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Issue: Herbie Archives #1
Publication Date: August 2008
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Issues: #1 of 3 Issues
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Publisher: FlagDark Horse
Brand: Dark Horse Archives; Dark Horse Books
Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Books
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 232
ISBN: 9781593079871
UPC/EAN: 978159307987154995
Price: $49.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 34 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Shawna Gore (collection editor); Jemiah Jefferson (assistant editor); Scott Cook (designer); Lia Ribacchi (art director); Aren Kittilsen (digital restoration)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Color
Dimensions: 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"
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Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker
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Character(s): Herbie Popnecker
First Line: There's Fun in Your Future!
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Herbie (American Comics Group, 1964 series) #6.
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Introduction: "You Want I Should Bop You With This Here Introduction?"

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First Line: This is Herbie. Very fat. Very funny.
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Herbie series (American Comics Group, 1964).
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Herbie's Quiet Saturday Afternoon!

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Senator Stevens
Synopsis: Herbie's father thinks his son will never amount to anything or do anything. Herbie goes to the zoo where he takes on a tiger. Then, he saves Senator Stevens who is lost at sea. Finally, he stops an alien invasion.
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From Content Item: FlagForbidden Worlds #73 published December 1958
was Herbie's Quiet Saturday Afternoon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Herbie and the Spirits!

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Frankenstein
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.
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From Content Item: FlagForbidden Worlds #94 published March 1961
was Herbie and the Spirits! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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1,000 Years Ago... In 1962!

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Joe Kerr [XW-4362]; Margie Adams; Herbie Popnecker (cameo); RBQ-40-A
Synopsis: A scientist decides to travel back in time to 1962 and destroy Earth's population in an effort to cure overpopulation in 2962.
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From Content Item: FlagUnknown Worlds #20 published December 1962
was 1,000 Years Ago... In 1962! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Herbie and the Sneddiger's Salad Oil

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Genres: fantasy, humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Frankenstein; Lionosaurs
Synopsis: Aliens from space have stolen Earth's entire supply of Sneddiger's Salad Oil, and Herbie's mother needs a bottle.
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From Content Item: FlagForbidden Worlds #110 published March 1963
was Herbie and the Sneddiger's Salad Oil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Forbidden Worlds Presents Herbie

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From Content Item: FlagForbidden Worlds #114 published September 1963
was A Little Fat Nothing Named Herbie! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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A Little Fat Nothing Named Herbie!

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; John F. Kennedy; Jackie Kennedy; Adlai Stevenson
Synopsis: JFK and Adlai Stevenson need Herbie's help in Africa. Jackie Kennedy swoons as Herbie visits the White House. In the African province of Meranga, Herbie faces the god, Karod, who Herbie defeats by summoning the animals of the jungle.
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From Content Item: FlagForbidden Worlds #114 published September 1963
was A Little Fat Nothing Named Herbie! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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How to Stay Healthy!

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From Content Item: FlagForbidden Worlds #125 published January 1965
was How to Stay Healthy! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagAdventures into the Unknown #154 published February 1965
was How to Stay Healthy! [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Herbie series (American Comics Group, 1964).
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Forbidden Worlds Presents Herbie

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Miss Baylor
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From Content Item: FlagForbidden Worlds #116 published November 1963
was Herbies Goes to the Devil! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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First Line: Who? Who Can--
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Herbie Goes to the Devil!

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Satan; Miss Baylor; Frankenstein; Dracula
Synopsis: Satan is getting fewer souls every year so he boasts that he will deliver a randomly chosen one: Herbie's. Herbie agrees to a deal with the Devil to help his dad, and after consultation on contracts, Herbie reluctantly agrees to go to Hades. Hades would never be the same!
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First Line: Listen, you --- you people, you!
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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; George Washington
First Line: What do you mean, impossible? That's Herbie!
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"Herbie and the Dragon's Tears!"

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; President Lyndon Johnson; Ladybird Johnson; Nikita Khrushchev; Abraham Lincoln; George Washington; King Arthur; Merlin; Sir Lancelot; Guinevere; Jimmy Durante
Synopsis: President Johnson needs Herbie's help to beat Russia into space. Herbie goes back in time to Medieval England. He gets into a magic contest with Merlin the Magician before pursuing his real goal of bringing back the base for a miraculous rocket fuel: dragon's tears.
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was "Herbie and the Dragon's Tears!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Herbie Beards Castro!

