Flaming Carrot Comics (vol. 2) #31 (Oct. 1994):
“Alas Poor Carrot”
by Bob Burden, Gabrielle Greene, John Eaton

Flaming Carrot Comics (vol. 2) #31

Title: “Alas Poor Carrot”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Oct. 1994

Publisher:
Written by: Bob Burden
Art by: Bob Burden, Gabrielle Greene, John Eaton

11 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
The Flaming Carrot (lead character)		Mystery Men (ally)		48
Herbie Popnecker (lead character)		[fat, terse, extremely powerful]	American Comics Group	43
William Shakespeare (details)  Controversy about who wrote Shakespeare's plays, sonnets. Shakespeare turns out to be an aerobics instructor named "Billy Bob," who also created Mr. Ed and Batman.	Catholic/Anglican	[actor; poet...]		83
Father Time	abstract entity	[personification of time]		1
Pincus Popnecker		[Herbie's father]	American Comics Group	36
Professor Dogwood		[Herbie Popnecker's heretical literature teacher]		1
Mr. Chicken Pants		[1st app: Flaming Carrot Comics (vol. 2) #31 (Oct. 1994)]		1
Buddy Hackett	Jewish	[actor; comedian]		103
Batman (Bruce Wayne) (mentioned)  Herbie and Flaming Carrot investigate Shakespeare, who turns out to be an aerobics instructor who also originated Mr. Ed, Batman and Gilligan's Island.	Episcopalian / Catholic (lapsed); atheist	Batman family; Quinntets...  Super Friends; The Justice League; The Mystery Analysts of Gotham City; The Outsiders (leader)		11,112
Gilligan (Willy Gilligan) (mentioned)  Herbie and Flaming Carrot investigate Shakespeare, who turns out to be an aerobics instructor who also originated Mr. Ed, Batman and Gilligan's Island.		U.S. Navy [first mate on lost ship S.S. Minnow]		120
Mister Ed (mentioned)  Herbie and Flaming Carrot investigate Shakespeare, who turns out to be an aerobics instructor who also originated Mr. Ed, Batman and Gilligan's Island.	uplifted animal	horse	McCormick-Patterson	164

This story is divided into two parts, both of which were created by the same creative team:
- Alas Poor Carrot
- The Boobs of Avon

This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. An alternative form of this story's title is: “Herbie in 'Alas Poor Carrot'”. Webpage for Flaming Carrot Comics #31 (Oct. 1994) created 11 November 2013. Last modified 3 February 2018.

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