1965)
	Herbie Flaming Carrot 31 (Cover) Dark Horse date: 1994-10 pages: 36	Herbie walking on air behind Flaming Carrot Herbie Popnecker GCD COVER PDF CBZ
	Flaming Carrot Alas Poor Carrot! (Story) pages: 10	Herbie's teacher is fired for teaching literary heresy. Herbie needs to go back in time to show that Shakespeare did not write his plays and sonnets, but his grandfather clock is not working. Flaming Carrot has one, though, as does one person on the West Coast. Herbie and the Flaming Carrot Team up to battle Mr. Chicken Pants. Herbie Popnecker; Flaming Carrot; Mr. Chicken Pants; Pincus Popnecker; Father Time; Professor Dogwood Art/Story: Bob Burden / Letters: Shannon T. Stewart / Assistants: Gabrielle Green; John Eaton First part of two-part story. SPLASH THEMES
	Flaming Carrot The Boobs of Avon (Story) pages: 11	Herbie and the Flaming Carrot go back in time to find out who wrote Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. Shakespeare turns out to be an aerobics instructor who goes by the name "Billy Bob" and who has come up with the ideas for Mr. Ed, Gilligan's Island, and Batman. Someone must have helped him write his masterpieces. Herbie Popnecker; Flaming Carrot; Shakespeare; Buddy Hackett; Professor Dogwood Art/Story: Bob Burden / Letters: Shannon T. Stewart / Assistants: Gabrielle Green; John Eaton Second part of a two-part story.
	Herbie Return of Herbie 1 (Cover) Avalon Comunications date: 1996 price: US$2.50 pages: 36	Herbie vs. hockey players. Herbie wears #99, the number worn by Wayne Gretsky on a jersey with a chess night and a Canadian maple leaf. The hockey equipment shows several major manufacturers' names: Sher-wood, Easton, Christian, Cooper. Herbie Popnecker Before publication, this issue was sold as "Herbie Rides Again". Cover notes: First Issue! Editor: Rob Brown. GCD COVER PDF CBZ
	Herbie Pass the Puck, Herbie (Story) pages: 12	Herbie Popnecker, Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker Story: Roger Broughton / Art: Dan Day In a letter from the editor, Rob Brown, this story is described as being done by Roger Broughton and Dan and David Day several years earlier for the unpublished Herbie #3 from Dark Horse. In this story, Herbie's dad drives a Volkswagen Beetle, a possible reference to Disney's Herbie, the Love Bug. Herbie does not abbreviate his speech in this story, shows fear, and is called "fat little nothing" by his father instead of "little fat nothing". Herbie talks to a mouse in this story, but when he skates, he skates on ice instead of on air as in #14's "Herbie Claus is Coming to Town!" SPLASH THEMES
	Watch Your Step, Fella! (Story) pages: 8	Fat character in story walks on air like Herbie. Reprinted: from Adventures into the Unknown #149 (June-July 1964), originally appeared in Forbidden Worlds #51 as "Take it Easy" (signed by Ogden Whitney)
	Herbie 1,000 Years Ago... In 1962! (Story) pages: 14	Herbie Popnecker This is a science fiction story in which Herbie makes a brief appearance as a boy scout. He is not in character and has no special powers. The story is credited to Shane O'Shea (Richard E. Hughes) and art to Ogden Whitney, both of whom are pictured by their names on the splash page. Reprinted: from Unknown Worlds #20 (December 1961)
	Herbie Fat Fury Special 1 (Cover) Avalon Comunications date: 1998 price: US$2.95 pages: 36	Herbie as Fat Fury Herbie Popnecker Consists of black+white reproductions of the original artwork GCD COVER
	Herbie Calling All Cars! Bring In Fat Fury! (Story) pages: 13	Question Mark uses machines for every type of crime, but the Fat Fury foils his efforts. After 10,416 curses, Question Mark uses his Locate Things Machine to find the Fat Fury and his Source of His Powers Machine to discover that his Destroying All Lollipops machine will disable his adversary. Then Question Mark unleashes a Fat Fury (Phony Phat Phury) robot that everyone mistakes for our hero. Without his lollipops, the Fat Fury is helpless, but for the aid of a mouse he helped early in the story. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popneker; Hubert Humphrey; Lyndon Johnson; Grandpa (Herbie's grandfather, speaking to Herbie from a painting) Story: That O'Shea Brat. Art: Mrs. Whitney's Boy Ogden. Reprinted: from Herbie #18 (June 1966)
	Herbie The Hard Day of Murgatroyd Minch! (Story) pages: 2	A skinny fan wants to be just like Herbie. Herbie Popnecker Reprinted: from Herbie #13 (October 1965)
	Herbie Make Way for the Fat Fury! (Story) pages: 15	The giant Mr. Horrible is a one-man crime wave, leaving Senator Goldwater and President Johnson at wits end. To help out, Herbie enrolls in a superhero school to become a licensed costume hero. Herbie did not graduate, and when his father threatened to become a costume hero, Herbie created the Fat Fury. Not a licensed, graduate hero, but he'd do. He wore red flannel underwear, a blue cape, a blue mask and a plunger on his head. The Fat Fury rescues the Statue of Liberty and defeats Mr. Horrible. Herbie Popnecker; Fat Fury; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker Origin of the Fat Fury. Story title matches the tagline at top of Herbie comic covers. Reprinted: from Herbie #8 (March 1965)
	Herbie Time Traveler Herbie 1 (Cover) Avalon Comunications date: 1998-12 pages: 36	Herbie as Pirate in Time-Traveling Grandfather Clock // Dan Day '92 GCD COVER
	Herbie Herbie Goes Nap-Happy! (Story) pages: 9	Herbie, a mortal, is not supposed to be getting magical lollipops from the Unknown. To get rid of him, Herbie is slipped a time lollipop that does not require a grandfather clock, but unknown to him, it's a one-way time lollipop. When Herbie goes back in time to Napoleon, it takes some ingenuity and patience to get back. Herbie Popnecker; Professor Flipdome; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Josephine, Napoleon Bonaparte Reprinted: from Herbie #15 (February 1966)
	Herbie Christopher Columbus Popnecker! (Story) pages: 10	Herbie goes back in time to get Christopher Columbus' autograph. Herbie learns that the world is not round, after all, but still helps Columbus discover America. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Christopher Columbus; Queen Isabella Reprinted: from Herbie #11 (August 1965)
	Herbie Pirate Gold! (Story) pages: 13	Herbie's father wants to be president of the Men's Club, and fund-raising looks like the way to get there. Herbie helps him set up a concession to sell fake pirate gold at the town charity fair, but needs to go back in time to get real gold when the fake gold does not sell. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker Reprinted: from Herbie #13 (October 1965)
	Herbie Spaced Out Herbie 1 (Cover) Avalon Comunications date: 1999 price: US$2.95 pages: 36	Herbie as Mr. Spock from Star Trek // Dan Day Herbie Popnecker Consists of black+white reproductions of the original artwork GCD COVER
	Herbie Space-Age Herbie! (Story) pages: 11	Herbie's father opens a balloon company, but his balloons do not fly. Herbie gets a job with Dr. Dimwit, who has discovered Planet Percival, where lollipops have uplifting powers. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Dr. Dimwit Reprinted: from Herbie #6 (December 1964-January 1965)
	Herbie Race Through Space! (Story) pages: 14	To win money to build a swimming pool, Herbie gets his father to enter a space race. When Herbie finds that his neighbor, Professor Flipdome is away, he builds his own rocket and gets his animal friends to power it. Herbie races Black Bumby, who does his best to stop Herbie's rocket. Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker Reprinted: from Herbie #19 (August 1966)
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Forbidden Worlds 73 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1958-12

price: 0.10

pages: 36

WWII pilot clinging to a mast of a pirate ship // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Approved by the Comics Code Authority. Tagline is "Stories of Strange Adventure"

