The Complete E.C. Segar Popeye Volume 9: Dailies - 1934-1935

The Complete E.C. Segar Popeye #9

by E.C. Segar, Rick Marschall (Editor)

Book by Segar, E. C.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Elzie Crisler Segar was a cartoonist, best known as the creator of Popeye, a pop culture character who first appeared in 1929 in Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre.

Reviews

[Rog Harrison · Rating 4 out of 5]

I probably bought this in the 1990s and must have read it a couple of times. This volume features adventures in Nazilia, the wild west and Popeye's quest to discover a new country where he can become the dictator! Castor Oyl makes more appearances and Toar is introduced. To my mind this is a marked improvement on the previous volume. This volume does end in the middle of a story though.

I now realise that there are two further volumes which I do not have. No idea why I did not buy them back in the 1990s.

[Gijs Grob · Rating 4 out of 5]

By 1934 E.C. Segar had reached the apex of his typical story-telling art. The stories still meander a lot, and personas are introduced and dropped all too easily, but the panels are full of gags, and I had several laughing loud moments while reading. The crazy adventure of 'The Sea Hag's Sister or the Pool of Youth' is a particular highlight, and introduces the wonderful powerful Toar. Unfortunately, 'Popeye's Ark', the last adventure in this volume, just drags and drags on aimlessly. Nevertheless in this story, there are still enough silly situations to enjoy.

[Fraser Sherman · Rating 5 out of 5]

The original Popeye comic strips are comic genius. In various stories in this volume Popeye must infiltrate a Western town posing as a girl, battle a prehistoric hulk for the secret of eternal youth and found the new country of Spinachovia—oops, his financial backer insisted on No Women and now the colonists are revolting. This isn't perfect (4.5) because the subplot of Olive Oyl in Hollywood is really pointless (and her rival drops out of the strip without warning), but overall wonderful. A fair number of Native American stereotypes and the like, though, so be warned.