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Popeye

694 appearances · Platinum Age · 1933–2026 · 12 key issues
Who is Popeye?

Popeye is a one-eyed sailor man who gains extraordinary strength by eating spinach, adventuring alongside his sweetheart Olive Oyl and adopted son Swee'Pea while contending with the blustering bully Brutus.

Few comic characters have sailed through as many decades as Popeye, a Platinum Age icon whose catalog debut stretches all the way back to 1933 — and who's still going strong into 2026, an extraordinary 93-year run that speaks for itself. With 280 catalogued appearances and 12 key issues to his name, this spinach-loving sailor is one of the most enduring figures in American comics, sharing his pages with beloved companions like Olive Oyl, Swee'Pea, and Wimpy alongside rivals like Brutus. Whether you're a seasoned collector chasing those key issues or a newcomer just discovering his Dell-era adventures, Popeye's sheer longevity and cultural staying power make him an essential cornerstone of any comic library.

Modern Mechanix and Inventions
#1
★ First appearance
Modern Mechanix and Inventions #1
Nov 1933

Trivia

  • Bud Sagendorf has written more of Popeye's comics than any other writer in our catalog — 83 issues.

Top series

Covers through the years — 1943–2020

Four Color #17 1943
Four Color #17
Four Color #145 1947
Four Color #145
Mad #30 1956
Mad #30
Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #44 1963
Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #44
The Occult Files of Dr. Spektor #1 1973
The Occult Files of Dr. Spektor #1
Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #195 1982
Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge #195
The Complete E.C. Segar Popeye #5 1987
The Complete E.C. Segar Popeye #5
Marvels #1 1994
Marvels #1
The Comics: Since 1945 #[nn] 2002
The Comics: Since 1945 #[nn]
The Comics: The Complete Collection #[nn] 2008
The Comics: The Complete Collection #[nn]
Thimble Theatre Presents Popeye #1 2014
Thimble Theatre Presents Popeye #1
Savage Dragon #252 2020
Savage Dragon #252

Appearances (601–694 of 694, oldest first)

Super Popeye Géant (1983)
Les aventures de Popeye (1983)
Mad (1952)
Popeye Holiday Special (1965)
More Dirty Little Sex Cartoons (1983)
Popeye the Sailor (1978)
Cap'tain Présente Popeye (1982)
Nemo: The Classic Comics Library (1983)
#3
Popeye (Collection) (1981)
#9
Comics Review (1984)
#4
Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970)
#53
The Complete E.C. Segar Popeye (1984)
Il grande Alter (1986)
Splat! (1987)
#2
Anything Goes! (1986)
#4
Acme Comics (1982)
#8
Cracked (1985)
Ninja High School Yearbook (1989)
#1
Cherry (1986)
The Adventures of the Incredible Librarian (1990)
Camp Candy (1990)
#1
Mighty Mouse (1990)
#4
Buzz (1990)
#2
Captain America (1968)
Popeye Summer Special (1993)
#1
Marvels (1994)
#1
Tijuana Bibles: Art and Wit in America's Forbidden Funnies, 1930s-1950s (1997)
Cracked Summer Special (1991)
#7
Savage Dragon (1993)
Gen 13 Bootleg (1996)
#17
The Comics: Since 1945 (2002)
The Comics Before 1945 (2004)
The Comics Journal (1977)
Awesome: The Indie Spinner Rack Anthology (2007)
The Comics: The Complete Collection (2008)
Comic Book Comics (2008)
#1
E. C. Segar's Popeye: Plunder Island (2008)
Sam's Strip: The Comic About Comics (2009)
Popeye Halloween Mini-Comic (2009)
#1
Popeye [E.C. Segar's Popeye] (2006)
#5
Mars Attacks Popeye (2013)
Thimble Theatre Presents Popeye (2014)
#1
Marvel Comics - La collection (2014)
#16
Mad's Greatest Writers: Frank Jacobs (2015)
The Comic Book History of Comics (2016)
#1
We Told You So: Comics as Art (2016)
Screwball! The Cartoonists Who Made the Funnies Funny (2019)
Comic Book History of Animation (2020)
#4
Back Issue! (2003)
Popeye Variations: Not Yer Pappy's Comics an' Art Book (2023)
Popeye Sundays (2024)
Hop-là ! (1937)
#1