Dell Publishing

Dell Publishing, an American publisher of books, magazines and comic books, was founded in 1921 by George T. Delacorte, Jr. They published comics under the Dell Comics line, most in partnership with Western Publishing. In 1943, Dell entered into paperback book publishing with Dell Paperbacks. They also used the book imprints of Dial Press, Delacorte Books, Delacorte Press, Yearling Books, and Laurel Leaf Library.

Dell published several issues of the classic Popeye comic books from February 1948 through July 1962.

Issues

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Issue	Story Titles/Taglines	Issue Date
#1	("Were there ever any pirates around here?") "Shame on You!" or "Gentlemen Do Not Fight!" or "You're a Ruffian, Sir!" "Map Back!" or "Back Map!" "Spinach Revolt!" (Ring! Knock! Knock!) ("Popeye, I think I'll go over and fish on the other side!")	Feb 1948
#2	("Sir! You are a cheapskate!") "That's What I Yam!" or "I Yam! I Yam!" "Easy Money" ("Blow me down! Whatcha doin'?") ("Hm!?! I won'er who 'at kin be?")	May 1948
#3	A Chart Showing the Travels of Popeye the Sailor in the Story of "Ghost Island"! "Ghost Island!" "Smash!" or "You Can Tell She's My Girl, Because She's Wearing Two Black Eyes!!" ("Okay, here's a nickel. Go git an iced cream cone") ("Ahoy, Swee'Pea, the postman jus' brang ya a package")	Aug 1948
#4	("Ya got him!") "Dead Valley" "Gift from Uncle Ben!" ("He can't!" "Yes, he can!") ("Where's Swee'Pea, Popeye?")	Nov 1949
#5	("Look at this water bill, Wimpy!") "Moon Goon!" or "Goon on the Moon!" or "The Man in the Moon Is a Goon!" "Swee'Pea's Dip in the Dark!" "Another Day Another Breakfast!" ("What in the world is Swee'Pea doing?") ("Here's a dime. Go down to the store an' git a bar of soap!")	Feb 1949
#6	("Ha! Ha! Ha! Didn't even knock my hat off!") "Raft!" or "It's a Long Drift Home!!" or "Rafts Are Boats, But Not So Comfortable!!" "Pappy Doesn't Tell a Story!" "Food! Food!" or "May I Borrow Your Duck, Mister?" ("Arf! Arf! I sure does like picnics, Olive!")	Apr 1949
#7	("Arf Arf! Arf!") "Help!" or "Sailor, Save My Baby!" "Susprize Party!" "Swee'Pea an' the Hungry Lady" "Who Won?" or "The Fleeter of Foot Emerges Victorious!" (Splat Pop Crash!)	Jun 1949
#8	("I won'er what Swee'Pea is doin'?") "On The House!" "I Am the Mayor!" or "He Wouldn't Be, If He Could Help It!" or "Mayor Is No Job for a Gentleman!" or "Mayors Come and Mayors Go!" "Quiet Please" ("Hm? I wonder what the prof. is up to?") ("It was nice of you to come over to help me rearrange my furniture")	Aug 1949
#9	("Black Jack") "Misermites!" or "I'd Rather Have Termites!" "Sound Pills!"	Oct 1949
#10	("My gorsh! It is almost two!") "Rockabye Berries!" "Ouch!" or "Don't Hit Him - He's a Human!!" "Pirate!" or "The Fist Mus' Be Mightier 'An the Sword!" or "The Seven Seas Ain't Big Enough to Hold Both of Us!" "The Wonderful Bait!" "Apple Snack!" Pop Splat Splat	Dec 1949