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Herbie's Quiet Saturday Afternoon! (Story)

pages: 8

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.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Story: Richard Hughes (assumed)
Art: Ogden Whitney (signed)

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 #23 (ACG February 1967); Herbie #2 (A-plus Feburary 1990)

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Forbidden Worlds 94 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1961-03

price: 0.10

pages: 36

Green alien looks at a hand-sized human through an optical device // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Bottom of page notes return of Herbie: "He's back again! Herbie Popnecker, the world's strangest boy, tackles the supernatural, in... 'Herbie and the Spirits!'"

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Herbie and the Spirits! (Story)

theme: Unknown

pages: 12

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.

Herbie Popnecker; Mrs.Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker

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.

Reprinted: in Herbie #17 (ACG April 1966); Herbie #1 (A-plus January 1990)

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Unknown Worlds 20 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1961-12

price: 0.10

pages: 36

Tiger magically fades as it attacks a woman // Ogden Whitney (signed)

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1,000 Years Ago... In 1962! (Story)

pages: 14

Herbie Popnecker

This is a science fiction story in which Herbie makes a brief appearance as a boy scout. He is not in character and has no special powers. The story is credited to Shane O'Shea (Richard E. Hughes) and art to Ogden Whitney, both of whom are pictured by their names on the splash page. Since Hughes wrote all ACG stories, pictures of any pseudonyms were made up, but the drawing of Whitney is thought to be accurate.

Reprinted: in Return of Herbie (Avalon Communications 1996)

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Forbidden Worlds 110 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1963-03

price: 0.10

pages: 36

Ghost in crystal ball and Herbie's hand // Ogden Whitney (assumed)

Cover notes: "He's back folks! The world's strangest hero -- in an action packed thriller you'll never forget! Look...here's just one of the menaces Herbie comes up against!" Tagline is "Stories of Strange Adventure"

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Herbie and the Sneddiger's Salad Oil (Story)

theme: space

pages: 10

Aliens from space have stolen Earth's entire supply of Sneddiger's Salad Oil, and Herbie's mother needs a bottle.

Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Frankenstein; Lionosaurs

Noted as one of Editor's top 20 stories in Forbidden Worlds #114 (September 1963, before the Herbie series started).

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Forbidden Worlds 114 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1963-09

pages: 36

Merangans throwing spears at Herbie // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Herbie Popnecker

Masthead of comic is "Forbidden Worlds presents Herbie". This is the first comic featuring Herbie on the cover.

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A Little Fat Nothing Named Herbie! (Story)

theme: patriot

pages: 14

JFK and Adlai Stevenson need Herbie's help in Africa. Jackie Kennedy swoons as Herbie visits the Whitehouse. In the African province of Meranga, Herbie faces the god, Karod, who Herbie defeats by summoning the animals of the jungle.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; John F. Kennedy; Jacqueline Kennedy; Adlai Stevenson

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Forbidden Worlds 116 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1963-11

pages: 36

Herbie and Miss Baylor (as Cleopatra) // Ogden Whitney (assumed)

Herbie Popnecker; Elizabeth Taylor

Masthead of comic is "Forbidden Worlds presents Herbie". This is the final appearance of Herbie on a Forbidden Worlds cover; Herbie gets his own series in April 1964.

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Herbie Goes to the Devil! (Story)

theme: Unknown dad

pages: 13

Satan is getting fewer souls every year so he boasts that he will deliver a randomly chosen one: Herbie's. Herbie agrees to a deal with the Devil to help his dad, and after consultation on contracts, Herbie reluctantly agrees to go to Hades. Hades would never be the same!

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Satan; Miss Baylor (Elizabath Taylor); Frankenstein; Dracula

On page 2, Satan chooses soul by throwing a dart at a map. The map implies that Herbie lives in the midwest USA, in Nebraska or Kansas. On page 10, Herbie's stare melts Frankenstein and Dracula, during which the two plead for help; their words are too small for the balloons and in a different lettering style, suggesting that different words were changed at the last minute.

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Herbie 1 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1964-04

pages: 36

Herbie tows George Washington and his troops across the Delaware. // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Herbie Popnecker; George Washington

First comic devoted to Herbie. Masthead reads "Make Way for the Fat Fury..." and Herbie's physique is worked into the R in HERBIE.

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Herbie and the Dragon's Tears! (Story)

theme: patriot time

pages: 13

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.

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

First story in which Herbie travels in time.

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Rocket #1352 Does Not Answer (Story)

genre: science fiction

pages: 1

Herbie

The Triumph of Eibreh Rekcenpop (Text-Story)

pages: 2

Eibreh Rekcenpop helps out Pincus Popnecker's favorite football team, the New York Giants, beat the Green Bay Packers 4,236 to 0.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker

Eibreh Rekcenpop is Herbie Popnecker, backwards. This is the first of three text stories to appear in Herbie comics.

Herbie

Herbie Beards Castro! (Story)

theme: patriot

pages: 12

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.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Sonny Liston; Fidel Castro; Satan

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Herbie 2 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1964-06

pages: 36

Herbie and police walking through newspaper // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Herbie Popnecker

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Herbie and the Purloined Pops! (Story)

theme: pops

pages: 12

The Man in the Cloak is stealing all the lollipops so Herbie investigates. Closing in on the gangster, Herbie is mistaken for the villain and is questioned by a Senate committee that sends him to jail. To set things straight, Herbie breaks out of jail, tracks and stares down the real criminal into confessing.

Herbie Popnecker

On page 8, the writers for Horrible Science Fiction discuss a plot much like a typical Herbie scene. Perhaps Richard Hughes is depicted as the writer pitching the story.

