Characters |
Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Abraham Lincoln; President Lyndon Johnson; Adlai Stevenson; Lovely Horowitz; Mr. Periwinkle; Charles de Gaulle |
Synopsis |
Secrete agent X-413 1/2 has stolen the plans to the B-bomb, which gets its mighty power from beans. LBJ and Adlai Stevenson enlist the help of Herbie, who gets on the trail of Lovely Horowitz. To explain his absence, Adlai Stevenson tells Herbie's dad he will be at a camp for little fat nothings. |
Genre |
super hero; humor; satire |
Script |
Richard Hughes (as Shane O'Shea) |
Pencils |
Ogden Whitney |
Inks |
Ogden Whitney |
Letters |
Ed Hamilton |
Notes |
Story: -Writ by Shane O'Shea (who admits he's scared of Herbie)
Art: - Drew by Ogden Whitney (who won't admit it, but is even scareder!).
Includes a 4th-wall-breaking recounting of American history by Herbie's dad in which Herbie climb's into the story's thought balloon while an appreciative statue of Abraham Lincoln looks on. |
Characters |
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. |
Genre |
super hero; humor; satire |
Script |
Richard Hughes (as Shane O'Shea) |
Pencils |
Ogden Whitney |
Inks |
Ogden Whitney |
Letters |
Ed Hamilton |
Notes |
Crazy story by Shane O'Shea /
Art even crazier... Ogden Whitney |
Reprinted |
in Herbie (A-Plus Comics, 1990 series) #1 (January 1990); in Time Traveler Herbie (Avalon Communications, 1998 series) #1 (December 1998) |