Issue	Stories	Issue Date
#11	("What a racket!") "Swell Day!" "The Guest" or Was This Visit Necessary?" or "Good-Bye! - Good-Bye!!" or "Next Time Call B'fore You Come So I Can Leave B'fore You Arrive!!" "Golf!" or "I Missed the Ball But Got the Caddie!" "The Tossing Island!" "Easy to Find!" "What's all the noise?"	Feb 1950
#12	("Blow me down! Look at them purty posies!") "Witch Whistle" or "Toot! Toot! Tweet!!!" or "Rings, Witches, and Radishes!!" or "Pity a Radish Farmer on a Night Like This!" "Drip! Drip!" "The Map!" "Sea Kite!" "The Double Mooch!" ("There's Popeye. I'm dying to show him my new hat!")	Apr 1950
#13	"We're going away for two months, Popeye" "Shipwreck!" "Adrift!" or "Here's Dirt In Your Face!" or "I Like You, Too!" "A New Port!" "The Big Bite!" ("Hm! Feels like rain!!")	Jun 1950
#14	("Number three down comes from China") "Western Railroading!" "Horse Race!" "Ghost Mine!" "Pappy Severs a Partnership!" "Gold Rush!" ("Let's get to work!")	Oct 1950
#15	("Popeye's Workshop!") "Animal Talk!" "Train Time!" "The Boom Brothers' Last Boom!!" "Bugtown Capers" "The Elder Egg!" "How to Draw Wimpy" "How to Draw a Cow's Head" ("So long, Olive") ("Ahoy, Mr. Cook!")	Jan 1951
#16	("Study this drawing...") ("Cork toys you can make") "New Zoo" "Gold Shipment!" "Grand Opening!" "Deep Water!!" ("Whoa!") ("Help Popeye find the place to fish") ("How to draw a fish")	Apr 1951
#17	"Bug Tales" "King Blozo's Problem" "Ham Gravy and His Indian Friend" ("Get out of my place, you moocher!")	Jul 1951
#18	"Sammy Bug's Big Leap!" "The Box!" "Kitty! Kitty!" "The Tunnel" "Duck Dinner!" ("I got a bite!")	Oct 1951
#19	"A Snappy Cargo" "A Thousand Bucks Worth of Fun" "The Happy Spring" "Hitchhikers" ("Wow!") ("Swee'Pea!")	Jan 1952
#20	"House for Rent" "Here Comes the Bride!!" "Little Kids Should Have Ice Cream!" "Rolling Along!" ("Good heavens!?!")	Apr 1952

Issue	Stories	Issue Date
#21	"Harry the People Horse" "Interplanetary Battle!" "Paper and Paste" "Dog House!" ("There's another hard-boiled egg in the ice box")	Jul 1952
#22	"Horse Tale!" "Spinach Farm!" "Swee'Pea's Vacation!" "The Long Way Home!" Help Sherm when he is lost Help Sherm find the correct street Help Sherm get out of the swamp Help Sherm find the right bus Help Sherm get home Help Sherm find the right key ("Ya has clean clothes on...")	Oct 1952
#23	"The Rocket Horse!" "Boom! Boom!" or "Pirates Is Rodents!" "Ship Shape!" "Snow-Father!" ("Tra-la-da-da-da")	Jan 1953
#24	"Apple House" "Golden Street!" "Hole in the Mountain!" "The Race!" Help Sherm stop Help Sherm pick a pole Help Sherm get to the race Help Sherm to safety Help Sherm win ("Oh, boy!!")	Apr 1953
#25	"Bread Time!" "Shrink Weed!" "Live Game" "Ah Love!"	Jul 1953
#26	"Cat Fish" "Spookers!" "Kid Raising!!" ("Hey, Pop")	Oct 1953
#27	"Space Ball!" "The Happy Little Island!" "Full Power!" ("Cam!")	Jan 1954
#28	"Fowl! Fowl!" "Moneybag!" or "Buddy, Can You Spare a Nugget?" "Weed Shortage" or "Pass the Spinach!" ("Cam! Cam!! Cam!!")	Apr 1954
#29	"Nine for Nine!" "The Boo-Bird!" "Pay Dirt!" ("Cam!! Cam! Oh. Cam!!")	Jul 1954
#30	"The Bigger They Are" "Desert Pirates" "Danger, Lunch!" ("Hello, Cam")	Sep 1954

