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Issue Details

Issue	#44
Published	April-June 1958
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Helen Meyer

Cover Details - Popeye Meets "Orbert"

Characters	Popeye; Swee'Pea
Genre	Humor
Pencils	Bud Sagendorf
Inks	Bud Sagendorf

16 page Popeye story Popeye Meets "Orbert"

Characters	Brutus (villain); Orbert (first appearance, an alien)
Script	Bud Sagendorf
Pencils	Bud Sagendorf
Inks	Bud Sagendorf

6 page O. G. Wotasnozzle story "The Super-Sponge"

Script	Bud Sagendorf
Pencils	Bud Sagendorf
Inks	Bud Sagendorf

1 page George text story "Specks"

Letters

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9 page Popeye and Swee'Pea story "Follow the Leader!"

Characters	Sam (first appearance, villain); another crook (first appearance, villain)
Script	Bud Sagendorf
Pencils	Bud Sagendorf
Inks	Bud Sagendorf

1 page Popeye story "Swee'Pea Shadow Boxes"

Script	Bud Sagendorf
Pencils	Bud Sagendorf
Inks	Bud Sagendorf
Notes	inside back cover