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Issue: Herbie #5
Publication Date: October 1964
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Issues: #5 of 23 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagAmerican Comics Group
Brand: American Comics Group ACGView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Best Syndicated Features, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/20/1964
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes]
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Herbie
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker
First Line: Get Your Splints Now --- Herbie'll Fracture You!
Synopsis: Herbie, in turban and not much else, charms a cobra as an officer looks on.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHerbie Archives #1 published August 2008
as Get Your Splints Now --- Herbie'll Fracture You! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Sahib Herbie!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Herbie
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker(also as Sultan of Sarsparilla); U Thant (UN Secretary General); Chairman Mao Tse-Tung [Mao Zedong] of China; Lastoza
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.
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In Content Item: FlagHerbie Archives #1 published August 2008
as Sahib Herbie! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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There's Fun in Your Future!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Herbie
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker
First Line: All of you here to learn how to laugh.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo in comic format for Herbie #6 with two panels from the next issue's stories.
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Date with New Neighbor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Nellie No-Date
Character(s): Nellie No-Date
First Line: Oh-hhh! The big dance is tonight and everybody'll be there--
Synopsis: Nellie tries to get a date to the big dance with her new neighbor.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: No credits on story.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Ogden Whitney (illustration)
Inker(s): Ogden Whitney (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Here's Herbie
Character(s): Herbie (cameo)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Babs Tuohy, Vincent M. Mansfield, H. M. Siegel, Benny Fontane, Phillip Jones, Richard "Grass" Green, Virginia Kaufman, Douglas Humphrey, and Rod Curran.
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Herbie, Boy "Beetle!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Herbie
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker (also as Eibreh Rekcenpop); Pincus Popnecker; The Beatles [as the Beetles][Ringo Starr; George Harrison; Paul McCartney; John Lennon] (cameo); 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHerbie Archives #1 published August 2008
as Herbie, Boy "Beetle!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: 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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