Claim: Alice the Goon is a female character in a comic strip created by E. C. Segar and first appeared at Thimble Theatre on December 10, 1933.
Evidence: The characters and readers now realize Alice is female. Thimble Theatre (December 10, 1933) The character first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929, and Popeye became the strip's title in later years. E. C. Segar 
Thimble Theatre (December 10, 1933) The character first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929, and Popeye became the strip's title in later years. E. C. Segar Female