Four Color #17

([circa 1943])

["I certingly yam glad I found me Poppa-"] (Table of Contents)

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E. C. Segar

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl; Poopdeck Pappy; Nana Oyl; Cole Oyl

Synopsis:

Pappy insists on sitting on tacks when he visits the Oyl family for dinner.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.04.04

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black, red, and white.

["It isn't often that I get mad, but when I do, beware!"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Wimpy; Poopdeck Pappy

Synopsis:

Wimpy is mad at Pappy because he ordered food and then left Wimpy with the bill.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.04.18

Indexer Notes

Some dialogue is re-lettered.

["Loosen up! Don't ye like the party?"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Poopdeck Pappy; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Popeye takes Pappy to a party, but he makes a shambles of it.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.04.25

Indexer Notes

Some dialogue is re-lettered.

["Jus' look at me poppa-He's actin' up sumpin' arful-"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Poopdeck Pappy; Wimpy

Synopsis:

Popeye takes Pappy to another party. Pappy tricks the hostess into sitting on a tack.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.05.02

Indexer Notes

Dialogue is re-lettered.

["No, ya can't go to the dance on account of ya ain't got no gal-"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Poopdeck Pappy; Olive Oyl; Pooky Jones

Synopsis:

Pappy takes a mermaid to a dance, but Pooky Jones has to carry her and do the dancing.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.05.09

Indexer Notes

Dialogue is re-lettered and edited.

["Popeye, I came over to visit and you walk out on me..."] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl; Swee'pea

Synopsis:

Popeye invents a machine to put a diaper on Swee'pea.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.05.16

Indexer Notes

Dialogue is re-lettered and edited.

["I've improved me infink un'er-wear putter-on-er invention-"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Swee'pea; Poopdeck Pappy

Synopsis:

Popeye improves his invention so that it gives babies a bath before putting on their diaper.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.05.23

Indexer Notes

Dialogue is re-lettered and edited.

["It was foolish of Popeye to enter Swee'pea in the baby contest"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Swee'pea; Olive Oyl; Nana Oyl

Synopsis:

Swee'pea is upset when he doesn't win a prize in the baby contest.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.06.13

Indexer Notes

Some dialogue is re-lettered and edited.

["Hello, Popeye. Say, I have two girl friends visiting me-"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl; Wimpy; Waneeta

Synopsis:

Olive invites Wimpy to entertain her two girl friends. He favors the prettier one until he learns that the other one's father owns 50,000 cows.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.06.20

Indexer Notes

Dialogue is re-lettered and edited.

["Wimpy is rushing Waneeta since he learned her dad..."] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl; Wimpy; Waneeta

Synopsis:

Wimpy plans a trick to impress Waneeta, but Popeye has some fun with Wimpy instead.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.06.27 [minus first panel]

Indexer Notes

Dialogue is re-lettered and edited.

["Old pal, don't you think she's beautiful?"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy

Synopsis:

Wimpy is lovesick over the girl whose father owns 50,000 cattle.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.07.04 [minus first panel]

Indexer Notes

Dialogue in some panels is re-lettered.

["Wimpy, I'm takin' Olive to a show-"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Waneeta

Synopsis:

Wimpy goes to take Waneeta for a walk, but forgets his trousers.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.07.11 [minus third panel]

Indexer Notes

Dialogue in some panels is re-lettered and edited.

["Wimpy and Waneeta will be at the party this afternoon..."] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye, Olive Oyl; Wimpy; Waneeta

Synopsis:

Wimpy becomes a hit at a party because of the half-smoked cigar he picked up from the gutter.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.07.25

["Yer sweety heard ya liked hamburgers, so she's cooking up..."] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Waneeta

Synopsis:

Wimpy's trousers are at the cleaners and he has to find something to wear to go to Waneeta's for hamburgers.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.07.18 [minus second panel]

["Is Wimpy an Geezil still pals?"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil; Rough-House

Synopsis:

Geezil tells Rough-House to give Wimpy anything on the menu and Wimpy orders a huge meal.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.09.05 [minus first panel]

["You poor, dumb creature. You, like myself, must be suffering pangs of hunger"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy

Synopsis:

Wimpy asks Popeye for some meat for a stray dog he picked up, then eats the meat himself.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

["Try an' say yer name, Swee'pea"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Swee'pea; Olive Oyl; Wimpy

Synopsis:

Popeye pretends that Swee'pea can talk, but all he says is "Glop!"

