Make way for the Fat Fury! Legendary comics publisher ACG had a hit on its hands in the mid-1960s with the adventures of Herbie Popnecker, a plump lump-of-a-kid who secretly possesses nearly unlimited super powers! Join Herbie as he takes on goofy cavemen, joins George Washington's army, gets the better of pop-culture figures like Gregory Peck and the Queen of England, and dons the unassuming costume of the Fat Fury for the very first time!
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By Gary Perlman
Format:Hardcover
Volume 2 of the Herbie Archives reprints nine Herbie comics published December 1964 to December 1965 (numbers 6-14) with two stories per issue. Herbie Archives Volume 1 reprinted Herbie comics 1-5 and earlier appearances in Forbidden Worlds. The third and final volume will reprint the final issues (numbers 15-23). The most notable feature of the second volume is the introduction of Herbie's superhero persona, the Fat Fury, with the same powers as Herbie, but disguised from his parents. As the Fat Fury, Herbie wears long red underwear, a blue mask and blue cape, and a plunger on his head. The Fat Fury is featured in even numbered issues from #8 on. In other stories, Herbie's dad's bad ideas are featured in four stories, and four stories feature time travel (with one story featuring time travel to bail out Dad from another one of his bad ideas). Herbie is occupied by a ridiculous assortment of villains including Mr. Dimwit (#6b), Captain Skullbones (#7b), Mr. Horrible (#8a), the Sheriff of Nottingham (#9b), Black Whack (#10a), Lovely Horowitz (#11a), Gorilla (#12a), the Fat Thief (#12b), Black Bottomley (#13a), and in #14a, Roderick Bump and his inept creations: Halfaman, Monkeyman, Pigman, Pizzaman, Frogman, and so on. Full descriptions of the stories are available at comics.org, so I will not repeat more.
Like the Tom Lehrer line on his albums: If you did not enjoy Herbie Archives Volume 1, then you will certainly not enjoy Volume 2. Contrapositively, if you do not like Tom Lehrer, I doubt you would like Herbie. Coincidentally, if you do like Herbie, then I think you might like Tom Lehrer's That Was the Year That Was or An Evening Wasted.
Like the Tom Lehrer line on his albums: If you did not enjoy Herbie Archives Volume 1, then you will certainly not enjoy Volume 2. Contrapositively, if you do not like Tom Lehrer, I doubt you would like Herbie. Coincidentally, if you do like Herbie, then I think you might like Tom Lehrer's That Was the Year That Was or An Evening Wasted.
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The Best of Herbie
Jan 18 2009
By Gary Perlman
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
If you only buy one volume of the Herbie Archives, this is the one to get. Of course, if you do not buy them all, Herbie will bop you with this here lollipop!
Volume 2 of the Herbie Archives includes the introduction of Herbie's costume hero persona, the Fat Fury, in Herbie #8. The Fat Fury appears in even numbered issues which include a bizarre crossover in #14 (also in Volume 2) in which Nemesis (from Adventures Into the Unknown) and Magicman (from Forbidden Worlds) join forces with the plump lump -- all the costume heroes introduce themselves as from their comics of origin. Of course, there are time travel stories and stories featuring Herbie's dad's bad ideas. One of the few recurring characters, lookalike female non-interest Ticklepuss, is introduced in a time-travel story in #6 and reappearing in #10 in a story featuring yet another of Dad's business blunders. Unlike Volume 1, which includes stories that traced the development of Herbie's character, Volume 2 shows the golden age of Herbie, which continues and ends with Volume 3, due out in April 2009. Each and every story is remarkably original and, of course, hysterical, as is well documented on various Herbie fan sites.
On the negative side, although the cleanup of the pages appears to have been done as well as Volume 1, I think the printing of some colors is a little dark. It does not affect any of the text, which is easy to read.
Volume 2 of the Herbie Archives includes the introduction of Herbie's costume hero persona, the Fat Fury, in Herbie #8. The Fat Fury appears in even numbered issues which include a bizarre crossover in #14 (also in Volume 2) in which Nemesis (from Adventures Into the Unknown) and Magicman (from Forbidden Worlds) join forces with the plump lump -- all the costume heroes introduce themselves as from their comics of origin. Of course, there are time travel stories and stories featuring Herbie's dad's bad ideas. One of the few recurring characters, lookalike female non-interest Ticklepuss, is introduced in a time-travel story in #6 and reappearing in #10 in a story featuring yet another of Dad's business blunders. Unlike Volume 1, which includes stories that traced the development of Herbie's character, Volume 2 shows the golden age of Herbie, which continues and ends with Volume 3, due out in April 2009. Each and every story is remarkably original and, of course, hysterical, as is well documented on various Herbie fan sites.
On the negative side, although the cleanup of the pages appears to have been done as well as Volume 1, I think the printing of some colors is a little dark. It does not affect any of the text, which is easy to read.
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Herbie Archives v. 2
Aug 29 2011
By Vincent J. Sherlock
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Herbie is one of my all time favorite comics character. His adventures were so off-beat that he was in a class all by himself. Humorous, quirky & surreal is the short answer description of his tales. I'm so glad Dark Horse has collected all of his stories together & reprinted them. Much better reproduction quality in this volume than in Volume one. In volume one most of the yellow came across a bit greenish. Hope volume three continues the quality uptick or someone's gonna "get bopped with this here lollipop!".
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A barrol full of laughs
April 22 2009
By David Jansen
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Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
These stories may be some 45 years old, but they are as funny as ever! Some of the most wacked out stuff EVER published, most reprinted in color for the first time! Blow a bundle on ebay, or buy this book dirt cheap!Whatta deal!!
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