HERBIE POPNECKER'S BACK, FOLKS! AND WHETHER YOURE A SCIENCE LC TION FAM, OR A PATRIOT FOR THE SUPERNATURAL, YOU'LL 50 HOLD TIGHT AS WE BRING (OUR STORY OPENS AT AN EMERGENCY MEETIA ye Fiye peereae ‘OF THE #17 SOLAR HOSt THE. FACTS. THE ATMOSPHERE (OF OLR PLANET IS GRADUALLY DISINTEGRATING, BECOMING. UNBREATHABLE. WE'RE FACED WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF EVERY LIVING CREATURE, [INCLUDING OURSELVES. THERE'S ONE THING TO DO: KEEP OUR SCIENTISTS WORKING DESPERATELY! GET YOUR KICKS OUT OF A/S LATEST ADVENTURES, YOU THE AMAZING LOWDOWN ON---THE ELECTRONIC TELE’ THAT MADEST ON PLANET EARTH KNOWN BY HUMANS AS SNEODIGER'S ‘GPA BE DISPATCHED. TUBES. COULD FERRET OUT AND ANALYZE THE TIWIEST OBJECT WO MATTER HOW DISTANT. AND $0 IT HAPPENED. (GREAT TIDINGS, YOUR. WE HAVE DISCOVERED, WHAT WE SEEK} IT IS SITUATED TET OUR SALAO OIL! eee ‘AT ONCE TO LOOT EARTH OF IT IT CAN BE FIND SOA MIGHTY ARMADA DEPARTED naan ee Pr FROM THEM WE'VE GURROUNDED CURCEL TES Wit AN INVISIBILITY FIELD THE EARTHLINGS WILL SEE NEITHER US NOR’ ‘OUR ROCKETS! VITAL ERRAND IN CITIES AND TOWNS THROUGHOUT AMERICA, THEY MADE THEIR SECRET LANDINGS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT: FREELY THEY PASSED THROUGH WINDOWS AND DOORS ON THEIR NGTHING OF THS WAS KNOWN NEXT MORNING IN THE HONE OF THE POPNECKER FAMILY, NOT EVEN OUR 0. PAL HERBIE SUSPECTED WHAT HAD HAPPENED™ YOUR AUNT LAVINIAS COMING TO DINNER TONIGHT, RERBIE~-AND YOU KNOW HOW SHE IS IF SHE CANT. HAVE SNEDDIGER'S SALAD ‘OIL-AND WERE dd OW, ALL RIGHT~-YOU DON'T } HAI ‘TO GO, ONLY AUNT LAVINIA WILL BE VERY DISPLEASED WHEN SHE HEARS YOU DIDN'T WANT TO, AND YOUR BIRTHDAYS NEXT WEEK-~AND SHE ALWayS SENDS YOU THE BIGGEST BOX OF LOLLIPOPS: WHO SAD I Dipw:T )] WANT TO GOZTM Poon Havent * ] achive STOLENMATTER THING ELSE TO 00 OF FACT, IT'S BEEN STOLEN TODAY ANYWAY:-- OUT OF EVERY STORE IN TOWN. JESRIR IG A BIGRRS ES RTERS-| "Vi e ROEUE AND T CAN STILL COME | | NO. gor" ] NO CLUES: UP WITH A BOTTLE OF Ss ‘SNEDDIGER'S GALAD Fag ibe J Re OIL: PLEASE GENTLEMEN PLEASE! We AINT GOT, j- EXCEPT ‘SURE ~-GURE~IT'S GOTTA BE HIM-“HE'S THE CLEVEREST CROOK KNOWN! MY THEORY IS HE STOLE ALL THE SNEDDIGER'S GALAD OIL.TO [CORNER THE MARKET AND MAKE MILLIONS. ExeTORE =F ANYONE GAY EVER FIND, =< VI OUT WHERE HE /5/ g ~ (eK Ne er — YA-HA-HA! WHO. OARES TO SUMMON Ne MineReULPI H-HERBIE POPNECKER!6-GOSH, HERBIE---I'M 5-SORRY WHAT DOI KEEP yOu FELLAS AROUND FORT GET THE BOYS AND GO TOWORK! | Br HE'S IN TH WITH HIS WHOLE GANG! YOU'LL NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GIVE Yous.H-HOLD IT, BOYS 17'S HERBIE POPNECKER!NO, WE DIDN'T FIND ANY OF THE STOLEN] | WHY,NO-- THATS WHAT LET'S SEE.NOW,IFT WERE SALAD OlL_ON THE PREMISES-CUBGS BOTILE OF ENEDDIGER'S 'S SOME! COURSE, OFS SALA OIL AND SOMEBODY G STOLE ME, WHERE WOULD GO"? IEGORE KNEW WHAT WAG HAPPEN His In na gs wee oe Borne OF ENEDDIGERS, SALAD ONS yy : {CONTINUED ON PAGE AFTER NEXT)‘THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHTREASON| SOLONS TO FALL WAS, EARTHLING WISE GDY--- TEACH HIM 70. BUTT INONMY TERRITORY: 7 GULP! T. ITS HERBIE POPNECKER!,THE SCM WERE BUSY: SO THIS 15 THE AS SOON AS THE RESERVOIRS MAGICAL LIQUID (OF OUR MACHINES ARE FULL, WHICH 15 GOING OUR ATMOSPHERE WILL BE. 70 SAVE US! FULLY RESTORED, OH KING! THE HUGE BEASTS OF ‘OUR PLANET HAVE BEEN DRIVEN MAD BYOUR FAILING ATMOSPHERE! ‘THEY'RE ATTACKING ‘THE CITY WALLS! (EWS! TERRIBLE NEWS! IT---IT MUST BE SOME ieFLOP THE LIQNOSAURS BEATA HASTY RETREAT i | TE CITY Whe SAVED! [TLET'S SEE~-3:25 3:25 ALREADY? 1 = AND ALL'S WELL.THE ) [DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS HAVE ITZ PLANET BERTRAM SO LATE~-MIND IF I 1S SAVED--- BORROW THIS BIKE?