Publishers / Western / Popeye the Sailor (1962) / #79
79February 1966
$0.12

Popeye the Sailor #79

Western · February 1966 · on sale 1965-11-24

First appearance: Brutus
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Identification plate

Series
Popeye the Sailor (Western, 1962 series)
Issue
#79
Publication date
February 1966
Key date
1966-02-00
On-sale date
1965-11-24
Indicia publisher
K. K. Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Brutus - 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
0Popeye Fights a Prehistoric Monster to Save Swee'Pea!cover1pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud SagendorfPopeye, Swee'pea
1-comic story1script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud SagendorfPopeye, Swee'pea
2Monskers!comic story10script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud SagendorfPopeye, Swee'pea
3Girl Guard!comic story6script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud SagendorfBrutus First, Olive Oyl, Popeye, Swee'pea
4The Lollipop Bush!comic story8script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud SagendorfOlive Oyl, Poopdeck Pappy, Popeye, Swee'pea, Wimpy
5Speckstext story1pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typesetGeorge
6-comic story5.75script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud SagendorfJohn Sappo, O. G. Wotasnozzle
7-comic story1script: Bud Sagendorf; pencils: Bud Sagendorf; inks: Bud SagendorfPopeye, Swee'pea

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Series context

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Sources

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