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Issue: Four Color #168
Publication Date: October 1947
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Issues: #168 of 1333 Issues (1484 Printings)
Title: Popeye
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell Magazine [circle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/16/1947
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "POPEYE, No. 168". Code number is P.O.S.#168-4710. Copyright 1947 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1947 Pamphlets, page 505.
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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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Genres: humorous
First Line: Spinach!
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Blow me down! It's that swab...
Synopsis: Popeye mistakes a stranger as being "Olive's Sweetie."
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Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black, red, and white.
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"Microbe Battle" or "A New Champ of the Slap Swappers"

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Genres: humorous, sports
Character(s): Mr. K. O. Biffer; Baby Boom
Synopsis: Mr. K. O. Biffer, the fight promoter, tricks Popeye into signing a contract for Swee'pea to fight Baby Boom for the "Microbeweight" title of the world.
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"Water Hole" or "Kin Ya Spare a Couple of Thousand Fer a Cup of Water?"

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Genres: humorous, western
Synopsis: A water hole is found on Olive's desert property and Popeye and Olive go to Slither Creek. They sell the property to Mayor Gunrod, not realizing that the water hole is the only source of water for the area. Disgusted when Gunrod starts selling water for $100 a cup, Popeye starts digging a well in the middle of the only street in town.
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"Fish Bait"

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Prof. Herman H. Haddock; Dr. G. B. Bluzard
Synopsis: Popeye goes on a fishing trip with Prof. Herman H. Haddock and Dr. G. B. Bluzard, who are fighting over the honor being the first to catch a rare Roccus Scomberomorus Lineatus (commonly called a "Flip Fish.")
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Haw haw! Here comes a little kid!
Synopsis: A man tries to play a practical joke on Swee'pea, but has the tables turned on him.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black, red, and white.
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Swee'Pea and Ball

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Swee'pea is throwing a ball in the air and catching it until Popeye interrupts him.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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