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Issue Details

Issue #43
Published 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "POPEYE, No. 43." No code number. Copyright 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941,1942 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Cover Details

Characters Popeye
Genre humor

1 page Thimble Theatre story "Ya Didn't Know I Was a Juggler, Did Ja?"

Characters Popeye; Swee'pea; Poopdeck Pappy
Synopsis Poopdeck Pappy breaks a vase and tries to blame Swee'pea.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar ?
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938.

1 page Thimble Theatre story "Olive, I Yam Wooin' Ya The Best I Know How to Woo."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl
Synopsis Popeye has Wimpy write a love poem to Olive for him.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Be a Good Boy an' Take Care of the House While I Yam Gone."

Characters Popeye; Swee'pea; Wimpy
Synopsis Wimpy comes to mooch some food from Popeye's refrigerator. Swee'pea scares him off.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis Wimpy gets kicked out of a restaurant, but keeps going back in.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Somethin's Wrong with Me Adoptit Offspring, Swee'pea"

Characters Popeye; Swee'pea
Synopsis Swee'pea is depressed, so Popeye has an artist paint "pitchers" for him.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Hello, Popeye! Come In"

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl; Wimpy
Synopsis Popeye criticizes Olive's dancing.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Olive Wants Me to Meet Her Dancin'- Teacher"

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl
Synopsis Popeye is jealous of Olive's dancing teacher.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Good Day Gentlemen. Do You Happen to Know a Restaurant That Specializes..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House; Poopdeck Pappy
Synopsis Popeye tries to make Wimpy think he's become dizzy after eating a huge mound of hamburgers.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Truly a Remarkable Example of the Noble Art of Taxidermy, Yet Quite Inedible"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House
Synopsis Wimpy tries to trick Popeye with a stuffed duck. Rough-House serves Wimpy the stuffed duck for dinner.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Lovely Day, Is It Not, My Friend?"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis Popeye socks a ruffian, but he doesn't fall down.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "I Suspose Olive is at Home, Mrs. Oyl"

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl; Nana Oyl
Synopsis Olive and Popeye sit on opposite sides of the room since they've both been eating onions.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Ahoy, Swee'pea. I Bringed You a Presink"

Characters Popeye; Swee'pea; Wimpy
Synopsis Popeye gives Swee'pea a picture book, but Swee'pea won't leave the book to eat his dinner.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Window Shopping Is Lots of Fun, Don't You Think, Popeye?"

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl
Synopsis While window-shopping with Popeye, Olive dreams of what their life would be after they are married.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Yoo-Hoo! Popeye!"

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl; Nana Oyl
Synopsis After Olive laughs at Popeye's baby pictures; Popeye gets some baby pictures of Olive from Olive's mother.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Say Is That a Lady's Hat?"

Characters Popeye
Synopsis Popeye is taking Olive's new hat to her from the hat shop. A ruffian snatches the box and roughs Popeye up -- at least for a little while.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

1 page Thimble Theatre starring Popeye story "My Friend, I Have Something Here Destined to Make Our Armed Forces Invincible"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis Wimpy pretends to have "hamburger condenser" which will compress a hamburger into a small pellet.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Yer Won't Talk, Eh? Well, Yer Gonna Talk!--Unnerstan?"

Characters Popeye; Swee'pea; Wimpy
Synopsis Wimpy teaches Swee'pea to talk so he can mooch hamburgers for him.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

2 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Oh, My Gorsh!!"

Characters Popeye; Swee'pea; Wimpy
Synopsis Wimpy comes up with the idea of "spinburgers," hamburgers with spinach on them.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Notes Two Sunday strips with a continued story.
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips from 1941

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Swell Day for Rabbits, Wimpy"

Characters Popeye (cameo); Wimpy (cameo); Swee'pea; Aunt Jones
Synopsis Swee'pea doesn't eat his spinach, then feels guilty about it.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Step Right Up, Ladies and Gents-Step Right Up..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis Popeye checks to see if a sideshow strong man is faking his stunts.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Swee'pea Keeps Runnin' Orf to Enlisk in'a Navy"

Characters Popeye; Swee'pea
Synopsis Swee'pea tries to join the Navy.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Let Me Get This Straight, Miss Oyl..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl
Synopsis Olive tells Wimpy to pretend to kiss her to make Popeye jealous.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "You're Lookin' Lonesome Swee'pea..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Swee'pea; Olive Oyl; Rough-House (cameo)
Synopsis The grown-ups are playing with all of Swee'pea's toys.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "You Take Tigers and Lions, They Eat Meat..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Oliver Oyl; George Geezil; Aunt Jones; Poopdeck Pappy (cameo)
Synopsis Wimpy gets Popeye into a bet as to whether hamburger is mightier than spinach.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Popeye, Don't You Love Me Any more?"

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl; Swee'pea
Synopsis Swee'pea patches up things when Popeye and Olive have a lovers' spat.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942

2 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Ha! A Waitress in Geezil's Place You Are..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil; Olive Oyl; Swee'pea
Synopsis Olive is a waitress in George Geezil's restaurant.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Notes Two Sunday strips with continuity. Some dialogue on the first page has been re-lettered.
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips from 1942

4 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "My Friend, I Have Completed Arrangements..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl; Swee'pea; Rough-House; Madam Muscle
Synopsis Wimpy arranges a wrestling match between Olive and Madam Muscle.
Genre humor; sports
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Notes Four Sunday pages with continuity.
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips from 1942

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Where Ya Goin' With 'At Gun Wimpy?"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House
Synopsis Wimpy shoots a turkey in Rough-House's kitchen. Unfortunately for Rough-House, it had already been cooked.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Spring!! 'Tis Spring Again!"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis Wimpy is invigorated by the springtime smells of hamburgers being cooked in lunch-wagons.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "I knows Jus' How Much Food Is Stocked Up..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House
Synopsis Popeye leaves Wimpy in charge of his Hamburger Wagon.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Give Her Our Card, Popeye..."

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl; Rough-House
Synopsis Popeye plans to send Olive to a new beauty shop for a full-body make-over.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "May I Discuss With You A Matter of Upmost Importance?"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Swee'pea; Rough-House
Synopsis Wimpy and Swee'pea are playing make-believe and switching places.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Popeye, If Ya Had Some Iced Cream..."

Characters Popeye; Swee'pea; Aunt Jones
Synopsis Swee'pea tries to sell spinach to a junk yard "because it has iron in it."
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Wha's Become of Her?"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl
Synopsis Popeye, Wimpy, and Olive go on their annual golf outing.
Genre humor; sports
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Yes, Popeye, Business Is Terrible"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis To pay off a hamburger debt, Wimpy is billed as "The Human Hog" in a carnival sideshow.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "This Is a Tough Lookin' Joint..."

Characters Popeye
Synopsis Popeye goes into a rough joint, where the regulars make fun of him for eating spinach.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "How Would Ya Like To Get a Iced Cream Soder?"

Characters Popeye; Swee'pea
Synopsis Swee'pea has a crush on the waitress at an ice cream shop.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942

2 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Popeye Is Too Sure of Me..."

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl
Synopsis To make Popeye jealous, Olive pretends to prefer going out with Army boys.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Notes Two Sundays with continuity.
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips from 1942

4 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Who The Heck Wants To Go To School?"

Characters Popeye; Swee'pea; Aunt Jones; Wimpy; Rough-House; Olive Oyl
Synopsis Swee'pea goes to school.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Notes Four Sundays with continuity.
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips from 1942

3 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Ya Ain't Done Nothin', But I Don't Like Your Looks"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Poopdeck Pappy; Aunt Jones
Synopsis Popeye develops a strange condition where all his punches have delayed reactions.
Genre humor
Pencils Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Inks Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Notes Three Sundays with continuity. Second page is the inside back cover in black, red, and white.
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips from 1942