This volume of The Complete Popeye, collecting daily strips of the original Thimble Theater from 1936 and 1937, opens up with Popeye still king of Spinachova. When his enemies send a Mata Hari-type spy (named "Zexa Peal") to lure him, everything looks bleak until Olive Oyl intercedes. This volume also includes "Mystery Melody" (a classic Toar/Sea Hag story) and "The Search for Popeye's Poppa," as well as the first Eugene the Jeep story. Few comic-strip characters have had the phenomenal staying power of Popeye, who still endures 70 years after his first appearance. This collection, written and drawn by Popeye creator Segar himself, shows the strip at its magnificent peak!

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