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Issue Details

Issue	#168
Published	October 1947
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Helen Meyer
Notes	Indicia title is "POPEYE, No. 168". Code number is P.O.S.#168-4710. Copyright 1947 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Cover Details

Characters	Popeye; Olive Oyl
Pencils	Bud Sagendorf
Inks	Bud Sagendorf

1 page Popeye story "Blow me down! It's that swab..."

Characters	Popeye; Olive Oyl
Synopsis	Popeye mistakes a stranger as being "Olive's Sweetie."
Genre	humor
Script	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Pencils	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Inks	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Letters	Bud Sagendorf
Notes	inside front cover; black, red, and white.

16 page Thimble Theatre, starring Popeye an' Swee'pea story "Microbe Battle" or "A New Champ of the Slap Swappers"

Characters	Popeye; Swee'pea; Mr. K. O. Biffer; J. Wellington Wimpy; Baby Boom
Synopsis	Mr. K. O. Biffer, the fight promoter, tricks Popeye into signing a contract for Swee'pea to fight Baby Boom for the "Microbeweight" title of the world.
Genre	humor; sports
Script	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Pencils	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Inks	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Letters	Bud Sagendorf

16 page Thimble Theatre, starring Popeye and Olive Oyl story "Water Hole" or "Kin Ya Spare a Couple of Thousand Fer a Cup of Water?"

Characters	Popeye; Olive Oyl
Synopsis	A water hole is found on Olive's desert property and Popeye and Olive go to Slither Creek. They sell the property to Mayor Gunrod, not realizing that the water hole is the only source of water for the area. Disgusted when Gunrod starts selling water for $100 a cup, Popeye starts digging a well in the middle of the only street in town.
Genre	humor; western
Script	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Pencils	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Inks	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Letters	Bud Sagendorf

16 page The Thimble Theatre, starring Popeye story "Fish Bait"

Characters	Popeye; Prof. Herman H. Haddock; J. Wellington Wimpy; Dr. G. B. Bluzard
Synopsis	Popeye goes on a fishing trip with Prof. Herman H. Haddock and Dr. G. B. Bluzard, who are fighting over the honor being the first to catch a rare Roccus Scomberomorus Lineatus (commonly called a "Flip Fish.")
Genre	humor
Script	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Pencils	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Inks	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Letters	Bud Sagendorf

1 page Popeye story "Haw haw! Here comes a little kid!"

Characters	Popeye; Swee'pea
Synopsis	A man tries to play a practical joke on Swee'pea, but has the tables turned on him.
Genre	humor
Script	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Pencils	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Inks	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Letters	Bud Sagendorf
Notes	inside back cover; black, red, and white.

1 page Popeye story "Swee'Pea and Ball"

Characters	Swee'pea; Popeye (cameo)
Synopsis	Swee'pea is throwing a ball in the air and catching it until Popeye interrupts him.
Genre	humor
Script	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Pencils	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Inks	Bud Sagendorf (signed)
Letters	Bud Sagendorf
Notes	Back cover.