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Lollipop Astronaut (Text-Story)

theme: space

genre: satire

pages: 2

Dad gets Herbie onto a mission to Planet Fink. Problem is, there are only officers and Herbie is the crew. Herbie bails out the mission over and over, but never receives credit. Herbie's father is resigned to the fact that his son is a Little Fat Nothing, and that's all he'll ever be.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; General Merton Boop

"Through space he trudged" is how Herbie's flying is described. (p.1, column 2, halfway down). After Herbie fights a five-mile-long serpent, it is "neatly tied up in the best Boy Scout knots that Herbie Popnecker could remember." This ties into Herbie's cameo appearance as a Boy Scout in Unknown Worlds #20 (December 1961).

Herbie

What You Need is a Girl, Herbie! (Story)

theme: love

pages: 12

Herbie decides to get a girlfriend. A beauty uses Herbie to make her boyfriend jealous. Herbie wants to impress her and goes back in time to get her a pet dinosaur, Cinderella's glass slippers, and Marie Antoinette's jewels, only to find out that he is unwanted. Fortunately, there's always lollipops.

Herbie Popnecker; Cinderella; Marie Antoinette; George Washington

When looking over the field, Herbie dislikes any traits like his (fat, glasses). To get Cinderella's shoes, Herbie uses a magic lollipop to enlarge a Mother Goose book that he walks into. The story contains a parody of the mirror scene from I Love Lucy with Lucy and Harpo Marx, only with Herbie and Marie Antoinette.

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Herbie 3 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1964-08

pages: 36

Herbie walking away from two scoundrels hanging on a skyscraper // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Herbie Popnecker

This cover is the first time Herbie says the whole phrase "You want I should bop you with this here lollipop?"

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Herbie and the Loch Ness Monster! (Story)

theme: patriot

pages: 12

While visiting his grandfather (who is an older version of Herbie), Herbie hears a radio news report of a rampage by the Loch Ness Monster. Herbie walks across the Atlantic Ocean floor to meet Churchill and offer his help. Herbie visits the Unknown to find the monster's weaknesses, only to find that it's won the championship for tough monsters for 400 years. Still, it's no contest and Queen Elizabeth knights Herbie the Duke of Popnecker.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Grandpa; Winston Churchill; Loch Ness Monster; Queen Elizabeth II

Grandpa appears in #3, #18, and #22 and is one of many characters who happen to look just like Herbie. Because Herbie has lookalike ancestors on both parent's sides, it is unknown if Grandpa is Herbie's mother's or father's father.

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Herbie's Typical Tuesday (Text-Story)

pages: 1

Herbie is resting and overhears that his mother let the car roll into a lake; Herbie gets it out and dries it with a searching look. Later, he learns that his father has bought land to build a gold course, unfortunately with a mountain on it; Herbie uses a cinnamon lollipop to take care of the problem.

Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker

"Plop, plop, plop" is how he is described walking down stairs. Later: "he plodded heavily up into the air, stifling a yawn. Plop, plop, plop -- that was he trudging through the sky." The story contains details on the properties of different flavors: "Orange. Okay for sudden death. Lemon. Best for mayhem. Lime. For large elephants or small dinosaurs. Chocolate. For riots and public disturbances. Grape. Best for giants and runaway horses. Butterscotch. For rebellious armies.... Cinnamon -- for bopping tough mountains!"

Herbie

Popnecker Saves the Poorhouse! (Story)

theme: dad

pages: 12

Herbie's father collects a fortune for the poorhouse only to have it stolen by scoundrels. Herbie saves the day.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; President Lyndon Johnson; Cary Grant; Doris Day

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Herbie 4 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1964-09

pages: 36

Herbie and Wyatt Earp in gunfight // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Herbie Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp

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Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral! (Story)

theme: time helper

pages: 15

Herbie goes back in time to get the shotgun Doc Holliday used in the Battle of the Okay Corral.

Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp; Doc Holliday

Traveling back in time, Herbie gets stuck around his house and sees himself as a baby, being adored by his parents; Herbie head looks the same, with bowl haircut, glasses, those eyes, and he is sucking on a lollipop.

Reprinted: in Herbie #4 (A-plus April 1990); Herbie #2 (Dark Horse February 1992)

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Professor Flipdome's Screwy Machine! (Story)

theme: flipdome

pages: 9

Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome, transports Herbie and his father to Miniturea, where everyone has a miniature twin, even Herbie.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome

There is no box of credits on the splash page,
but the frame is signed by Ogden Whitney.

This is the first story featuring Herbie's eccentric neighbor, Professor Flipdome. He is featured in Herbie #4, #9, and #20, makes a cameo appearance in #15, and is mentioned in #19.

Reprinted: in Herbie #5 (A-plus May 1990); Herbie #1 (Dark Horse January 1992)

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Herbie 5 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1964-10

pages: 36

Herbie in turban and not much else charms a cobra as an officer looks on // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Herbie Popnecker

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Sahib Herbie! (Story)

theme: helper

pages: 13

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.

Herbie Popnecker; U Thant; Mao Tse-Tung

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Herbie, Boy 'Beetle!' (Story)

theme: helper

pages: 10

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.

Herbie; Pincus Popnecker; The Beatles (as the Beetles); Dean Martin; Frank Sinatra

There 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.

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Herbie 6 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1964-12

pages: 36

Herbie, in caveman garb, being dragged by his hair into cave by Ticklepuss, his female twin // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Herbie Popnecker; Ticklepuss

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A Caveman Named Herbie! (Story)

theme: time

pages: 12

Herbie's teacher says that cavemen were stupid, but Herbie disagrees. An actor thinks cavemen had slicked-back hair and wore monocles, but Herbie thinks that is not authentic. He goes back in time to prove his point and meets Ticklepuss, a female version of Herbie. Herbie takes Ticklepuss' brother, Bumbum, back to the present and proves himself right. Herbie's teacher falls in love with Bumbum, and Herbie has a nightmare about being chased by Ticklepuss.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Eva Gardner; Gregory Peck; Ticklepuss

Ticklepuss returns in Herbie #10 (June-July 1965).

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Space-Age Herbie! (Story)

theme: space

pages: 11

Herbie's father opens a balloon company, but his balloons do not fly. Herbie gets a job with Dr. Dimwit, who has discovered Planet Percival, where lollipops have uplifting powers.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Dr. Dimwit

Reprinted: in Herbie #6 (A-plus June 1991); Spaced Out Herbie (Avalon Communications 1999)

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Herbie 7 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1965-02

pages: 36

Herbie slicing pants off of pirates // Ogden Whitney (assumed)

Herbie Popnecker

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Good Old Peepwhistle! (Story)

theme: college

pages: 13

After graduation from P.S. 45, Herbie sets his sights on his father's old school, Peepwhistle Prep. Herbie pledges his father's fraternity, Tappa Kegga Koke, and passes all the tests, but is still not admitted. With Peepwhistle Prep in financial ruin, Herbie helps them strike it rich with oil.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Harry S Truman, Mr. Owl; Mrs. Popnecker; Nikita Khruschev; Mao Tse-Tung

Story: Shane O'Shea, who else?
Art: Ogden Whitney, of course!
This is the first issue in which the credits are spiced up.

