Johnson, Herbie. Herbie Johnson is a boy in the big city whose life regularly brings him into contact with a variety of crimes and criminals, all of whom he captures or assists the police in capturing. It helps that Herbie is extra-observant–he’s the boy “whose eyes are always open.” Johnson appears in stories with titles like “Subway Cowboy,” “Blind Man’s Dog,” and “Carrier Pigeon.”

First Appearance: Startling Comics #5 (Standard), Feb 1941. 16 appearances, 1941-1946. Created by Donald Bayne Hobart.

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