Popeye #46 (1958) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Popeye (Dell, 1948 series)
Issue: #46
Publication date: October-December 1958
Key date: 1958-10-00
Indicia publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: Swee'pea.

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 Story of Swee'pea -- Boy King	cover	1	pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud Sagendorf	Olive Oyl, Popeye, Swee'pea
1	The Swee'Pea Story!	comic story	15	script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud Sagendorf	Popeye, Swee'pea Origin, Wimpy
2	Stop the Sodas!	comic story	10	script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud Sagendorf	Olive Oyl, Poopdeck Pappy, Popeye, Swee'pea, Wimpy
3	Mountain Magic	text story	1	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset	Uncle Elmo
4	Short Cut!	comic story	6	script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud Sagendorf	John Sappo, O. G. Wotasnozzle
5	-	comic story	1	script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud Sagendorf	Olive Oyl, Popeye, Swee'pea, Wimpy

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Classic Popeye #46	2016	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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

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