Page 4 contains a reference to Herbie Popneckner, an error attributed in #13 "Here's Herbie!" (letters) to "crazy mixed-up letterer Ed Hamilton". (Ed Hamilton is listed as an ACG letterer 1961-62 on p. 136 of "Forbidden Adventures" by Michael Vance.)

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Herbie

High Spirits! (Story)

theme: Unknown

pages: 11

The Unknown is over-crowded and four inhabitants come down to Earth to haunt a mansion, just purchased by Herbie's dad. Herbie takes care of them one by one.

Herbie Popnecker; Jow Gidgy; Hortense McWitch; Eric the Red; Catain Skullbones; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Herbert Hoover;

Story: Real funny, by Shane O'Shea /
Art: Ogden Whitney (How that man can draw!)

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Herbie 8 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1965-03

pages: 36

Fat Fury in flight // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury)

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Make Way for the Fat Fury! (Story)

theme: fat fury

pages: 15

The giant Mr. Horrible is a one-man crime wave, leaving Senator Goldwater and President Johnson at wits end. To help out, Herbie enrolls in a superhero school to become a licensed costume hero. Herbie did not graduate, and when his father threatened to become a costume hero, Herbie created the Fat Fury. Not a licensed, graduate hero, but he'd do. He wore red flannel underwear, a blue cape, a blue mask and a plunger on his head. The Fat Fury rescues the Statue of Liberty and defeats Mr. Horrible.

Herbie Popnecker; Fat Fury; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Origin of the Fat Fury. Story title matches the tagline at top of Herbie comic covers.

Reprinted: in Herbie #1 (A-plus January 1990); Herbie #1 (Dark Horse January 1992); Fat Fury Special #1 (Avalon Communications 1998)

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George Washington's Teeth! (Story)

theme: time

pages: 9

Herbie goes back in time to settle a dispute about how the US Revolutionary War started.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; George Washington; Paul Revere

Reprinted: in Herbie #2 (A-plus February 1990); Herbie #2 (Dark Horse February 1992)

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Herbie 9 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1965-04

pages: 36

Herbie playing football // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Herbie Popnecker

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Lookit All the Herbies! (Story)

theme: flipdome

pages: 13

Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome, creates the Automatic Imitator, which creates many duplicates of Herbie. Swami O'Toole breaks out of prison and tries to use Herbie's love of lollipops against him, but Herbie's doubles come to the rescue.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome

Story: An O'Shea blue plate special /
Art: Whitney ... Real classy like

Reprinted: in Herbie #5 (A-plus May 1991)

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Only Robin Hood Can Help You, Herbie! (Story)

theme: dad time

pages: 11

Herbie's dad thinks Herbie is a great archer and enters him in the Robin Hood Tournament. Herbie goes back in time to get Robin Hood's bow.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Sheriff of Nottingham; Little John; Maid Marian; Robin Hood; Friar Tuck (Herbie look-alike); Satan; Witch

Great Plot by Shane O'Shea /
Cool Art by Ogden Whitney

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Herbie 10 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1965-06

pages: 36

Fat Fury riding bomb // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury)

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Plump Lump vs. Black Whack! (Story)

theme: dad fat fury

pages: 16

Herbie's dad has fallen on hard times, so Herbie gets him a job selling bowling balls. Problem is, the bowling balls hypnotize people into giving up their money, but not Herbie. Herbie's dad is arrested as the mastermind, but the Fat Fury clears his name by finding the real Black Whack.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Black Whack; J. Edgar Hoover; Fat Fury

Story: "Stranger, The Name's Shane O'Shea!"
Art: "Just Li'l Ol' Me -- Ogden Whitney!"

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Ticklepuss Rides Again! (Story)

theme: dad time

pages: 9

Herbie has a nightmare of the return of Ticklepuss, his stone age female double. His dad buys a house next to an excavation that opens up an old cave with a pterodactyl and a cave girl.

Herbie Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Ticklepuss

Wotta Story! ... Shane O'Shea and What Art! ... Ogden Whitney

Ticklepuss first appeared in "A Caveman Named Herbie" in Herbie #6 (January 1965) and is one of the only repeat characters besides Herbie's immediate family.

Reprinted: in Herbie #2 (Dark Horse February 1992)

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Herbie 11 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1965-08

pages: 36

Herbie riding sea serpent before Columbus's boats // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Herbie Popnecker

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Beware of the B-Bomb, Buster! (Story)

theme: patriot

pages: 15

Secrete agent X-413½ has stolen the plans to the B-bomb, which gets its mighty power from beans. LBJ and Adlai Stevenson enlist the help of Herbie, who gets on the trail of Lovely Horowitz. To explain his absence, Adlai Stevenson tells Herbie's dad he will be at a camp for little fat nothings.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Abraham Lincoln; President Lyndon Johnson; Adlai Stevenson; Lovely Horowitz; Mr. Periwinkle; Charles de Gaulle

Story: -Writ by Shane O'Shea (who admits he's scared of Herbie) /
Art: - Drew by Ogden Whitney (who won't admit it, but is even scareder!)

Includes a 4th-wall-breaking recounting of American history by Herbie's dad in which Herbie climb's into the story's thought balloon while an appreciative statue of Abraham Lincoln looks on.

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Christopher Columbus Popnecker! (Story)

theme: time money

pages: 10

Herbie goes back in time to get Christopher Columbus' autograph. Herbie learns that the world is not round, after all, but still helps Columbus discover America.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Christopher Columbus; Queen Isabella

Crazy story by Shane O'Shea /
Art even crazier... Ogden Whitney

Reprinted: in Herbie #1 (A-plus january 1990); Time Traveler Herbie (Avalon Communications December 1998)

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Herbie 12 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1965-09

pages: 36

Fat Fury and gorilla in tunnel of love // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury)

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Good Gosh, the Gorilla! (Story)

theme: helper fat fury

pages: 16

Chick Beeple's circus is being attacked by a gorilla. Herbie wants to repay an old favor and the Fat Fury is soon there to help.

Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Chick Beeple; Fat Fury; Mr. Molecule

Shows flashback to Herbie as a baby being given a lollipop pacifier.

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Pincus Popnecker, Private Eye! (Story)

theme: dad helper

pages: 10

Someone's stealing all the fat in town and Herbie's dad becomes a private eye to solve the crime and get the reward.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Art: Ogden (himself) Whitney /
Story: adapted from the first prize fan story
submitted Richard Roesberg of New Jersey.
In the Here's Herbie! section,
the top three prize winners are listed,
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Herbie

Herbie 13 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1965-10

pages: 36

Herbie in mountie uniform holding musket at walrus // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Herbie Popnecker

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Herbie

Pirate Gold! (Story)

theme: dad money time

pages: 13

Herbie's father wants to be president of the Men's Club, and fund-raising looks like the way to get there. Herbie helps him set up a concession to sell fake pirate gold at the town charity fair, but needs to go back in time to get real gold when the fake gold does not sell.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Story: Shane (wotta writer) O'Shea /
Art: Ogden (wotta artist) Whitney

Reprinted: in Herbie #3 (A-plus March 1990); Time Traveler Herbie (Avalon Communications December 1998)

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Herbie

The Hard Day of Murgatroyd Minch! (Story)

pages: 2

A skinny fan wants to be just like Herbie.

