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Herbie Popnecker
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Real Name |
Herbie Popnecker |
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First Appearance |
Forbidden Worlds #73 (1958) |
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Original Publisher |
ACG (American Comics Group) |
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Created by |
Richard E. Hughes and Ogden Whitney |
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Silver Age Origin 
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Herbie Popnecker was the antithesis of superheroes. He was short, fat, emotionless, terse, and young, but he was at the same time one of the most powerful and well-known beings in the universe, irresistible to women, consulted by world leaders, and stronger than the Devil. He derived some of his powers from genetics and some from magical lollipops from the Unknown. Herbie's powers included heat vision, invisibility, talking to animals, flight, and numerous other abilities. His parents were completely unaware of his great powers and fame. His father, Pincus Popnecker, would constantly call him a "little fat nothing."
Silver Age Appearances Edit
- Forbidden Worlds #73,94,110,114,116
- Unknown Worlds #20
- Herbie #1-23
Notes Edit
- Herbie is Alan Moore's favorite superhero.
- Only the first two appearances of Herbie (Forbidden Worlds #73 & #94) are in the public domain for sure. His third in Unknown Worlds #20 may or may not be PD, since the issue in question was dated 1963 but published before 1963. Since this was more of a cameo than an appearance, the point is moot.
- Roger Broughton currently claims the rights to Herbie's copyrighted adventures and claims to have re-established the trademark.
