Popeye #45 for Sale - First Appearance of Georgie the Giant - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Popeye (Dell, 1948 series)
Issue: #45
Publication date: July-September 1958
Key date: 1958-07-00
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Georgie the Giant - 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	The "Moon Rocket"	cover	1	pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud Sagendorf	Popeye
1	"Moon Rocket!" or "Every Man to His Own Hobby!"	comic story	18	script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud Sagendorf	Olive Oyl, Popeye, Wimpy
2	Girl Guard!	comic story	6	script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud Sagendorf	Brutus, Olive Oyl, Popeye, Swee'pea
3	Rabbit Holes!	text story	1	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset	Georgie the Giant First
4	-	comic story	6	script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud Sagendorf	John Sappo, O. G. Wotasnozzle

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Popeye the Sailor #78	1965	On eBay ›
Popeye the Sailor #79	1966	On eBay ›
Classic Popeye #45	2016	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #4445 of 65#46 ›

Sources

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

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