Popeye #20
(April-June 1952)

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
A Dell Comic
Editing
Helen Meyer

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Popeye / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bud Sagendorf
Inks
Bud Sagendorf
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Popeye; Olive Oyl
Reprints

House for Rent (Table of Contents: 1)

Big Shell Sam / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Big House Sam; Bud Blackshell; Cracked Shell Charlie
Synopsis
Big House Sam is a water snail who is very proud of his shell and doesn't want to damage it playing baseball. The other team members then have to trick him into playing.
Reprints
Keywords
baseball; snails

Indexer Notes

inside front and back covers

Here Comes the Bride!! (Table of Contents: 2)

Popeye / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
523
Genre
adventure; humor
Characters
Popeye; Olive Oyl; J. Wellingtnn Wimpy; Sam
Synopsis
Popeye is on vacation in the desert when he is captured by a Native American tribe. He agrees to marry the chief's daughter in order to save his life, but back at home, Olive can sense that something is wrong and arrives in time to stop the wedding.
Reprints

"Little Kids Should Have Ice Cream!" or "Swee'Pea Gets It!" (Table of Contents: 3)

Popeye / comic story / 9.75 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor
Characters
Popeye; Swee'Pea
Synopsis
Popeye won't let Swee'Pea have ice cream because it is too close to dinnertime. Swee'Pea falls asleep and dreams about eating his fill of ice cream. Popeye feels bad and gets some ice cream but when Swee'Pea wakes up he doesn't want it any more.
Reprints
Keywords
dreams; ice cream

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

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

At the bottom of page 4 of the previous sequence.

Rolling Along! (Table of Contents: 5)

Sherman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
children
Characters
Sherman
Synopsis
Sherman pretends to be rich and tricks a car salesman into taking him for a test drive.
Reprints

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

Popeye / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Good heavens!?! What is little Swee'Pea doing?
Genre
humor
Characters
Popeye; Swee'Pea; J. Wellington Wimpy
Synopsis
Swee'pea digs a hole and hits the town water main.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

back cover

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Popeye
  2. 1. House for Rent
    Big Shell Sam
  3. 2. Here Comes the Bride!!
    Popeye
  4. 3. "Little Kids Should Have Ice Cream!" or "Swee'Pea Gets It!"
    Popeye
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
  6. 5. Rolling Along!
    Sherman
  7. 6. ["Good heavens!?! What is little Swee'Pea doing?"]
    Popeye
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve B
  • Dwayne Best
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore