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Issue Details

Issue #26
Published 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "POPEYE, No. 26." Code number is P.O.S. No.26. Copyright 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Cover Details

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Genre humor
Letters typeset

1 page Thimble Theatre story "We haven't seen a duck all morning"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis Wimpy double-talks a farmer into giving him a cow.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Notes Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1935.10.13 [minus panel 9]

1 page Thimble Theatre story "I'm going to close up my cafe this afternoon..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl
Synopsis Wimpy shoots a farmer's cow, but Popeye gets the blame.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1935.10.20 [minus panel 11]

1 page Thimble Theatre story "Zupe, Wimpy boy, bring me zupe!"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil
Synopsis Geezil and Popeye eat at Wimpy's cafe. Wimpy's cooking methods are a somewhat unorthodox.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1935.10.27 [minus panel 6]

1 page Thimble Theatre story "My gorsh, Wimpy, look at this poor little dorg"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis Wimpy makes Popeye feel guilty when he kills a rabbit to feed to a hungry dog.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1935.11.03

1 page Thimble Theatre story "Pitiful, isn't it?"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis Popeye gives Wimpy some hamburgers to feed to a hungry dog, but Wimpy eats them himself.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1935.11.10

1 page Thimble Theatre story "How's business, Wimpy?"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil
Synopsis Geezil complains about Wimpy's soup, until Wimpy tells Geezil he should be mayor.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1935.11.17

1 page Thimble Theatre story "Smells mighty good - Say - Cook one for me..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis After Wimpy drops a steak on the floor, Popeye demands a new steak. Wimpy tricks him into taking the original one.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1935.11.24 [minus panel 8]

1 page Thimble Theatre story "I heard Wimpy lost his restrunt - I suppose he et..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl
Synopsis Wimpy sells his restaurant but takes a hundred hamburgers with him when he leaves.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1935.12.01 [minus panel 10]

1 page Thimble Theatre story "Let Swee'pea play around the lake while I goes..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Swee'pea
Synopsis Wimpy tries to fool Popeye into believing he saved Swee'pea from drowning.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1935.12.08

1 page Thimble Theatre story "Ladies and gentlemen! I take great pleasure..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Curley Gazook
Synopsis Popeye has a nightmare where he is knocked out in a prize fight.
Genre humor; sports
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1936.06.21 [minus panel 5]

1 page Thimble Theatre story "Good morning, good morning, my fair Waneeta."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Waneeta
Synopsis Popeye gets a job as a guard in an aquarium. Wimpy tries to take advantage to go fishing there.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.08.01 [minus panel 1]

1 page Thimble Theatre story "So you're mad at Wimpy, eh, Geezil?"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil; Eugene the Jeep
Synopsis Geezil records Wimpy flattering him, so he can get the compliments without dealing with Wimpy.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.09.12 [minus panel 1]

5 page Thimble Theatre story "Swee'pea's Real Mother Returns"

Characters Popeye; Swee'pea; Poopdeck Pappy; Eugene the Jeep; Swee'pea's mother; Olive Oyl; Wimpy
Synopsis Swee'pea's real mother comes to claim him. Swee'pea runs away and with Wimpy's help is re-united with Popeye.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strips from 1937.09.19 [minus panel 1], 1937.09.26 [minus panel 1], 1937.10.17 [minus panel 1, dialogue in panel 2 edited], 1937.10.24 [minus panel 1], 1937.11.28 [minus panel 1]

1 page Thimble Theatre story "Yer the limik, Olive! Are you still reading that..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl
Synopsis When Olive reads "Lumberjack Love," Wimpy tells Popeye to be rough with her.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1937.12.26 [minus panel 1]

1 page Thimble Theatre story Yeah, I have news - I am going to open..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil; Rough-House
Synopsis Geezil opens a restaurant and tries to poison Wimpy.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938.01.02 [minus panel 1]

1 page Thimble Theatre story "Geezil must be crazy, opening a cafe next door"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House; George Geezil
Synopsis Geezil can't knock his own soup, so he goes next door and gets some at Rough-House's.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938.01.09 [minus panel 1]

5 page Thimble Theatre story "The Men from Mars"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl; Mars Men
Synopsis Popeye has to fight the champion of the Men from Mars.
Genre humor; science fiction
Script E. C. Segar; ?
Pencils E. C. Segar; ?
Inks E. C. Segar; ?
Notes First three Sundays are by Segar. Last two are not.
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938.01.16, 1938.01.30, 1938.02.06, 1938.02.13, 1938.02.19

1 page Thimble Theatre story "Hah! A little kid selling lemingade"

Characters Popeye
Synopsis Popeye praises the lemonade from a little kid's stand, so the kid raises the price.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938.07.10 [minus panel 1]

1 page Thimble Theatre story "I yam goner tell Wimpy jus' ezackly how awful he is"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis When Popeye tells Wimpy off, Wimpy brings out a ventriloquist's dummy, who praises Wimpy and disparages Popeye.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Colors ??
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938.07.17 [minus panel 1]

1 page Thimble Theatre story "Bla-bla-phooey! Business is so rotten I could cry..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil
Synopsis Geezil agrees to fix Wimpy a "bread sandwich," not knowing that it consists of a slice of bread between two hamburgers.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938.07.24 [minus panel 1]

1 page Thimble Theatre story "So ya let that tough kid hang a shiner on ya?"

Characters Popeye; Swee'pea
Synopsis Popeye is upset when Swee'pea comes home with a black eye from a fight.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938.07.31 [minus panel 1]

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "I hates to admit it at me age, I feels love creepin' "

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl; Poopdeck Pappy
Synopsis When Olive tells Pappy she loves Popeye; Pappy disguises himself as Popeye.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938.08.04 [minus panel 1]

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Don't worry, I won't let the imposker get away..."