Herbie Popnecker; Murgatroyd Minch

Reprinted: in Herbie #2 (A-plus February 1990); Fat Fury Special (Avalon Publications 1998)

Herbie

Mom's New Coat! (Story)

theme: mom helper

pages: 10

Herbie's mom wants a new coat, but Herbie has no money. He goes up north to find a fur coat.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Story masterpiece by Shane O'Shea /
Beautiful-type art by Ogden Whitney

Technically, there are no penguins in the arctic.

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Herbie

Herbie 14 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1965-12

pages: 36

Magicman, Nemesis, and Herbie // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury); Magicman; Nemesis

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Herbie

Gangway For the Three Musketeers! (Story)

theme: fat fury

pages: 14

Roderick Bump is an unsuccessful scientist who, after blowing up 327 homes of his parents, goes out to make his living. He creates defective superheroes: Moronman, Garbageman, Halfaman, Monkeyman, Pigman, Pizzaman, and Frogman who unleash a crime wave. Nemesis is called from the Adventures into the Unknown and Magicman from Forbidden Worlds, but they are quickly frozen solid. The Fat Fury comes to the rescue and the superheroes combine forces.

Herbie Popnecker; Magicman; Nemesis; Fat Fury; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Frankenstein; Dracula; Tillie; Hortense

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Herbie

Herbie Claus is Coming to Town! (Story)

theme: helper

pages: 12

Santa is injured but Herbie comes to the rescue and delivers all the presents.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Santa Claus; Cassius Clay; Elizabeth Taylor

Story: Shane O'Shea Claus /
Art: Ogden Whitney Claus

Reprinted: in Herbie #3 (A-plus March 1990)

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Herbie

Herbie 15 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1966-02

pages: 36

Herbie (in tortoise shell) being spit out by dinosaur // Kurt Schaffenberger

Herbie Popnecker

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Herbie

Call Me Schlemiehl! (Story)

theme: college

pages: 17

Herbie meets Pud Bimbo, Dad's old roommate at Peepwhistle Prep, who reveals that Herbie's father was once a little fat nothing like Herbie. Dad challenges Pud, and the two compete at athletics (Dad, with Herbie's help).

Herbie Popnecker; Hubert Humphrey; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Schlemiel is German for "fool". Schlemiel or shlemiel is Yiddish for a dolt who is a habitual bungler, an inept, clumsy person.

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Herbie Goes Nap-Happy! (Story)

theme: Unknown

pages: 9

Herbie, a mortal, is not supposed to be getting magical lollipops from the Unknown. To get rid of him, Herbie is slipped a time lollipop that does not require a grandfather clock, but unknown to him, it's a one-way time lollipop. When Herbie goes back in time to Napoleon, it takes some ingenuity and patience to get back.

Herbie Popnecker; Professor Flipdome; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Josephine, Napoleon Bonaparte

Reprinted: in Time Traveler Herbie (Avalon Communications December 1998)

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Herbie

Herbie 16 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1966-03

pages: 36

Foo-Manchoo vs. Fat Fury // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury); Foo-Manchoo

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Herbie

Don't Mess Around With the Fat Fury! (Story)

theme: patriot fat fury

pages: 16

Red China has sent a two-headed spy to destroy arsenals, steal military secrets, and worse. The Fat Fury meets his toughest opponent ever.

Herbie Popnecker; Mao Tse-Tung; Foo-Manchoo; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Fat Fury

Story ends with note of a future story that never happened: "Oh-oh... Foo-Manchoo still lives! and he's due back in a future issue in a scream story you'll never forget!"

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Herbie

It's Love, Lover! (Story)

theme: love

pages: 9

Hepzibah Higgins won Herbie in a raffle and intends to marry him. The skinny buck-toothed woman has big plans but Herbie is scared by her. Herbie does all he can to find an honorable way out, but it is not until she falls for another that Herbie is set free. Then, too late, Herbie finds out she is a lollipop heiress.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Hepzibah Higgins; Richard Burton; President Lyndon Johnson

Shane O'Shea wrote dis, and
Ogden Whitney drewed it!

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Herbie

Herbie 17 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1966-04

pages: 36

Indian medicine man doing rain dance to drench Herbie in pilgrim's outfit // Kurt Schaffenberger

Herbie Popnecker

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Herbie

Popnecker the Pilgrim! (Story)

theme: mom time helper

pages: 13

Herbie's family owes money dating back to the Mayflower. Herbie travels back in time to set things straight.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Myles Standish; John Alden; Priscilla Mullins

Reprinted: in Herbie #2 (A-plus February 1990)

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Herbie

Herbie and the Spirits! (Story)

theme: Unknown

pages: 12

Herbie Popnecker; Mrs.Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker

Herbie looks and talks differently in this pre-Herbie series story.

Reprinted: from Forbidden Worlds #94 (March-April 1961), with commentary

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Herbie 18 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1966-06

pages: 36

Fat Fury vs. Fat Fury robot on top of hot-air balloon // Ogden Whitney (assumed)

Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury)

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Herbie

Calling All Cars! Bring In Fat Fury! (Story)

theme: pops fat fury

pages: 13

Question Mark uses machines for every type of crime, but the Fat Fury foils his efforts. After 10,416 curses, Question Mark uses his Locate Things Machine to find the Fat Fury and his Source of His Powers Machine to discover that his Destroying All Lollipops machine will disable his adversary. Then Question Mark unleashes a Fat Fury (Phony Phat Phury) robot that everyone mistakes for our hero. Without his lollipops, the Fat Fury is helpless, but for the aid of a mouse he helped early in the story.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popneker; Hubert Humphrey; Lyndon Johnson; Grandpa (Herbie's grandfather, speaking to Herbie from a painting); Fat Fury

Story: That O'Shea Brat.
Art: Mrs. Whitney's Boy Ogden.

Reprinted: in Fat Fury Special #1 (Avalon Communications 1998)

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Clear the Road For Skinny! (Story)

theme: patriot dad

pages: 13

Herbie's father feels like a failure because he can't get Herbie to lose weight. Herbie enlists the help of President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey who call his father to Washington. Herbie's father can't understand why everyone seems to know Herbie: Governor Nelson Rockefeller, President Charles de Gaulle, and Queen Elizabeth. Johnson appoints Herbie's dad Ambassador to Hongadingia, with his first big job to end a war between the Hissians and the Pigturtles. Herbie becomes skinny after he is bit by a Hissian and his father becomes fat after he is bit by a Pigturtle.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Lyndon Johnson; Hubert Humphrey; Nelson Rockefeller; Charles de Gaulle; Queen Elizabeth II; Mrs. Popnecker

Credits are read by snake:
Read this goofy story by Shane O'Shea...
and dig the crazy Ogden Whitney pictures!

