Popeye (1948-1980 Dell/Gold Key/King/Charlton) comic books in grade FN or lower
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Issue #9
Published 1950 by Dell/Gold Key/Whitman.$10.75
36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #14
Published Dec 1950 by Dell/Gold Key/Whitman.$8.80
Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. Western Railroading; Popeye has bought a railroad and Olive is his only passenger. Horse Race!; Popeye buys a horse and enters a cross country horse race. Ghost Mine!; Popeye and Olive try to convince Swee'Pea that the abandoned mine is haunted so he will quit playing there. Pappy Severs a Partnership text story. Gold Rush; Wimpy goes in search of gold. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #23
Published Mar 1953 by Dell/Gold Key/Whitman.$3.49
- Interior is complete. Full length spine split. REMAINDERED COPY.
Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. The Rocket Horse! text story. "Boom! Boom!" or "Pirates Is Rodents!"; Popeye hears on the radio that pirates are making a comeback so he goes on a mission with Olive and Wimpy to capture them. Ship Shape!; Olive and Pappy get into an argument about keeping Popeye's ship neat and clean, and Popeye gets in trouble with the shore patrol for throwing the ship's trash overboard. Snow-Father!; No one can find Sherman's dad, who has been buried under falling snow and looks like a snowman. Untitled story; Swee'Pea brings a hatchet to the dock to protect himself from sea monsters. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #27
Published Mar 1954 by Dell/Gold Key/Whitman.$12.00
Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. Space Ball! text story. The Happy Little Island!; Popeye wants to find out why the people of a once-happy island are now walking around in tears. Full Power!; Swee'Pea eats ten dozen cans of spinach so he can be even stronger than Popeye. Untitled story; Lonely Cam builds a robot dog to keep him company but then he has to convince his dad to let him keep the dog. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #31
Published Mar 1954 by Dell/Gold Key/Whitman.$6.00
$6.00
Apple Vote text story. Mud! starring Popeye and Swee'Pea. Exile, or, Bein' King Is Fer De Boids! starring Popeye and King Blozo. Golly! Pop spends such long hours... starring Axle and Cam. Now, sit still! I'll paint your picture! starring Popeye. Cover and interior art by Bud Sagendorf. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #35
Published Mar 1956 by Dell/Gold Key/Whitman.$3.00
- INCOMPLETE. Piece missing, interrupts art or story.
Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. Untitled one-page story; Swee'Pea goes a little overboard with his new rock collection. "Wishing!" or "Spinach Is Still King!"; Swee'Pea meets two aliens from the planet Zob who present him with a Wish-O-Matic machine that can give him whatever he wants. I Hates Bullies!; Popeye tells Swee'Pea a bedtime story about an old adventure he had on an uncharted island. Untitled story; Sappo plans to make lots of money from the Professor's instant-growing formula, but it gets spilled and causes plants and trees to grow uncontrollably. Professor Kat text story. Untitled one-page story; Swee'Pea doesn't want to take a bath. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #37
Published Sep 1956 by Dell/Gold Key/Whitman.$6.00
Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. Untitled one-page story; Popeye doesn't like it when Wimpy makes fun of Swee'Pea. The Search for the Spinach Icebox; The World Association for the Prevention of Muscles (WAFPOM) is unhappy because Popeye bought two million tons of spinach to give away to children; Popeye decides he must travel to the South Pole to safely store his spinach before it spoils. Amateur Inventor!; Sappo tries to prove that he can invent a better alternative to the Professor's gasoline substitute (which costs forty dollars a gallon). The Big Sting text story. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #43
Published Mar 1958 by Dell/Gold Key/Whitman.$10.00
Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. Untitled one-page story; Popeye tries to keep Swee'Pea occupied by telling him to dig a hole. Mind Over Muscles!; The Sea Hag and her son trick Popeye into thinking he has a strange disease and can't eat spinach. The Voyage!; When Popeye leaves on a trip without Swee'Pea, the boy decides to build a boat and go on his own voyage. Diet! text story. "A Friend to Man" or "Be Kind to Sappo Week!"; The Professor keeps trying to do nice things for Sappo but they all backfire. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #44
Published Jun 1958 by Dell/Gold Key/Whitman.$9.80
- Cover detached at one staple. Water damage.
Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. Popeye Meets Orbert"; A mysterious present is given to Olive: a box containing a magical flying creature that Swee'Pea adopts. Untitled story; Sappo just wants to fish in peace but the Professor causes his usual trouble. Specks text story. Follow the Leader!; Swee'Pea is kidnapped by spies who want to know the location of the pirate gold that Popeye must have somewhere, but the boy outwits them. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #45
Published Sep 1958 by Dell/Gold Key/Whitman.$8.49
Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. "Moon Rocket!" or "Every Man to His Own Hobby!"; Olive thinks that Popeye should stop fighting and find a safe hobby, so he decides to take a test flight to the moon, but the preparation for the trip nearly does him in. Girl Guard!; Swee'Pea agrees to keep an eye on Olive so that Bluto can't get too close to her. Rabbit Holes! text story. Untitled story; Sappo's Uncle Ortho comes to visit, and he may be even crazier than the Professor. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #46
Published Dec 1958 by Dell/Gold Key/Whitman.$7.00
$9.99
Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. The Swee'Pea Story!; Popeye tells Swee'Pea the story of his birth, how he was born a prince and sent to live with Popeye to escape his evil uncle who stole the throne. Stop the Sodas!; Swee'Pea and Pappy go to Wimpy for advice on how to successfully mooch off of Popeye. Mountain Magic text story. Short Cut!; The Professor invents a teleportation machine. One-page story; Olive lures the boys to her house to help her with chores. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #47
Published Mar 1959 by Dell/Gold Key/Whitman.$5.10
Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. Untitled story; Wimpy rents an apartment over an aquarium so that he can go fishing through the floor for his dinner. Popeye's Cafe!; Popeye opens a restaurant in competition with Bluto, who has temporarily gained Olive's affection with his restaurant. The Abominable Snowman text story. Untitled story; The Professor builds a robot servant named Walter. People Golf!; Popeye and Brutus compete at golf to get Olive's attention. Untitled one-page story; Swee'Pea is frustrated because the adults always get to use the bathroom first. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #48
Published Jun 1959 by Dell/Gold Key/Whitman.$11.50
- Water spotting.
$8.49
Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. Strong Man!; Popeye and Bluto compete to see which is the Strongest Man in the World (and which one Olive will love more). The Easy Way; Olive insists that Popeye take up a peaceful pastime like painting instead of fighting all the time. Tiger Tamer text story. The Big Gas Man; The Professor douses himself with a gas that makes him lighter than air; He flies off to find Sappo but Sappo is duck hunting and shoots the Professor down, mistaking him for a flying monster. Untitled one-page story; Swee'Pea uses a shirt of Popeye's to make a tail for his kite. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #49
Published Sep 1958 by Dell/Gold Key/Whitman.$8.49
Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. Trillionaire Lady!; When Olive's uncle Lord Golden Oyl dies, he leaves her all his estate; His executors insist that Popeye is now unworthy of her and she must marry the Duke of Crust. Beware of the Moocher!; Popeye and Swee'Pea try to keep Wimpy from mooching a meal but he outwits them as usual. Missile Anti-Missile text story. Ham; The Professor's rocket to the moon returns home with a stowaway - a strange creature that communicates in Morse code. Untitled one-page story; Swee'Pea's target practice ends when a rock crashes through a window. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #50
Published Dec 1959 by Dell/Gold Key/Whitman.$8.49
Cover art by Bud Sagendorf. Scripts and art by Bud Sagendorf. The Black Ghosk!; Swee'Pea finds a black ghost in his toy box but it turns out to be Wimpy, who have been evicted and plans to secretly stay at Popeye's house indefinitely. The Cow's-Back Treadmill text story. Private Property!; Olive inherits a well in the desert but Black Jack claims it for himself; Surprisingly, it's Wimpy and not Popeye who eats a desert spinach plant and defeats Black Jack. H2O!; The Professor objects to a high water bill. Vowing to find his own source of water, he ends up flooding his house. Based on the classic cartoon and comic strip character. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
