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Issue: Herbie #4
Publication Date: September 1964
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Issues: #4 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: 07/09/1964
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 U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Herbie
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp
Synopsis: Herbie and Wyatt Earp in gunfight
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHerbie Archives #1 published August 2008
as Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Herbie
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp; Doc Holliday; Dr. Meringue; Clanton Gang
First Line: Smile when yuh call me that, partner!
Synopsis: Herbie goes back in time to get the shotgun Doc Holliday used in the Battle of the Okay Corral.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHerbie #4 published January 1991
as Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHerbie #2 published November 1992
as Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHerbie Archives #1 published August 2008
as "Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Traveling back in time, Herbie gets stuck around his house and sees himself as a baby, being adored by his parents; Herbie head looks the same, with bowl haircut, glasses, those eyes, and he is sucking on a lollipop.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Herbie
Character(s): Herbie
First Line: Show you it's smart to read "Herbie"!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for the next issue in comic format. Herbie #5 "on sale right after middle of August."
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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 Paul A. Feola, David Gede, Fred Landesman, Denny Ward, and Laren Estleman.
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Date with a Martian

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: The spacecraft from Mars is now hovering just above the Earth and plans to land tomorrow.
Synopsis: Nellie gets a date with a Martian, but is snubbed when he finds a "prettier girl"--a cow.
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Pages: 1
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Professor Flipdome's Screwy Machine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Herbie
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome
First Line: Reader, do you deserve to read this story?
Synopsis: Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome, transports Herbie and his father to Miniturea, where everyone has a miniature twin, even Herbie.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHerbie #5 published January 1991
as Professor Flipdome's Screwy Machine! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHerbie #1 published October 1992
as Professor Flipdome's Screwy Machine! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHerbie Archives #1 published August 2008
as Professor Flipdome's Screwy Machine! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: There is no box of credits on the splash page.
This is the first story featuring Herbie's eccentric neighbor, Professor Flipdome. He is featured in Herbie #4, #9, and #20, makes a cameo appearance in #15, and is mentioned in #19.

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