Reprinted: in Herbie #4 (A-plus April 1990)

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Herbie

Herbie 19 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1966-08

pages: 36

Herbie, Cleopatra, and mummy // Ogden Whitney (assumed)

Herbie Popnecker; Cleopatra

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Herbie

Race Through Space! (Story)

theme: space

pages: 14

To win money to build a swimming pool, Herbie gets his father to enter a space race. When Herbie finds that his neighbor, Professor Flipdome is away, he builds his own rocket and gets his animal friends to power it. Herbie races Black Bumby, who does his best to stop Herbie's rocket.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker

Story: The stupendous O'Shea /
Art: The miraculous Whitney

Reprinted: in Herbie #6 (A-plus June 1991); Spaced Out Herbie (Avalon Communications 1999)

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Herbie

Egyptian Conniption! (Story)

theme: dad time helper

pages: 11

Herbie's dad loves Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra and tells Herbie to get her. Herbie hears wrong and goes back in time to get the real Cleopatra, who falls in love with Dad.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Cleopatra; Mrs. Popnecker

Story: Shane (Frankenstein) O'Shea /
Art: Ogden (Dracula) Whitney

Herbie sends Cleopatra back to her time by placing a lollipop-sucking dummy of her beloved in the time-traveling grandfather clock. Herbie never uses that clock again, but does travel in time with another clock (#21) and with a super special time lollipop that makes a propeller "sprong" out of his head (#23). The story ends with Dad winking at Herbie, which may be the most positive father-son gesture in the series.

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Herbie

Herbie 20 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1966-09

pages: 36

Fat Fury flying into oven as Dracula holds door open // Kurt Schaffenberger

Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury); Dracula

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Herbie

Pass a Piece of Pizza, Please! (Story)

theme: Unknown fat fury

pages: 14

On a suggestion by Herbie, the Grim Reaper sends Dracula down to Earth as a good will ambassador. After striking out with full-blooded women and having blood drawn instead of deposited at the blood bank, Dracula finds that what he really wants is pizza (although his staff prefer bagels). Only the Fat Fury can stop them.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Grim Reaper; Dracula; Fat Fury

Story: Masterpiece by Shane O'Shea!
Art: Stroke of Genius by Ogden Whitney!

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Herbie

Adventure at the Center of the Earth! (Story)

theme: flipdome

pages: 12

Herbie's teacher Dr. Plumduffle is in danger of being forced to retire because he can't handle Butch Nelson. Herbie goes with his neighbor, Professor Flipdome, to the center of the earth in the professor's Squirm-Worm. After some misdirections, including Hades, they make it to the center where they find that there is an exact fire-breathing duplicate for everyone on the surface. Herbie returns with Dr. Plumduffle's duplicate, who teaches Butch Nelson a lesson.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome; Satan

Story: You were expecting Hemingway?
Art: Rembrandt it ain't!

Reprinted: in Herbie #5 (A-plus May 1991)

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Herbie

Herbie 21 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1966-10

pages: 36

Alligator football player kicking football with Herbie inside // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Herbie Popnecker

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Herbie

Yay, Team! (Story)

theme: college

pages: 14

Herbie goes out for the Hassenpfeffer High football team, because Dad has locked up his lollipops.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Story: Amazing O'Shea /
Art: Wonderful Whitney

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Herbie

A Viking To Your Liking! (Story)

theme: dad helper time Unknown

pages: 12

Herbie's dad opens a roadside museum, but it's haunted by a Viking, Eric Shapiro. Herbie goes back in time to find out who made the Eric betray his shipmates. Herbie bops the culprit with his lollipop.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Eric Shapiro; Mrs. Shapiro (a Herbie look-alike)

Story: O'Shea /
Art: Whitney

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Herbie

Herbie 22 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1966-12

pages: 36

Fat Fury upsetting Magical Moe on flying bike // Kurt Schaffenberger

Herbie Popnecker (as Fat Fury); Magical Moe

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Herbie

Just Like Magic! (Story)

theme: pops fat fury

pages: 15

Magical Moe has arrived by bicycle from space and is wreaking havoc. When the Fat Fury tries to take him on, Magical Moe learns that he can take away the special properties of lollipops to disable the Fat Fury. Herbie goes to the Unknown with help from his animal friends and enrolls in the Academy of Magic and Hocus-Pocus. Herbie receives only half a diploma and returns to Earth where Fat Fury is half successful with his magic. Unable to stop Magical Moe, the plump lump drops in at a museum where he sees ancient lollipops, including hard-to-get cinnamon, a flavor so rare that Magical Moe had not removed its powers. Revived (even fatter and more furious than ever), the Fat Fury allega-poops it to Magical Moe.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Fat Fury; Grandpa; Professor Frankenstein

Story: O'Shea /
Art: Whitney

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Herbie

Almost a King! (Story)

theme: patriot helper love

pages: 11

Noodleman, Squarehead, and the Sheik invade a European country and Herbie is sent to defend it. After Herbie saves Ruritania, its Queen tricks Herbie into signing a marriage contract. Herbie tries everything to make himself unattractive, but it is only a new suitor who lets Herbie off the hook.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Noodleman; Squarehead; Sheik; President Lyndon Johnson; Vice-President Hubert Humphrey; Ben Franklin; Queen Elizabeth II; Prince Philip; Charles de Gaulle

Story: One-Horse O'Shea /
Art: Jitney McWhitney

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Herbie

Herbie 23 (Cover)

ACG

date: 1967-02

pages: 36

Herbie in boxing match with bear // Kurt Schaffenberger

Herbie Popnecker

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Herbie

Can You Bear It? (Story)

theme: lollipops time helper

pages: 17

Herbie receives some odd lollipops and his father tries one, only to be motivated to take away all Herbie's lollipops. Herbie escapes with his lollipop cabinet and hides in a bear cage at the zoo. The next day, the bear's miserable because bears are portrayed negatively. Herbie uses magic to allega-poop himself into a story book, but finds that bears deserve their image. He goes back in time to set up some positive images.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Goldilocks; David; Goliath

Story: O'Shea? Oh, sure!
Art: Whitney? Every little bitney!

Last Herbie story by Hughes and Whitney.

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Herbie

Herbie's Quiet Saturday Afternoon! (Story)

pages: 8

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

No credits listed but frame is signed by Ogden Whitney.

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.

Reprinted: from Herbie's first appearance in Forbidden Worlds #73 (December 1958), with commentary

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Herbie

Herbie 01 (Cover)

A-plus

date: 1990-01

pages: 52

Herbie walking on air, carrying Batman and Spiderman's costumes //Trina Robbins

Herbie Popnecker

Color cover art is signed Trina Robbins '90 for Ogden Whitney (artist for original Herbie series) Consists of black+white reproductions of the original artwork

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Herbie

Herbie and the Spirits! (Story)

pages: 12

Herbie Popnecker; Mrs.Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker

Herbie looks and talks differently in this pre-Herbie series story.

