(August 1964)

Western, 1946 Series
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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


Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Apple a Day! (Table of Contents: 2)

Popeye / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Bud Sagendorf (signed as Bud Sagendorf)
Pencils
Bud Sagendorf (signed as Bud Sagendorf)
Inks
Bud Sagendorf (signed as Bud Sagendorf)
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Bud Sagendorf (signed as Bud Sagendorf)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
He's run down! Give him an apple a day so I won't have to keep seeing him!
Genre
humor
Characters
Popeye; Swee’pea; doctor; fruit store clerk 1; fruit store clerk 2; Brutus
Synopsis
In order for Swee’pea to recover from exhaustion, his doctor suggests "an apple a day". Dutifully, Popeye sets out to purchase some apples, only to find that Brutus has cornered the apple market and makes things increasingly difficult - and expensive - for Popeye to be a customer.
Keywords
apples; buyer beware; cornering the market; exhaustion; frustration

Indexer Notes

Three tiers per page.

[Olive's Horrifying Hat] (Table of Contents: 3)

Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bud Sagendorf
Pencils
Bud Sagendorf
Inks
Bud Sagendorf
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Bud Sagendorf

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I don't want to go in Olive's house... I'll play outside!
Genre
humor
Characters
Popeye; Olive Oyl; Swee’pea
Synopsis
Playing with a newfound cattle skull, Swee’pea startles Popeye into unintentionally insulting Olive's new hat.
Reprints
  • Story is reprinted from an undetermined issue.
Keywords
hat; kids-at-play; skull; wrong impression

Indexer Notes

This is clearly a 1950s story by the look of Bud Sagendorf's lettering.

Popeye is in Real Trouble (Table of Contents: 4)

Popeye / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bud Sagendorf
Pencils
Bud Sagendorf
Inks
Bud Sagendorf
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Bud Sagendorf

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can you help him reach the full can of spinach?
Genre
humor
Characters
Popeye
Synopsis
Popeye is tied up next to a bomb with a burning fuse. There are four paths to follow. One leads to a full can of spinach, which will save him. The other three lead to empty cans of spinach, which will doom him. Follow the different paths until you reach the full can of spinach and help save our sailor.
Keywords
maze puzzle; winding paths

[(Not) Leaving the Nest] (Table of Contents: 5)

Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bud Sagendorf
Pencils
Bud Sagendorf
Inks
Bud Sagendorf
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Bud Sagendorf

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bang! Bang!
Genre
humor
Characters
Popeye; Swee’pea
Synopsis
Observing some comfy and cozy nested birds, Swee’pea builds a nest for his own bed and sleeps peacefully.
Reprints
  • Story is reprinted from an undetermined issue.
Keywords
alternative uses; bed; birds; nest; sleep

Indexer Notes

Pantomime.

Popeye's Word Puzzle!! (Table of Contents: 6)

Popeye / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bud Sagendorf
Inks
Bud Sagendorf
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop
Letters
Bud Sagendorf

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fill in the squares with the names of the objects below...
Genre
humor
Characters
Popeye; Olive Oyl
Keywords
crossword puzzle

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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


Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[Apples Ahoy!] (Table of Contents: 8)

Popeye / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bud Sagendorf
Inks
Bud Sagendorf
Colors
Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre
humor
Characters
Swee’pea; Wimpy
Synopsis
Wimpy rushes in before Swee’pea can eat all the apples that Popeye knocked down for him on the front cover.
Keywords
apples; horning-in

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. Illustration comprises top third of page, lower two thirds can be blank if no named sponsor.

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Table of Contents
  1. 1. [no title indexed]
  2. 2. Apple a Day!
    Popeye
  3. 3. [Olive's Horrifying Hat]
    Popeye
  4. 4. Popeye is in Real Trouble
    Popeye
  5. 5. [(Not) Leaving the Nest]
    Popeye
  6. 6. Popeye's Word Puzzle!!
    Popeye
  7. 7. [no title indexed]
  8. 8. [Apples Ahoy!]
    Popeye
This issue was modified by
  • Peter Croome
  • Mike Nielsen