Four Color #70

([April] 1945)

["Oh, How I love spring!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Olive climbs a tree looking for Cupid, but is knocked off by an irritated bear.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black, red, and white.

["Geezil forgived Rough-House for hittin' 'im..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil

Synopsis:

Geezil tricks Wimpy with "invisible" hamburgers.

Reprints:

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

["Swee'pea is sad an' melankonkus..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Swee'pea

Synopsis:

Popeye and Wimpy try to cheer Swee'pea up.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

["Wake up, Sleepy-head! Are you go'ner stay in bed all day?"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Swee'pea; Rough-House

Synopsis:

Swee'pea decides he wants soup for breakfast.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

["What good is a hoskess at a spinburger stand?"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Olive wants to be a hostess at Popeye's "spinburger" stand. (Spinburgers are hamburgers with spinach on them.)

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

["An exceedingly slow evening, my friend"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl; George Geezil

Synopsis:

Olive tries to make Popeye jealous by dancing with everyone but him.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

["Why should I spend my life waiting for Popeye?"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl; Rough-House

Synopsis:

Olive gets a job as a waitress at Rough-House's restaurant.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943

["Swee'pea is melankonkus on account of he kin not get in the Navy..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Swee'pea; Rough-House

Synopsis:

Popeye tries to cheer up Swee'pea after the Navy refused to accept him.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942

["I'm ticklished punk"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil; Rough-House

Synopsis:

Geezil, in a fit of generosity, offers to pay Wimpy's hamburger bill.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Several panels have been re-lettered.

["Ahoy, Rough-House, Is yer bizness so good..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House

Synopsis:

Wimpy disguises himself so that he can be hired as a counterman at Rough-House's diner.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Several panels appear to have been re-lettered.

["Swee'pea, you've had three plates of spinach today"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Swee'pea; Aunt Jones; Rough-House

Synopsis:

Swee'pea eats lots of spinach so he can be an officer in the Navy.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942?

["Whatcha think ya kin catch wit' grass tied on a rope, Wimpy?"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House (cameo)

Synopsis:

Wimpy tries to catch a sea-cow.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942

["Yes, Geezil, it was splendid of you to invite me..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Wimpy; Rough-House; George Geezil; Popeye (cameo)

Synopsis:

Wimpy brings a dummy dressed as Geezil to Rough-House's lunch counter to try to swindle some hamburgers.

Reprints:

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

["B'fore we go walkin; ya must drink yer juice-"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Swee'pea

Synopsis:

Swee'pea wants to drink onion juice before he and Popeye go on a walk.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

["You can't do any mooching here-Understand?"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House

Synopsis:

Wimpy tricks Rough-House into loaning him five dollars.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

["My friend, may I have the use of your duck?"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy

Synopsis:

WImpy tries to convince Popeye that the shadow of a duck will flavor soup.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942

Indexer Notes

Some panels re-lettered.

["I yam going to grow spinach in water"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Swee'pea

Synopsis:

Popeye decides to grow spinach in water indoors. Swee'pea adds some tadpoles to the water.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943

["Wimpy, I wantcha to come along an' tell me..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Popeye brings Wimpy along to watch Olive dance.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Some panels re-lettered.

["Mother, I'm sure Popeye would propose..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl; Nana Oyl

Synopsis:

Olive cooks a meal for Popeye to try to get him to propose, but Wimpy is the one who makes the proposal.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Some panels re-lettered.

["Popeye, will you run down to the store..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Swee'pea; Aunt Jones

Synopsis:

Aunt Jones sends Popeye and Swee'pea to the store for some pins. They come back with a load of bundles, but no pins.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

["Sumpin' is needed to brang the ducks near us"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

When they are duck hunting, Popeye asks Olive to make a duck call. Wimpy shoots a bird, but it's a goose, not a duck.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943?

Indexer Notes

Some panels re-lettered.

["Did you know I was running for mayor?"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Wimpy does yard work for Popeye to earn money for a hamburger.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Some panels re-lettered.

["It didn't look like ya could lay orfa hamburgers in town..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy

Synopsis:

Popeye takes Wimpy hunting to take his mind off hamburgers, but Wimpy shoots a moose and makes "mooseburgers."

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943

["Hm! Nice day to take yer sweetie to lunch"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Popeye runs into "Capting Pinn," a sailor who was with Popeye on a ship during a mutiny.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943

["Greetings, my friend, I assume your sweetie..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Wimpy helps Popeye make up with Olive, and Popeye gives him a "bouquet" of hamburgers as a reward.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

Indexer Notes

Some panels are re-lettered.

["You are like Rough-House's soup..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil

Synopsis:

Wimpy makes a phonograph record of Geezil insulting him.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Some panels are re-lettered.

["He was here a couple of times looking for you.."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House

Synopsis:

Popeye tries to get Wimpy to stop eating hamburgers.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943

["Well, April showers bringed May flowers"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl; Swee'pea; Aunt Jones; Poopdeck Pappy; George Geezil

Synopsis:

Popeye decides to marry Olive, but changes his mind after realizing that Pappy, Swee'pea, and Aunt Jones would be leaving.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943

Indexer Notes

Some panels re-lettered.

["Oh, My gorsh! I was supposed to meet Olive..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House

Synopsis:

Popeye hurries to make an appointment with Olive, but Olive is late.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Some panels re-lettered.

["Do you hafta be a roughneck?"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Swee'pea; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

When Swee'pea does something bad, Olive punishes Popeye instead.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

["Nice weather for a walk, Olive"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Popeye and Olive go for a walk. Olive doesn't have an appetite until the end of the walk when the pair is by a relatively-expensive diner.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943

["Every time Wimpy comes visiting here with you..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl

Synopsis:

Olive suspects Wimpy is stealing food from her icebox, so she lays a trap for him.

Reprints:

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

["My friend, I'm running for mayor."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House; Swee'pea

Synopsis:

Wimpy disguises himself as a blind man and gets Swee'pea to beg for him.

Reprints:

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

["Poppa sez if I makes ya me June bride he'll burn the house down"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Olive Oyl; Poopdeck Pappy

Synopsis:

Olive dumps Popeye to date Poopdeck Pappy.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943.05.30

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Date is on the strip.

["Ahoy, Swee'pea, wha's goin' on out here?"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Inks:

Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Popeye; Swee'pea; Aunt Jones

Synopsis:

Swee'pea plants a Victory Garden and wants to raise lemon drops, marshmallows, noodles, and sardines.

Reprints:

• from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943

Indexer Notes

Back cover.