Reprinted: from Herbie #17 (April-May 1966), which was a reprint with commentary from Forbidden Worlds #94 (March-April 1961).

Herbie

Make Way for the Fat Fury! (Story)

pages: 15

Herbie Popnecker; Fat Fury; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Origin of the Fat Fury. Story title matches the tagline at top of Herbie comic covers.

Reprinted: from Herbie #8 (March 1965)

Herbie

Christopher Columbus Popnecker! (Story)

pages: 10

Herbie goes back in time to get Christopher Columbus' autograph. Herbie learns that the world is not round, after all, but still helps Columbus discover America.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Christopher Columbus; Queen Isabella

Reprinted: from Herbie #11 (August 1965)

Herbie

Herbie 02 (Cover)

A-plus

date: 1990-02

pages: 52

Herbie, dressed as Uncle Sam, points at the reader with one hand and holds a patriotic lollipop in the other.

Herbie Popnecker

Consists of black+white reproductions of the original artwork

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Herbie

Herbie's Quiet Saturday Afternoon! (Story)

pages: 8

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

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.

Reprinted: from an annotated reprint of Herbie's first appearance in Forbidden Worlds #73 (December 1958). Annotated and first reprinted in Herbie #23 (February 1967), the final issue from the original series.

Herbie

Popnecker the Pilgrim! (Story)

pages: 13

Herbie's family owes money dating back to the Mayflower. Herbie travels back in time to set things straight.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Reprinted: from Herbie #17 (April-May 1966)

Herbie

George Washington's Teeth! (Story)

pages: 9

Herbie goes back in time to settle a dispute about how the US Revolutionary War started.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; George Washington; Paul Revere

Reprinted: from Herbie #8 (March 1965)

Herbie

The Hard Day of Murgatroyd Minch! (Story)

pages: 2

A skinny fan wants to be just like Herbie.

Herbie Popnecker

Reprinted: from Herbie #13 (October 1965)

Herbie

Herbie 03 (Cover)

A-plus

date: 1990-03

pages: 52

Cover shows Herbie, dressed in pirate garb, holding a lollipop menacingly.

Herbie Popnecker

Consists of black+white reproductions of the original artwork

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Herbie

Pirate Gold! (Story)

pages: 13

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Reprinted: from Herbie #13 (October 1965)

Herbie

Herbie Claus is Coming to Town! (Story)

pages: 12

Santa is in trouble, but Herbie comes to the rescue. Santa is injured and Herbie has to deliver all the presents,including a very special last present.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Santa Claus; Cassius Clay; Elizabeth Taylor

Reprinted: from Herbie #14 (December 1965-January 1966)

Cookie

[Yipe! There's Life on the Moon!] (Story)

pages: 12

Reprinted: from?

Someone to Watch Over You! (Story)

pages: 8

Reprinted: from Forbidden Worlds (American Comics Group, 1951 series) #41 (February 1956)

Herbie

Herbie 04 (Cover)

A-plus

date: 1991-04

pages: 52

Fat Plains Drifter: Cover shows Herbie, dressed as a high plains drifter, sucking on a lollipop.

Herbie Popnecker

Consists of black+white reproductions of the original artwork

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Herbie

Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral! (Story)

pages: 15

Herbie goes back in time to get the shotgun Doc Holliday used in the Battle of the Okay Corral.

Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp; Doc Holliday

Reprinted: from Herbie #4 (September 1964)

Herbie

Clear the Road For Skinny (Story)

pages: 13

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Lyndon Johnson; Hubert Humphrey; Nelson Rockefeller; Charles de Gaulle; Queen Elizabeth II; Mrs. Popnecker

Reprinted: from Herbie #18 (June 1965)

Herbie

Herbie 05 (Cover)

A-plus

date: 1991-05

pages: 52

Cover shows the Fat Fury, sitting on a pile of lollipops, shrugging characteristically. // HBender 91.

Herbie Popnecker

This issue features back+white reprints of Herbie stories with Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome.

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Herbie

Professor Flipdome's Screwy Machine! (Story)

pages: 9

Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome, transports Herbie and his father to Miniturea, where everyone has a miniature twin, even Herbie.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome

Reprinted: from Herbie #4 (September 1964)

Herbie

Lookit All the Herbies! (Story)

pages: 13

Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome, creates the Automatic Imitator, which creates many duplicates of Herbie.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome

Reprinted: from Herbie #9 (April-May 1965)

Herbie

Adventure at the Center of the Earth (Story)

pages: 12

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome

Reprinted: from Herbie #20 (September 1966)

Herbie

Herbie 06 (Cover)

A-plus

date: 1991-06

pages: 52

Herbie as Mr. Spock from Start Trek

Herbie Popnecker

This issue features two black+white reprints of Herbie in space. Herbie, disguised as Star Trek's Mr. Spock, using one hand to hold a lollipop and the other to give the Vulcan sign for "Live Long and Prosper". Difficult to read name in lower left of cover; may be "David & Dan Day."

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Herbie

Race Through Space! (Story)

pages: 14

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker

Reprinted: from Herbie #19 (August 1966)

Herbie

Space-Age Herbie! (Story)

pages: 11

Herbie's father opens a balloon company, but his balloons do not fly. Herbie gets a job with Dr. Dimwit, who has discovered Planet Percival, where lollipops have uplifting powers.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Dr. Dimwit

Reprinted: from Herbie #6 (December 1964-January 1965)

Herbie

Herbie 01 (Cover)

Dark Horse

date: 1992-01

pages: 40

Fat Fury sitting on Earth covered with lollipops in shape of USA //John Byrne

Herbie Popnecker

Consists of one new story by John Byrne and two reprints from the original series, with new colors by James Brown. Editor for this issue: Mike Richardson. Page count includes 36 pages plus Dr. Giggles center poster. Cover price $2.50 U.S., $3.00 Canadian

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Herbie

The Most Beautiful Mom in the World! (Story)

pages: 8

Mom takes on a career in television commercials and is sorely missed.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Artist and writer: John Byrne

Colors different from original series. Herbie wears purple pants. Dad calls Herbie "fat little nothing" instead of "little fat nothing".

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Make Way for the Fat Fury! (Story)

pages: 15

Herbie Popnecker; Fat Fury; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Origin of the Fat Fury. Story title matches the tagline at top of Herbie comic covers.

Reprinted: from Herbie #8 (March 1965)

Herbie

Professor Flipdome's Screwy Machine! (Story)

pages: 9

Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome, transports Herbie and his father to Miniturea, where everyone has a miniature twin, even Herbie.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome

Reprinted: from Herbie #4 (September 1964)

Herbie

Herbie 02 (Cover)

Dark Horse

date: 1992-02

pages: 36

Herbie dressed as a western sheriff // Jorge Pacheco

Herbie Popnecker

Consists of reprints of three stories from the original series, newly colored by James Brown. Editor for this issue: Mike Richardson.

