Popeye #26
(October-December 1953)

Dell, 1948 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic
Editing
Helen Meyer (editor, vice president); George Delacorte (president); Albert P. Delacorte (vice president)

Issue Notes

Listed as printed in the U.S.A. Designed and produced by Western Printing & Lithographing Co.
Copyright 1953 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Popeye / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bud Sagendorf
Inks
Bud Sagendorf
Colors
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Popeye
Reprints
Keywords
hammers

Cat Fish (Table of Contents: 1)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bud Sagendorf ?
Pencils
Bud Sagendorf (illustrations)
Inks
Bud Sagendorf (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Marty (a cat); Spot (a dog); unnamed fish
Synopsis
Marty the cat discovers that it's a lot harder to catch fish out of the ocean than it seems.
Reprints
Keywords
fishing

Indexer Notes

Starts on front inside cover and continues onto the back inside cover.

Spookers! (Table of Contents: 2)

Popeye / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Bud Sagendorf
Pencils
Bud Sagendorf
Inks
Bud Sagendorf
Colors
?
Letters
Bud Sagendorf

Job Number
539
Genre
humor
Characters
Popeye; Poopdeck Pappy; Olive Oyl; J. Wellington Wimpy; Swee'Pea
Synopsis
Popeye's house and his ship are invaded by a gang of ghosts.
Reprints
Keywords
ghosts

Kid Raising!! (Table of Contents: 3)

Popeye and Swee'Pea / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bud Sagendorf
Pencils
Bud Sagendorf
Inks
Bud Sagendorf
Colors
?
Letters
Bud Sagendorf

Genre
humor
Characters
Popeye; Swee'Pea; Olive Oyl; J. Wellington Wimpy
Synopsis
Popeye tries to follow the advice of Dr. Sunk's popular book "How to Grow Kids" but it doesn't seem to work very well.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This is a parody of Dr. Benjamin Spock's "Baby and Child Care," which has sold more than 50 million copies since 1946.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Axle and Cam on the Planet Meco / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bud Sagendorf
Pencils
Bud Sagendorf
Inks
Bud Sagendorf
Colors
?
Letters
Bud Sagendorf ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, Pop... Can I have two bolts and a nut?
Genre
humor; science fiction
Characters
Axle; Cam; Black Mechanic
Synopsis
Father and son robots Axle and Cam face the menace of the terrible Black Mechanic, who tries to disassemble robots for spare parts.
Reprints
Keywords
robots

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Popeye / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Popeye
  2. 1. Cat Fish
  3. 2. Spookers!
    Popeye
  4. 3. Kid Raising!!
    Popeye and Swee'Pea
  5. 4. ["Hey, Pop... Can I have two bolts and a nut?"]
    Axle and Cam on the Planet Meco
  6. 5. ["This lucky rabbit's foot can be yours free!"]
    Popeye
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Steve B
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Evan Shad
  • Jim Van Dore