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Issue: Herbie #1
Publication Date: January 1991
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Issues: #1 of 6 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagA-Plus Comics
Brand: A+ ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Sword In Stone Productions
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.95 CAD
$2.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: limited series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker [as the Fat Fury]
First Line: They're not so tough.
Synopsis: The Fat Fury, walking on air, hold Spiderman's and Batman's costumes as they run away in their underwear.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Color cover art is signed Trina Robbins '90 for Ogden Whitney (artist for original Herbie series)
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Publisher's Notes

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Publisher Roger Broughton welcomes the readers to publisher A+ Comics first new issues. He explains that since buying Charlton and American Comic Group (ACG), they've been preparing the release of "great material at a great price."
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Herbie and the Spirits!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker
Synopsis: 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.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHerbie #17 published April 1966
was Herbie and the Spirits! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Herbie looks and talks differently in this pre-Herbie reprint.
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Make Way for the Fat Fury!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker
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. The Fat Fury rescues the Statue of Liberty and defeats Mr. Horrible.
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From Content Item: FlagHerbie #8 published March 1965
was Make Way for the Fat Fury! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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Look Out for… Nemesis

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Nemesis
Character(s): Magicman; Nemesis
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Hot 'N Cold Heroes (A-Plus Comics, 1990 Series) #2 (1990). Half-size black & white cover reproduction with different trade dress.
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DA Shadano

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
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Reprint Notes: from ? [unknown American Comics Group magazine]
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Who knows what mush lurks in the minds of animals...DA Shadono
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I Saw It with My Own Eyes!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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From Content Item: FlagUnknown Worlds #18 published September 1962
was I Saw It with My Own Eyes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Christopher Columbus Popnecker!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Christopher Columbus; Queen Isabella
Synopsis: 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.
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From Content Item: FlagHerbie #11 published August 1965
was Christopher Columbus Popnecker! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Editorial

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Lonely War of Willy Schultz
First Line: In 1967, while the war in Vietnam raged…
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Describes publishing history of feature; announces upcoming graphic novel reprint.
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News

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Herbie; Atomic Mouse
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; B&W house ads for Swords of Valor #3; Adventures Into The Unknown #3; Herbie #3; Atomic Mouse #1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Frank Frazetta; Frazetta Museum
First Line: Feel the Power of Frazetta!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad announces availability of Frazetta limited prints and posters through the Frazetta Museum.
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