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl; Poopdeck Pappy
Synopsis Pappy (disguised as Popeye) refuses to tell Popeye and Olive who he really is.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938.08.25 [minus panel 1]

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "I'll never be able to live that down."

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl; Poopdeck Pappy
Synopsis Pappy disguises himself as Popeye again.
Genre humor
Script E. C. Segar
Pencils E. C. Segar
Inks E. C. Segar
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938.10.02 [minus panel 1]

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Nobody on Earth could catch fish today!"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis Wimpy uses a pelican to catch fish.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "I won'er what Swee'pea is spendin' his money on?"

Characters Popeye; Swee'pea; Poopdeck Pappy
Synopsis Swee'pea buys some flowers for a girl baby. Pappy makes a play for the baby's nurse.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Ya'll have to give up yer sweetie on account of yer..."

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl; Poopdeck Pappy
Synopsis Popeye tries to get Pappy's young girlfriend to break up with him, but Olive thinks he's making a play for her himself.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Imagine me Poppa wanting to get married..."

Characters Popeye; Poopdeck Pappy
Synopsis Popeye disguises himself as Pappy and learns Pappy's sweetie is only after his money.
Genre humor
Inks /
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "My friend, would you like to hear the story of my life?"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House
Synopsis Wimpy tries to tell the story of his life in exchange for a hamburger.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "But, Poppa, I don't want any Momma!"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Poopdeck Pappy; Olive Oyl
Synopsis Pappy sends away for a mail-order bride, but uses Popeye's picture.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938 ?

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "All should be well if the hammer does not wake..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Poopdeck Pappy; Rough-House
Synopsis Wimpy nails Popeye's shoes to the floor while he's taking a nap, then challenges him to step outside for a fight.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "The person you love most should be careful today"

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl
Synopsis Olive gets a fortune card from a machine that says a loved one should be careful today.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "I'll show ya Poopdeck Pappy is stronger'n you"

Characters Popeye; Poopdeck Pappy; Olive Oyl
Synopsis Pappy and Popeye compete to see who's the strongest.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1938

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "No, my new trousers do not fit - I'm too muscular..."

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl; Wimpy
Synopsis Popeye tries to get Wimpy to jump rope so he can reduce.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Rasslin' will do it, Wimpy"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis Popeye and a wrestler go at it, while Wimpy sweats off pounds just watching.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "There he is now"

Characters Popeye; Swee'pea
Synopsis Swee'pea adopts a pelican.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Greetings, my friend"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House
Genre humor
Notes Wimpy pretends to find a pearl in one of Rough-House's hamburgers.
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Mr. Geezil, I want you to entertain Olive"

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl; George W. Geezil
Synopsis Olive plays "He loves me, he loves me not" by plucking whiskers from Geezil's beard.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Please stop following us. You are not invited..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl
Synopsis Wimpy tags along on Popeye and Olive's picnic.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "What a darling! Is she yours?"

Characters Popeye; Swee'pea; Poopdeck Pappy
Synopsis Swee'pea keeps getting kissed by a stranger.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Perhaps if I win a game of golf without using..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis Wimpy challenges Popeye to a game of golf. He kicks the ball instead of using clubs and distracts Popeye by using ventriloquism to make Popeye's ball talk.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Good morning, my friend"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis Wimpy uses his ventriloquism to trick Popeye into paying for some bananas.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Escuse me! Wonder if they serves good spinach here?

Characters Popeye
Synopsis Popeye gets in a fight with a man in a restaurant over the benefits of spinach.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Let's spread our picnic lunch here"

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl
Synopsis Popeye and Olive have a picnic at the beach, but Popeye is attacked by an octopus.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "The police picked him up last night."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House
Synopsis Wimpy doesn't want to leave jail because they serve good hamburgers.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

5 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "The Spinach-Eating Gorilla"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis Two professors import a gorilla who they teach to eat spinach. They match him up in a fight against Popeye to see who is better.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "My friend, I would like to ask if you believe in hypnotism"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House
Synopsis Wimpy tries to hypnotize Rough-House.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Hello Popeye the Sailor Man, I am glad you are meeting..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil
Synopsis Geezil invites Wimpy to his new seafood restaurant, which doesn't serve hamburgers.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "This is where I was to meet Olive. She is late as usual."

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl
Synopsis Popeye decks a flower girl's stepfather after he slaps her for talking to a sailor.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Plunging headlong into the raging waters our hero..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl
Synopsis Olive wants Popeye to save her from drowning, but Wimpy comes instead and saves the lunch.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Perhaps if I hold the dishcloth with a fork I will not get..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy
Synopsis Wimpy is infatuated with the girl who is running Rough-House's restaurant while he's away,
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "I shall go ask Popeye for a small loan"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil
Synopsis Wimpy tries to eat a live lobster.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "A child can operate this one"

Characters Popeye; Olive Oyl; Swee'pea
Synopsis Olive gets a new camera and takes it along when she and Popeye and Swee'pea go on a picnic.
Genre humor
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "They saw us an' are flying orf"

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil
Synopsis Wimpy shoots Geezil's duck decoys.
Genre humor
Notes Inside back cover; black, red, and white.
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939

1 page Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye story "Let the world smile at my efforts, I shall find..."

Characters Popeye; Wimpy; Swee'pea
Synopsis Wimpy buys a parrot and teaches it to say complimentary things about him.
Genre humor
Notes Back cover.
Reprinted from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1939