Four Color #43

Four Color #43 brings Popeye to Dell's long-running anthology series in fine 1944 form, with a vivid yellow cover by Bill Zaboly showing the squint-eyed sailor delivering a fierce punch to a scowling speed bag — fists flying, stars bursting, and that oversized forearm doing all the talking. Zaboly's bold linework captures Popeye's coiled energy mid-swing, the punching bag itself wearing a grimace as if it knows it's outmatched. A bright, energetic ten-cent package that showcases one of comics' most enduring characters at his punching-bag best.