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

["Very well, since you refuse me credit here..."] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Swee'pea; Rough-House; George Geezil

Synopsis:

Wimpy uses Swee'pea to trick Rough-House into fixing him a hamburger.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

["I am melankonkus on account of me poppa will not play wit' Swee'pea"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Poopdeck Pappy; Olive Oyl; Swee'pea

Synopsis:

Pappy pretends not to like Swee'pea, but changes when he thinks no one else is around.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

["Never again shall I consume a hamburger"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House

Synopsis:

Wimpy pretends to swear off hamburgers in order to trick Popeye into buying him one.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

["Sing, my sweet little birdie and spread happiness..."] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Poopdeck Pappy; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Olive gets in a fight with Pappy when Pappy throws a rock at a songbird.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

["I suppose Mr. Geezil is still knocking your soup"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil; Rough-House

Synopsis:

Tired of Geezil's complaints about his soup, Rough-House serves him dishwater instead.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

["Oh gorsh, I didn't have any idear it was so late!"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Popeye is late meeting Olive and is delayed further by a fight.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

["Ahoy, Wimpy!"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House

Synopsis:

Wimpy comes up with the idea of an "Australian hamburger" in order to trick Rough-House.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

["How about a game of golf, Wimpy?"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy

Synopsis:

Wimpy goes golfing with just an umbrella for a club.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938.06.26 [minus first panel]

["My gorsh! Here comes Wimpy--"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl; Wimpy

Synopsis:

Wimpy goes with Popeye and Olive on a picnic. He starts to butter up Olive, but a cow wanders by and Wimpy goes to sweet-talk the cow instead.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938.08.21 [minus first panel]

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["The soup is very nice today, Popeye!"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House

Synopsis:

Wimpy siphons Popeye's bowl of soup through a piece of macaroni.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

["Tha's six apples ya et, Swee'pea, an' tha's enough!"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye, Wimpy; Swee'pea

Synopsis:

When Popeye forbids Swee'pea to climb the apple tree to get apples, Swee'pea chops it down instead.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

["Hol' yer knife steady an'a peas won't roll off"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Poopdeck Pappy; Swee'pea; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Popeye and Swee'pea get in a food fight.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

["Poppa, it's yer time to wash the dishes an' my time to dry 'em"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Poopdeck Pappy

Synopsis:

Pappy decides he needs a young wife, but the woman he picks has seven children.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

["Popeye my friend,you shall be the first to see me in my new trousers"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy

Synopsis:

Popeye shows Wimpy some exercises to reduce his waistline so his new trousers will fit.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

["Soup!"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy

Synopsis:

Wimpy uses ventriloquism to make it appear that his soup is talking.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

["Ahoy, Olive. Where didja get the infink?"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl; Swee'pea

Synopsis:

Popeye is insulted when Olive says Swee'pea is a roughneck.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

["I unnerstand Geezil has a girl waiting on tables..."] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy

Synopsis:

Popeye spanks a waitress in Geezil's seafood place when she tells him she doesn't like sailors.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

["A man asked me to deliver this note, but he didn't pay me"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Wimpy tries to impress Geezil's waitress, but the scheme backfires.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

["Did you send for me?"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Swee'pea

Synopsis:

Popeye asks Wimpy to mind Swee'pea, but while he's gone Wimpy empties his icebox.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

["Isn't this a nice spot for a picnic, Popeye?"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Popeye and Olive go on a picnic at the beach, but Popeye keeps getting distracted.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

["Swee'pea's startin' in bizness"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Swee'pea

Synopsis:

Swee'pea opens a lemonade stand.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

["It seems like all the benches are taken"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye

Synopsis:

Popeye gets in a fight over a man hogging a bench in the park.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

["I can't marry you now, Wimpy."] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl; Wimpy; Swee'pea (cameo); George Geezil (cameo); Rough-House (cameo)

Synopsis:

Wimpy is going to get married, but calls off the wedding when the girl's father sells his delicatessen and buys a hardware store.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

["Ahoy, Wimpy. Where are ya taking the pretty flowers?"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy

Synopsis:

Wimpy waits at the stage door entrance for "Betsy Bess, the Educated Cow."

