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E. C. Segar - Popeye Daily Comic Strip Original

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Comics Start Price:6,750.00 USD Estimated At:5,600.00 - 8,400.00 USD
E. C. Segar - Popeye Daily Comic Strip Original
<B>E. C. Segar - Popeye Daily Comic Strip Featuring the First Appearance of Pooky Jones Original Art, dated 9-16-36 (King Features Syndicate, 1936).</B></I><BR> With the first appearance of Pooky Jones, a panel featuring Eugene the Jeep, Popeye showcased in every panel, and a coveted nighttime setting, this outrageous daily titled "Double-Jointed?," is about as fine an example as any E. C. Segar fan could ask for! The back story of Pooky Jones begins in August 1936 when Popeye launches a search for his long-lost father. The sailor man has come into possession of a magical creature, Eugene the Jeep, and he asks the Jeep to reveal if Popeye's father is still living. Eugene acknowledges that he is, and indicates that the old-timer lives somewhere out at sea. Popeye sets sail and during the quest his crew tells him of a ghost roaming aboard their ship. On September 16th, 1936, Popeye goes on deck to find the apparition others claim to have seen. What he finds is an eerie figure with a long beard wearing a shroud. Popeye is wrong when he concludes, "Oh, I see, it's jus' a tall swab with a sheet around him." In the next panel the "ghost" removes his own head and holds it in his hands. The head then bounces around the deck independently of the body. As it turns out, the apparition is none other than Poopdeck Pappy (Popeye's father), along with his sidekick, Pooky Jones, and their pet gorilla. Pooky's beard is so long it obscures his body, thus giving the unnerving illusion that the "ghost" has a removable head. Pooky Jones was Poopdeck Pappy's best and only friend, and as Pooky states in a later strip, "Where goes Poopdeck Pappy, so goes Pooky Jones." This comic art gem has an image area of 20.5" x 4.5", and the art is in Excellent condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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