Boys' and Girls' March of Comics #246 [No Ad]

(April 1963)

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

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

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Feetball (Table of Contents: 2)

Popeye / comic story / 14 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

Here's a package for you, Swee’pea!

Genre

humor

Characters

Popeye; Swee’pea; postman; King Blozo; Stanley (black-clad, bearded spy); Gerard (black-clad, bearded spy); Boss (black-clad, bearded spy)

Synopsis

King Blozo sends Swee’pea a football with "The Royal Diamond" hidden inside for safekeeping. Stanley and Gerard (two of the many black-clad, bearded spies that populate the Popeye comics) are after the diamond, and try to recover the football - but Popeye and Swee’pea go on offense to stop them.

Keywords

diamond; football; free-for-all; spies

Indexer Notes

Bud Sagendorf signs this story twice, on both the first and last page.

Eugene's Crossword Puzzle (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Jeep!

Genre

humor

Characters

Eugene the Jeep; Olive Oyl; Wimpy

Synopsis

A crossword puzzle in the shape of Eugene the Jeep.

Keywords

crossword puzzle

Help Popeye Navigate Home... (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Pick a ship and follow its course...

Genre

humor

Characters

Popeye

Synopsis

Lead one of Popeye's ships through an ocean maze to safe harbor - avoiding a whirlpool, "Shark Reef", "Beast Island", and "Skull Island".

Keywords

maze puzzle

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

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

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[If I told'ja onesk, I told'ja a thousing times!] (Table of Contents: 6)

Popeye / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Bud Sagendorf

Inks

Bud Sagendorf

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Genre

humor

Characters

Popeye; Swee’pea

Synopsis

Popeye scolds Swee’pea, complete with requisite wagging finger.

Keywords

parenting; scolding

Indexer Notes

Tangentially related to the front cover's "bath full o' boats" gag.

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.