num_pages: 168
description: Due to E.C. Segars death at age 44 this is the sixth final volume. It starts off in grand style with Mystery Melody featuring the terrifying return of the shape-shifting Sea Hag. Olive Oyl Wimpy Poop-deck Pappy the Jeep the newly domesticated Goon and Toar all appear in this four-month epic as does Bolo the latest in Segars cast of massive Popeye opponents. Other stories include the melodramatic A Sock for Susans Sake (Popeye becomes the protector of a girl who lives on the streets) Popeyes boxing duel with King Smacko the return of Thimble Theatres original star Castor Oyl as a detective who solves the case of Plastic Pan the Poopdeck Pappy yarn Wild Oats (culminating in a six-month prison sentence for the rambunctious oldster) The Valley of the Goons (in which Popeye is shocked to discover who the new leader of the Goons is) and the self-explanatory King SweePea. And thats just the dailies! Popeye Vol. 6: Me Li'l Swee'Pea also includes 62 splendid full-page full-color Sundays featuring further adventures of Popeye and an epically surreal six-month interplanetary voyage for Sappo the star of Popeyes top strip.
language: English
title: Popeye, Vol. 6: Me Li'l Swee'pea
publisher: Fantagraphics Books