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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published October-November 1964
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Richard Hughes
Notes Herbie in turban and not much else charms a cobra as an officer looks on // Ogden Whitney (signed)

Cover Details

Characters Herbie Popnecker
Genre super hero; humor; satire
Pencils Ogden Whitney
Inks Ogden Whitney
Notes Herbie in turban and not much else charms a cobra as an officer looks on // Ogden Whitney (signed)

13 page Herbie story "Sahib Herbie!"

Characters Herbie; U Thant (UN Secretary General); Chairman Mao Tse-Tung of China
Synopsis At school, Herbie is assigned to report on his biggest adventure. He is then called to the United Nations by Secretary-General U Thant to stop a Communist threat to India through the Principality of Hanki-Panki. Herbie catches a rocket to China, drops worms (left over from fishing) into Mao's mouth, and uses his many abilities (including his legendary allure to women) to stop communism from getting a foothold, When he returns to his class, Herbie reports that he is too fat to have adventures.
Genre super hero; humor; satire
Script Richard Hughes (as Shane O'Shea)
Pencils Ogden Whitney
Inks Ogden Whitney
Letters Ed Hamilton

2 page story "Nellie No-Date"

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

10 page Herbie story Herbie, Boy "Beetle!"

Characters Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; The Beatles (as the Beetles); Ringo Starr; George Harrison; Paul McCartney; John Lennon; Frank Sinatra; Dean Martin
Synopsis Popcorn is making movie-goers whistle from their ears. Herbie's investigation leads him to a Beetles concert, and Herbie becomes a rock star (Eibreh Rekcenpop), who even Herbie's mother thinks is divine. Herbie finds out that a jealous man with a red nose is breaking up performances with Martin and Sinatra with special popcorn.
Genre super hero; humor; satire
Script Richard Hughes (as Shane O'Shea)
Pencils Ogden Whitney
Inks Ogden Whitney
Letters Ed Hamilton
Notes here is no box of credits on the splash page, but the frame is signed by Ogden Whitney. To look like the famous mop-tops, Herbie wears a mop-top, with a prominent metal clip. Eibreh Rekcenpop is Herbie Popnecker, backwards.