(May 1980)

Western, 1946 Series
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Price
0.00 FREE
Pages
20
On-sale Date
1980
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Western Publishing Company Inc.
Editing
Michael Teitelbaum (editor)

Issue Notes

Inside front cover and inside back cover are blank. Portions of the back cover may contain ads from various businesses that offered the book as a premium - or may be blank.

Published by Western Publishing Company, Inc. Printed in U.S.A. (per indicia)

Edited out of Western Publishing's New York offices.
This issue has variants:

[I Loves Wot I Loves - an' That's All Wot I Loves - Popeye and Olive] (Table of Contents)

Popeye / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Wildman
Inks
George Wildman
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre
humor
Characters
Popeye; Olive Oyl
Synopsis
Popeye and Olive have different thoughts of "love".
Keywords
doing-something-their-own-way; love; thoughts

Indexer Notes

Theme continues into back cover illustration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Popeye at the Sea Hag's Valentine Party (Table of Contents: 2)

Popeye / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Wildman
Inks
George Wildman
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nobody likes me!
Genre
humor
Characters
Popeye; Olive Oyl; The Sea Hag; Bernard (vulture)
Synopsis
Trying to be nice for a change, The Sea Hag invites Popeye and Olive to a party on her island. Popeye is skeptical.
Keywords
best of intentions; party; sea or island setting; skepticism; witch

Indexer Notes

Despite the story’s title, there is no mention of any “valentine”, or of “Valentine’s Day”, in the body of the story.

Oscar's Twin, Roscoe! (Table of Contents: 3)

Popeye / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Wildman
Inks
George Wildman
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oscar, you’re the dumbest character in town!
Genre
humor
Characters
Oscar; Dufus; Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis
Does dumb Oscar have an intelligent twin brother named Roscoe? Dufus tries to find out.
Keywords
hoax; twin brother

Indexer Notes

Story title is billed as: "Thimble Theatre presents Oscar's Twin, Roscoe". "Thimble Theatre" refers to the original newspaper comic strip by E.C. Segar, for which Popeye was created.

The name of the character Dufus is spelled “Doofus” throughout this story.

[How'd He Do It?] (Table of Contents: 4)

Popeye / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Wildman
Inks
George Wildman
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oscar decided to get even with Doofus, for calling him dumb.
Genre
humor
Characters
Oscar; Dufus (seen as tiny silhouettes only)
Synopsis
How did Oscar pull off his hoax, as seen in the previous story?
Keywords
logic puzzle

Indexer Notes

Determine which steps Oscar took, and the order in which he took them, to trick Dufus. Unnecessary steps are thrown in (to be considered and discarded), making this more difficult than the average children’s puzzle. The name of the character Dufus is spelled “Doofus” in this puzzle's text.

The Sea Hag is Hiding 13 Dangerous Weapons! (Table of Contents: 5)

Popeye / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Wildman
Inks
George Wildman
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can you find them?
Genre
humor
Characters
The Sea Hag
Synopsis
A black and white drawing of The Sea Hag has 13 weapons drawn into the normally blank area of her clothing. Shade-in the portions of the drawing marked with an "X" to reveal the weapons.
Keywords
pencil puzzle

Indexer Notes

"POPEYE appears in Whitman Comics" is typeset at the top of this page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)


Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[I Loves Wot I Loves - an' That's All Wot I Loves - Wimpy and Brutus] (Table of Contents: 7)

Popeye / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Wildman
Inks
George Wildman
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor
Characters
Wimpy; Brutus
Synopsis
Wimpy and Brutus also have their individual thoughts of "love".
Keywords
doing-something-their-own-way; love; thoughts

Indexer Notes

Theme continues from front cover illustration. Illustration shares back cover space with logo and ad copy for whichever firm is distributing the issue as a giveaway premium.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [I Loves Wot I Loves - an' That's All Wot I Loves - Popeye and Olive]
    Popeye
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Popeye at the Sea Hag's Valentine Party
    Popeye
  4. 3. Oscar's Twin, Roscoe!
    Popeye
  5. 4. [How'd He Do It?]
    Popeye
  6. 5. The Sea Hag is Hiding 13 Dangerous Weapons!
    Popeye
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. [I Loves Wot I Loves - an' That's All Wot I Loves - Wimpy and Brutus]
    Popeye
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Joe Torcivia
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)