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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published September 1964
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Hughes

Cover Details - "Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral!"

Characters Herbie Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp
Genre super hero; humor; satire
Pencils Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks Ogden Whitney (signed)
Notes Herbie and Wyatt Earp in gunfight

15 page Herbie story "Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral!"

Characters Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp; Doc Holliday
Synopsis Herbie goes back in time to get the shotgun Doc Holliday used in the Battle of the Okay Corral.
Genre super hero; humor; satire
Script Richard Hughes (as Shane O'Shea)
Pencils Ogden Whitney
Inks Ogden Whitney
Letters Ed Hamilton
Notes 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 (A-Plus Comics, 1990 series) #4 (April 1990); in Herbie (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #2 (February 1992)

1 page story "Nellie No-Date"

Script Richard Hughes (as Shane O'Shea)
Pencils Ogden Whitney
Inks Ogden Whitney

9 page Herbie story "Professor Flipdome's Screwy Machine!"

Characters Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome
Synopsis Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome, transports Herbie and his father to Miniturea, where everyone has a miniature twin, even Herbie.
Genre super hero; humor; satire
Script Richard Hughes (as Shane O'Shea)
Pencils Ogden Whitney
Inks Ogden Whitney
Letters Ed Hamilton
Notes 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 (A-Plus Comics, 1990 series) #5 (May 1990); in Herbie (Dark Horse, 1992 series) #1 (January 1992)