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15January-March 1951
$0.10

Popeye #15

Dell · January-March 1951

First appearance: Ham Gravy
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Identification plate

Series
Popeye (Dell, 1948 series)
Issue
#15
Publication date
January-March 1951
Key date
1951-01-00
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Ham Gravy - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud SagendorfPopeye
1Popeye's Workshopactivity1pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud SagendorfOlive Oyl, Popeye, Swee'pea
2Animal Talk!comic story24script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud SagendorfOlive Oyl, Popeye, Swee'pea
3Train Time!comic story8script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud SagendorfOlive Oyl, Popeye, Swee'pea, Wimpy
4The Boom Brothers' Last Boom!!comic story8script: John T. Leewing Jr.; pencils: John T. Leewing Jr.; inks: John T. Leewing Jr.Ham Gravy First
5Bugtown Caperstext story2pencils: ? (illustrations); inks: ? (illustrations); letters: typeset
6The Elder Eggcomic story5.5script: W. Y. Ferrol; pencils: W. Y. Ferrol; inks: W. Y. FerrolWimpy
7How to Draw Wimpyactivity0.25
8How to Draw a Cow's Headactivity0.25
9-comic story1script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud SagendorfOlive Oyl, Popeye, Wimpy
10-comic story1script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud SagendorfPopeye, Rough-House

Where to read it

CollectionYear
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ISBN 978-1-61377-936-1		2014On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #1415 of 65#16 ›

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q2260946 (Ham Gravy), first-appearance property (CC0)

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