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Issue: Herbie #8
Publication Date: March 1965
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Issues: #8 of 23 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagAmerican Comics Group
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Best Syndicated Features Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/14/1965
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
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Herbie
Character(s): Fat Fury [Herbie Popnecker]
Synopsis: Fat Fury in flight.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Make Way for the Fat Fury!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Herbie
Character(s): Fat Fury [Herbie Popnecker] (origin); Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Mr. Horrible; President Lyndon Johnson (cameo); Senator Barry Goldwater (cameo)
Synopsis: 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. Bare feet! The Fat Fury rescues the Statue of Liberty and defeats Mr. Horrible.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHerbie #1 published January 1991
as Make Way for the Fat Fury! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHerbie #1 published October 1992
as Make Way for the Fat Fury! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFat Fury Special #1 published April 1998
as Make Way for the Fat Fury! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Origin of the Fat Fury. Story title matches the tagline at top of Herbie comic covers.
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All Yours --- Next Issue

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Herbie
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Robin Hood (cameo)
First Line: Not buying any of these stocks--
Synopsis: An original comic story incorporating two preview panels from the next issue.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Herbie (cameo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Mary Mowder, John Ferris, Barbara Schmidt, Gyrene Greene, Susan Mayberry, Zigmund Zubkow, David R. Charles, Joyce Stansbury, Kirk Walton, and Derek Fuller. Clip art of Herbie as part of title logo.
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Date with a Judge

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: I've got to get a date---any date!
Synopsis: Nellie tries everything, but can't get a date. She is stopped for speeding and is over-joyed to get a date to see the judge.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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George Washington's Teeth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Herbie
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; George Washington; Paul Revere; Queen Elizabeth II (cameo)
Synopsis: Herbie goes back in time to settle a dispute about how the US Revolutionary War started.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHerbie #2 published March 1991
as George Washington's Teeth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHerbie #2 published November 1992
as George Washington's Teeth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9

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