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

["Olive is taking care of Swee'pea."] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl; Swee'pea; George Geezil

Synopsis:

Olive is baby-sitting Swee'pea while Popeye goes to Geezil's for lunch. Popeye has to sing a lullaby to Swee'pea over the telephone.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

["This is a nice place to have our lunch"] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye

Synopsis:

Popeye tries to get a little boy to eat spinach, but ends up eating it all himself.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

["H-Mm! A very nice string of beads."] (Table of Contents)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil

Synopsis:

Wimpy uses a bead to trick Geezil into giving him free oysters.

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• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

["You will preform the mission for me if you love me-"] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Olive sends Popeye to fight the crowds at a glove sale.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

["Yer sending Wimpy over wit'a presink for Swee'pea?"] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Swee'pea

Synopsis:

Wimpy eats a roast duck while minding Swee'pea. Popeye tricks him into believing he'll get lead poisoning.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

["Four o'clock an' me poppa has not come home yet"] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Poopdeck Pappy; Swee'pea

Synopsis:

After a night on the town, Poopdeck Pappy uses a block of ice as a pillow.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

[Mr. Squeejik offers $1,000,000 to anyone who can defeat Popeye] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor; sports

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; George Squeejik

Synopsis:

When Popeye refuses to let billionaire George Squeejik have his table at a restaurant, Squeejik offers $1,000,000 to any fighter who can whip Popeye. He fights several brutes, including one who trains on carrots.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips from 1940

["George W. Geezil is serving you, himself-We have the best seafood"] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil

Synopsis:

Wimpy doesn't get any food from Geezil, but manages to ruin his day's business.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

[Wimpy's Health Belt] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy

Synopsis:

Wimpy demonstrates his health belt in a store window

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

Indexer Notes

No dialogue. Signs on an easel used to help explain the action.

["No, Swee'pea, yer too young for that band!"] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Swee'pea

Synopsis:

Swee'pea wants to join the neighborhood kids band.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

["Popeye, let's start a rock garden"] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Job Number:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Olive wants to start a rock garden and Popeye has to fight a huge man to get possession of a boulder.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

["One hamburger and one lollipop-That's right, isn't it?"] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Swee'pea; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Wimpy pretends to be a one-man band, but has Swee'pea hidden inside a bass drum with a phonograph.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

["Olive went to the beauty parlor"] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Colors:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl; Nana Oyl

Synopsis:

Olive goes to the beauty parlor and Popeye pretends that she's changed so much he doesn't recognize her.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

["Poor Olive! She mus' stop cryin' "] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl; Wimpy

Synopsis:

Olive is depressed because she thinks she's ugly.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

["Yes, Popeye, you're the one who should do it"] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Eugene the Jeep

Synopsis:

When Popeye accidentally knocks a hole in a ship while christening her, he has to dive down and bring the ship ashore.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

["Other girls get husbands while I go along year after year..."] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl; Nana Oyl

Synopsis:

Olive and her mother invite a judge over, hoping Popeye will take the hint and marry Olive.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

["Popeye, my friend, your surprise over my becoming..."] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House

Synopsis:

Wimpy becomes a volunteer fireman.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

["Swee'pea, this where ya sees all'a aminals tha's in..."] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Swee'pea; Wimpy

Synopsis:

Popeye takes Swee'pea to the zoo, but Swee'pea is more interested in watching Wimpy sleep.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

["Wimpy, will ya take care of Swee'pea?"] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Swee'pea

Synopsis:

After Wimpy eats Swee'pea's lunch, Swee'pea eats the hamburgers that Popeye had sent over for Wimpy.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

["All men are fickle. The man who pretends other girls..."] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl; Swee'pea

Synopsis:

Olive reads a book that says all men are fickle.

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black, red, and white.

["Maybe Wimpy'll play golf with me. It'll do him good-"] (Table of Contents)

Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as Bee Z] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy

Synopsis:

Popeye and Wimpy play a pretend round of golf in Rough-House's restaurant

Reprinted:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

Indexer Notes

Back cover.