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Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Sonny Liston; Fidel Castro; Satan
Synopsis: Herbie's family goes to Florida to see Sonny Liston box. Herbie ends up boxing Liston to help win money for the ransom of the kidnapped head of the Cuban underground. Ultimately, Herbie has to go to Cuba to rescue the prisoner personally.
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"We're Talking to You!"

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First Line: Mystery Man Captured By Police
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From Content Item: FlagHerbie #2 published June 1964
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Herbie and the Purloined Pops!

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Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Senator McClellan; Senator Javits; The Man in the Cloak
Synopsis: The Man in the Cloak is stealing all the lollipops so Herbie investigates. Closing in on the gangster, Herbie is mistaken for the villain and is questioned by a Senate committee that sends him to jail. To set things straight, Herbie breaks out of jail, tracks down, and stares down the real criminal into confessing.
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"What You Need Is a Girl, Herbie!"

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Cinderella; Marie Antoinette; George Washington; Louella; Alexander
Synopsis: Herbie decides to get a girlfriend. A beauty uses Herbie to make her boyfriend jealous. Herbie wants to impress her and goes back in time to get her a pet dinosaur, Cinderella's glass slippers, and Marie Antoinette's jewels, only to find out that he is unwanted. Fortunately, there's always lollipops.
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From Content Item: FlagHerbie #2 published June 1964
was "What You Need Is a Girl, Herbie!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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First Line: H-help! W-what are you going to do to us, Herbie?
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From Content Item: FlagHerbie #3 published August 1964
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Herbie and the Loch Ness Monster!

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Grandpa; Winston Churchill; Loch Ness Monster; Queen Elizabeth II
Synopsis: While visiting his grandfather (who is an older version of Herbie), Herbie hears a radio news report of a rampage by the Loch Ness Monster. Herbie walks across the Atlantic Ocean floor to meet Churchill and offer his help. Herbie visits the Unknown to find the monster's weaknesses, only to find that it's won the championship for tough monsters for 400 years. Still, it's no contest and Queen Elizabeth knights Herbie the Duke of Popnecker.
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From Content Item: FlagHerbie #3 published August 1964
was Herbie and the Loch Ness Monster! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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"Popnecker Saves the Poorhouse"!

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Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; President Lyndon Johnson; Cary Grant; Doris Day
Synopsis: Herbie's father collects a fortune for the poorhouse only to have it stolen by scoundrels. Herbie saves the day.
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From Content Item: FlagHerbie #3 published August 1964
was "Popnecker Saves the Poorhouse"! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral!

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Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp
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From Content Item: FlagHerbie #4 published September 1964
was Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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"Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral!"

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Marshal Wyatt Earp; Doc Holliday
Synopsis: Herbie goes back in time to get the shotgun Doc Holliday used in the Battle of the Okay Corral.
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From Content Item: FlagHerbie #4 published September 1964
was Big Fat Mess at the Okay Corral! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 15
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Professor Flipdome's Screwy Machine!

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker; Pincus Popnecker; Mrs. Popnecker; Professor Flipdome
Synopsis: Herbie's neighbor, Professor Flipdome, transports Herbie and his father to Miniturea, where everyone has a miniature twin, even Herbie.
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From Content Item: FlagHerbie #4 published September 1964
was Professor Flipdome's Screwy Machine! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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Get Your Splints Now --- Herbie'll Fracture You!

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From Content Item: FlagHerbie #5 published October 1964
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Sahib Herbie!

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Herbie; U Thant (UN Secretary General); Chairman Mao Tse-Tung of China
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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From Content Item: FlagHerbie #5 published October 1964
was Sahib Herbie! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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First Line: Show you it's smart to read "Herbie"!
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Herbie, Boy "Beetle!"

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Herbie Popnecker [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.
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From Content Item: FlagHerbie #5 published October 1964
was Herbie, Boy "Beetle!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Richard E. Hughes 1909-1974

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Ogden Whitney 1918-197?

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