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Issue: Four Color #70
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Title: Popeye and Wimpy
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell BookView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 36 (35 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Helen Meyer
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "POPEYE AND WIMPY, No. 70." No code number. Copyright 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Bela Zaboly
Bela Zaboly
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Popeye and Wimpy
Popeye; Wimpy
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Olive Oyl
Oh, How I love spring!
Olive climbs a tree looking for Cupid, but is knocked off by an irritated bear.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil
Geezil forgived Rough-House for hittin' 'im...
Geezil tricks Wimpy with "invisible" hamburgers.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; Swee'pea
Swee'pea is sad an' melankonkus...
Popeye and Wimpy try to cheer Swee'pea up.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Swee'pea; Rough-House
Wake up, Sleepy-head! Are you go'ner stay in bed all day?
Swee'pea decides he wants soup for breakfast.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Olive Oyl
What good is a hoskess at a spinburger stand?
Olive wants to be a hostess at Popeye's "spinburger" stand. (Spinburgers are hamburgers with spinach on them.)
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl; George Geezil
An exceedingly slow evening, my friend
Olive tries to make Popeye jealous by dancing with everyone but him.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Olive Oyl; Rough-House
Why should I spend my life waiting for Popeye?
Olive gets a job as a waitress at Rough-House's restaurant.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Swee'pea; Rough-House
Swee'pea is melankonkus on account of he kin not get in the Navy...
Popeye tries to cheer up Swee'pea after the Navy refused to accept him.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil; Rough-House
I'm ticklished punk
Geezil, in a fit of generosity, offers to pay Wimpy's hamburger bill.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
Miscellaneous
1
Several panels have been re-lettered.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House
Ahoy, Rough-House, Is yer bizness so good...
Wimpy disguises himself so that he can be hired as a counterman at Rough-House's diner.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
Miscellaneous
1
Several panels appear to have been re-lettered.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Swee'pea; Aunt Jones; Rough-House
Swee'pea, you've had three plates of spinach today
Swee'pea eats lots of spinach so he can be an officer in the Navy.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942?
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House (cameo)
Whatcha think ya kin catch wit' grass tied on a rope, Wimpy?
Wimpy tries to catch a sea-cow.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Wimpy; Rough-House; George Geezil; Popeye (cameo)
Yes, Geezil, it was splendid of you to invite me...
Wimpy brings a dummy dressed as Geezil to Rough-House's lunch counter to try to swindle some hamburgers.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Swee'pea
B'fore we go walkin; ya must drink yer juice-
Swee'pea wants to drink onion juice before he and Popeye go on a walk.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House
You can't do any mooching here-Understand?
Wimpy tricks Rough-House into loaning him five dollars.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy
My friend, may I have the use of your duck?
WImpy tries to convince Popeye that the shadow of a duck will flavor soup.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1942
Miscellaneous
1
Some panels re-lettered.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Swee'pea
I yam going to grow spinach in water
Popeye decides to grow spinach in water indoors. Swee'pea adds some tadpoles to the water.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl
Wimpy, I wantcha to come along an' tell me...
Popeye brings Wimpy along to watch Olive dance.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
Miscellaneous
1
Some panels re-lettered.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl; Nana Oyl
Mother, I'm sure Popeye would propose...
Olive cooks a meal for Popeye to try to get him to propose, but Wimpy is the one who makes the proposal.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
Miscellaneous
1
Some panels re-lettered.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Swee'pea; Aunt Jones
Popeye, will you run down to the store...
Aunt Jones sends Popeye and Swee'pea to the store for some pins. They come back with a load of bundles, but no pins.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl
Sumpin' is needed to brang the ducks near us
When they are duck hunting, Popeye asks Olive to make a duck call. Wimpy shoots a bird, but it's a goose, not a duck.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943?
Miscellaneous
1
Some panels re-lettered.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl
Did you know I was running for mayor?
Wimpy does yard work for Popeye to earn money for a hamburger.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
Miscellaneous
1
Some panels re-lettered.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy
It didn't look like ya could lay orfa hamburgers in town...
Popeye takes Wimpy hunting to take his mind off hamburgers, but Wimpy shoots a moose and makes "mooseburgers."
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Olive Oyl
Hm! Nice day to take yer sweetie to lunch
Popeye runs into "Capting Pinn," a sailor who was with Popeye on a ship during a mutiny.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl
Greetings, my friend, I assume your sweetie...
Wimpy helps Popeye make up with Olive, and Popeye gives him a "bouquet" of hamburgers as a reward.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
Miscellaneous
1
Some panels are re-lettered.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; George Geezil
You are like Rough-House's soup...
Wimpy makes a phonograph record of Geezil insulting him.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
Miscellaneous
1
Some panels are re-lettered.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House
He was here a couple of times looking for you..
Popeye tries to get Wimpy to stop eating hamburgers.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Olive Oyl; Swee'pea; Aunt Jones; Poopdeck Pappy; George Geezil
Well, April showers bringed May flowers
Popeye decides to marry Olive, but changes his mind after realizing that Pappy, Swee'pea, and Aunt Jones would be leaving.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943
Miscellaneous
1
Some panels re-lettered.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House
Oh, My gorsh! I was supposed to meet Olive...
Popeye hurries to make an appointment with Olive, but Olive is late.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
Miscellaneous
1
Some panels re-lettered.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Swee'pea; Olive Oyl
Do you hafta be a roughneck?
When Swee'pea does something bad, Olive punishes Popeye instead.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1941
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Olive Oyl
Nice weather for a walk, Olive
Popeye and Olive go for a walk. Olive doesn't have an appetite until the end of the walk when the pair is by a relatively-expensive diner.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; Olive Oyl
Every time Wimpy comes visiting here with you...
Olive suspects Wimpy is stealing food from her icebox, so she lays a trap for him.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Wimpy; Rough-House; Swee'pea
My friend, I'm running for mayor.
Wimpy disguises himself as a blind man and gets Swee'pea to beg for him.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1940
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Olive Oyl; Poopdeck Pappy
Poppa sez if I makes ya me June bride he'll burn the house down
Olive dumps Popeye to date Poopdeck Pappy.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943.05.30
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Date is on the strip.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
Bela Zaboly [as BeeZ] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye
Popeye; Swee'pea; Aunt Jones
Ahoy, Swee'pea, wha's goin' on out here?
Swee'pea plants a Victory Garden and wants to raise lemon drops, marshmallows, noodles, and sardines.
Reprinting
from Thimble Theatre (King Features Syndicate) Sunday newspaper strip from 1943
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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