Four Color #70

This 1945 Dell "Four Color" entry pairs two of comics' most beloved characters — the pipe-chomping, sailor-suited Popeye and the perpetually hungry Wimpy — at a checkered tablecloth diner scene that's pure fun. Bill Zaboly's cover artwork captures Wimpy in absolute ecstasy, hoisting a long chain of sausages above a heaping platter while a watchful Popeye looks on with characteristic squint-eyed skepticism. It's a warm, lighthearted snapshot of their enduring odd-couple friendship, all rendered in Zaboly's lively line work against a bright yellow background.