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Herbie

Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral! (Story)

pages: 15

Herbie goes back in time to get the shotgun Doc Holliday used in the Battle of the Okay Corral.

Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp; Doc Holliday

Reprinted: from Herbie #4 (September 1964)

Herbie

George Washington's Teeth! (Story)

pages: 9

Herbie goes back in time to settle a dispute about how the US Revolutionary War started.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; George Washington; Paul Revere

Reprinted: from Herbie #8 (March 1965)

Herbie

Ticklepuss Rides Again (Story)

pages: 9

Herbie has a nightmare of the return of Ticklepuss, his stone age female double. His dad buys a house next to an excavation that opens up an old cave with a pterodactyl and a cave girl.

Herbie Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Ticklepuss

Ticklepuss first appeared in "A Caveman Named Herbie" in Herbie #6 (January 1965) and is one of the only repeat characters besides Herbie's immediate family.

Reprinted: from Herbie #10 (June 1965)

Herbie

Flaming Carrot 31 (Cover)

Dark Horse

date: 1994-10

pages: 36

Herbie walking on air behind Flaming Carrot

Herbie Popnecker

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Flaming Carrot

Alas Poor Carrot! (Story)

pages: 10

Herbie's teacher is fired for teaching literary heresy. Herbie needs to go back in time to show that Shakespeare did not write his plays and sonnets, but his grandfather clock is not working. Flaming Carrot has one, though, as does one person on the West Coast. Herbie and the Flaming Carrot Team up to battle Mr. Chicken Pants.

Herbie Popnecker; Flaming Carrot; Mr. Chicken Pants; Pincus Popnecker; Father Time; Professor Dogwood

Art/Story: Bob Burden /
Letters: Shannon T. Stewart /
Assistants: Gabrielle Green; John Eaton

First part of two-part story.

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Flaming Carrot

The Boobs of Avon (Story)

pages: 11

Herbie and the Flaming Carrot go back in time to find out who wrote Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. Shakespeare turns out to be an aerobics instructor who goes by the name "Billy Bob" and who has come up with the ideas for Mr. Ed, Gilligan's Island, and Batman. Someone must have helped him write his masterpieces.

Herbie Popnecker; Flaming Carrot; Shakespeare; Buddy Hackett; Professor Dogwood

Art/Story: Bob Burden /
Letters: Shannon T. Stewart /
Assistants: Gabrielle Green; John Eaton

Second part of a two-part story.

Herbie

Return of Herbie 1 (Cover)

Avalon Comunications

date: 1996

price: US$2.50

pages: 36

Herbie vs. hockey players. Herbie wears #99, the number worn by Wayne Gretsky on a jersey with a chess night and a Canadian maple leaf. The hockey equipment shows several major manufacturers' names: Sher-wood, Easton, Christian, Cooper.

Herbie Popnecker

Before publication, this issue was sold as "Herbie Rides Again". Cover notes: First Issue! Editor: Rob Brown.

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Herbie

Pass the Puck, Herbie (Story)

pages: 12

Herbie Popnecker, Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Story: Roger Broughton /
Art: Dan Day

In a letter from the editor, Rob Brown, this story is described as being done by Roger Broughton and Dan and David Day several years earlier for the unpublished Herbie #3 from Dark Horse. In this story, Herbie's dad drives a Volkswagen Beetle, a possible reference to Disney's Herbie, the Love Bug. Herbie does not abbreviate his speech in this story, shows fear, and is called "fat little nothing" by his father instead of "little fat nothing". Herbie talks to a mouse in this story, but when he skates, he skates on ice instead of on air as in #14's "Herbie Claus is Coming to Town!"

SPLASH THEMES

Watch Your Step, Fella! (Story)

pages: 8

Fat character in story walks on air like Herbie.

Reprinted: from Adventures into the Unknown #149 (June-July 1964), originally appeared in Forbidden Worlds #51 as "Take it Easy" (signed by Ogden Whitney)

Herbie

1,000 Years Ago... In 1962! (Story)

pages: 14

Herbie Popnecker

Reprinted: from Unknown Worlds #20 (December 1961)

Herbie

Fat Fury Special 1 (Cover)

Avalon Comunications

date: 1998

price: US$2.95

pages: 36

Herbie as Fat Fury

Herbie Popnecker

Consists of black+white reproductions of the original artwork

GCD COVER

Herbie

Calling All Cars! Bring In Fat Fury! (Story)

pages: 13

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popneker; Hubert Humphrey; Lyndon Johnson; Grandpa (Herbie's grandfather, speaking to Herbie from a painting)

Story: That O'Shea Brat.
Art: Mrs. Whitney's Boy Ogden.

Reprinted: from Herbie #18 (June 1966)

Herbie

The Hard Day of Murgatroyd Minch! (Story)

pages: 2

A skinny fan wants to be just like Herbie.

Herbie Popnecker

Reprinted: from Herbie #13 (October 1965)

Herbie

Make Way for the Fat Fury! (Story)

pages: 15

Herbie Popnecker; Fat Fury; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Origin of the Fat Fury. Story title matches the tagline at top of Herbie comic covers.

Reprinted: from Herbie #8 (March 1965)

Herbie

Time Traveler Herbie 1 (Cover)

Avalon Comunications

date: 1998-12

pages: 36

Herbie as Pirate in Time-Traveling Grandfather Clock // Dan Day '92

GCD COVER

Herbie

Herbie Goes Nap-Happy! (Story)

pages: 9

Herbie Popnecker; Professor Flipdome; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Josephine, Napoleon Bonaparte

Reprinted: from Herbie #15 (February 1966)

Herbie

Christopher Columbus Popnecker! (Story)

pages: 10

Herbie goes back in time to get Christopher Columbus' autograph. Herbie learns that the world is not round, after all, but still helps Columbus discover America.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Christopher Columbus; Queen Isabella

Reprinted: from Herbie #11 (August 1965)

Herbie

Pirate Gold! (Story)

pages: 13

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker

Reprinted: from Herbie #13 (October 1965)

Herbie

Spaced Out Herbie 1 (Cover)

Avalon Comunications

date: 1999

price: US$2.95

pages: 36

Herbie as Mr. Spock from Star Trek // Dan Day

Herbie Popnecker

Consists of black+white reproductions of the original artwork

GCD COVER

Herbie

Space-Age Herbie! (Story)

pages: 11

Herbie's father opens a balloon company, but his balloons do not fly. Herbie gets a job with Dr. Dimwit, who has discovered Planet Percival, where lollipops have uplifting powers.

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Dr. Dimwit

Reprinted: from Herbie #6 (December 1964-January 1965)

Herbie

Race Through Space! (Story)

pages: 14

Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker

Reprinted: from Herbie #19 (August 1966)

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