Popeye #114 for Sale - First Appearance of Vern Estes - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Popeye (Charlton, 1969 series)
Issue: #114
Publication date: May 1972
Key date: 1972-05-00
On-sale date: 1972
Indicia publisher: Charlton Press Inc.
Price: $0.20
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Vern Estes - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Swee'pea Prince of Spinachovia!	cover	1	pencils: George Wildman; inks: George Wildman	Alice the Goon, King Blozo, Popeye, Swee'pea
2	How Prince Swee'Pea Came from Spinachovia	comic story	10	script: Nicola Cuti; pencils: George Wildman; inks: George Wildman; letters: Charlotte Jetter	King Blozo, Popeye, Swee'pea
6	Alice the Goon Sez "[unintelligible]"	comic story	3	script: Nicola Cuti; pencils: George Wildman; inks: George Wildman; letters: Charlotte Jetter	Alice the Goon, Popeye, Swee'pea, Wimpy
7	The Pay-Off	comic story	4	script: Nicola Cuti; pencils: George Wildman; inks: George Wildman; letters: Charlotte Jetter	John Sappo, O. G. Wotasnozzle
11	Some Smiles	text story	0.7	letters: typeset
12	-	statement of ownership	0.3	script: Sal Gentile
13	The Cure	comic story	4	script: Nicola Cuti; pencils: George Wildman; inks: George Wildman; letters: Charlotte Jetter	Popeye, Rough-House, Wimpy
14	What's Cookin'??	comic story	3	script: Nicola Cuti; pencils: George Wildman; inks: George Wildman; letters: Charlotte Jetter	Granny, Poopdeck Pappy, Popeye, Swee'pea
18	U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare	public service announcement	0.16	letters: typeset

Plus 9.84 pages of advertisements and other matter across 18 sequences, as published.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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