Sea Hag

The Sea Hag is a villainous witch of the seas who appeared in Charlton's Popeye comics, carrying on the character's long history as one of Popeye's most persistent supernatural adversaries. She uses cunning and sorcery to menace sailors and pursue her scheming ambitions.

Few villains in the funny pages carry quite the weathered menace of Sea Hag, who first haunted the panels of Popeye #12 in 1950, brought to life by the great Bud Sagendorf in the Golden Age of comics. Published across an impressive 43 years — from 1950 all the way to 1993 — she proved herself one of the most enduring presences in Charlton's Popeye universe, a testament to just how much readers relished a truly memorable antagonist. She keeps lively company in those pages, sharing adventures with beloved figures like Wimpy, Brutus, and Poopdeck Pappy, among others. With a collector-significant key issue to her name and 54 catalog appearances spanning decades, Sea Hag is essential reading for any fan who appreciates the rich, rowdy world of classic funny-page comics at their most spirited.