Michael Lovitz UNITED STATES
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HERBIE cartoon model sheet

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Location: Character designs, product designs, style guides & prelims
Title: HERBIE cartoon model sheet
Artist:  Jack Kirby (Penciller)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Illustration
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Views: 247
Likes on CAF: 8
Comments: 3
Added to Site: 4/4/2025

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Originally given the designation Z-Z-1-2-3, we've all come to know this unofficial 5th member of the Fantastic Four as H.E.R.B.I.E. (an acronym for "Highly Engineered Robot Built for Interdimensional Exploration" and "Humanoid Experimental Robot, B-Type, Integrated Electronics") as designed by Jack Kirby for the FF cartoon series.

H.E.R.B.I.E. was used instead of the Human Torch due to licensing issues (the Torch was already under license with a different studio), and was later introduced into the comic books in FF 209 by Marv Wolfman John Byrne.

We'll all get the chance to see H.E.R.B.I.E. again in this summer's Fantastic Four movie from Marvel Studios.

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Member Since: May 2003
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Country: UNITED STATES
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Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
Posted On 4/5/2025

He has the chance to become the BB-8 or The Rocket Raccoon of the movie.  The Kirby tech is still brilliant today.

Samuel M. Rojas Member Since 2011
Posted On 4/5/2025

Design like sheets like this are something special and from King Kirby....just a bit more I'd think! 

Steven Dilworth Member Since 2012
Posted On 4/24/2026

This is such a cool piece.  That first panel is dynamite.  You are so lucky to have it.  A robot armed with pepper spray.  The King at his best!!