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    Popeye Feature Books (1937) #0 GD 2.0
    Published 1937 by David McKay Publishing.

    Popeye Feature Books (1937) 0 GD 2.0

    2" spine split from bottom, centerfold detached, heavy oxidation.

    Ended Jan 14 2021
    Winning Bid $1,637

    Stories, art and cover by E.C. Segar. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay's Feature Book was the first US comic book to devote complete issues to a single character. This issue (technically one of the first, but unnumbered) reprinted stories from the comic strip that introduced the world to Popeye the Sailor. Collects Thimble Theatre daily strips from March to July, 1936. Popeye meets Eugene the Jeep, a mysterious animal with multiple supernatural abilities (that later loaned its name to the U.S. Army's all-purpose vehicle, the jeep). 9-in. x 12-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10. Grade: GD 2.0 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)