Issue	Stories	Issue Date
#31	"Apple Vote!" "Mud!" "Exile!" or "Bein' King Is for de Boids!!!" ("Golly!") ("Now sit still")	Jan 1955
#32	"Catfish!" "Alone!" or "Hey! Where Is Everybody?" or "Peoples Is All Gone!" "Lorst!" ("There's nothing as beautiful") (Plop)	Apr 1955
#33	("Did ya water the house plant in yer room?") "Trouble-Shooter" "Monskers!" ("I can invent anything!") "A Long Tail!" (Swoosh!)	Jul 1955
#34	(Smack) "Nothing!" "Uprising!" or "The Red Man Strikes Back!" or "Birds of a Feather!" "Stop Thief!!" or "Please Halt!" or "Burglarproof House!" "Fish Fly!" ("Popeye, can I...?")	Oct 1955
#35	(The hunting for and collecting of rocks...) "Wishing!" or "Spinach Is Still King!" "I Hates Bullies!" ("When I start to think") "Professor Kat" ("Arf! Arf!" "Help!")	Jan 1956
#36	"King Popeye of Popilania!" "Pappy's Spook!" ("Wotasnozzle you are a genius!") "Canned Nuts" ("Wimpy!")	Apr 1956
#37	"Ha! Ha! Is that Swee'Pea stupid" "The Search for the Spinach Icebox" ("Amateur Inventor!") "The Big Sting"	Jul 1956
#38	"Please!" "The Dog Who Wore a Crown!" or "Going to the Dogs!" "Bottle Fish!" ("Hurray for Wotasnozzle!") ("Out!")	Oct 1956
#39	("GR-R-R!") "The Mountain that Talked Back!" "Cow?" "What Did He Say?" ("Get the ball, Birdseed!") (Plop Crash)	Jan 1957
#40	("I'm going to take a nap") "The Mystery of the Magic Flute!" "Eugene the Jeep!" "Ol' Blabber Mouth!" "Double Double Who's Got Trouble?" ("Dinner is on the table") ("I've got a fish!")	Apr 1957

Issue	Stories	Issue Date
#41	"Spinach Soap!" "Sucker Gold!" "Horse Student" ("Oh, you beautiful, intelligent brain!") ("La-da-de da!")	Jul 1957
#42	"Trap Island!" "Today's Paper!" "Big Toot" ("Get out of my house!!") ("My car is stuck in the mud!")	Oct 1957
#43	"What'll I do?" "Mind Over Muscles!" "The Voyage!" "Diet!" ("A Friend to Man" or "Be Kind to Sappo Week!") "(Crunch)	Jan 1958
#44	"May I ask what you are doing, Miss Oyl?" "Popeye Meets Orbert" "Ah! All clear" "Specks" "Follow the Leader!" ("GR-R-R")	Apr 1958
#45	"Moon Rocket!" or "Every Man to His Own Hobby!" "Girl Guard!" "Rabbit Holes!" ("Wow!")	Jul 1958
#46	("Hot dorg!") "The Swee'Pea Story!" "Stop the Sodas!" "Mountain Magic" "Short Cut!"	Oct 1958
#47	("I'll take it!") "Popeye's Cafe!" "The Abominable Snowman" ("Most of my ideas are so secret...") "People Golf!" ("Saturday night and bath time!")	Jan 1959
#48	"Strong Man!" "The Easy Way" "Tiger Tamer" "The Big Gas Man" ("Next time leave my shirts alone!")	Apri 1959
#49	"Trillionaire Lady!" "Beware of the Moocher!" "Missile Anti Missile" "Ham" (Throwing Rocks)	Jul 1959
#50	"Black Ghosk!" "The Cow's-Back Treadmill" "Private Property!" "H2O!"	Oct 1959

Issue	Stories	Issue Date
#51	"The Giant" "House for Sale" "High as a Kite" ("After six months work...") "The Love Tap"	Jan 1960
#52	"The Witch's Roost!" "Week-End Guest!" "The Zebra Roundup" "The Time Ball!"	Mar 1960
#53	"Jeep Island!" "Rival!" "The Whirlpool" "The Hydrogen Pill"	May 1960
#54	"Gentlemen Only!" "Mountain Monster" "Gone!" ("Professor, stop that!!")	Jul 1960
#55	"Popeye the Sailor Meets the Misermites" or "Nail It Down Quick!" or "The Misermite Invasion!!" "Bored!" or "Li'l Kids Should Be Kept Busy" or "Don't Leave Yer Dumbbells Aroun'" "Camel Catcher" "The Flying Pill" "The Big Blow"	Sep 1960
#56	"Robot Twins!" "De-Mings" "The First Frogman" ("I'm through!!")	Nov 1960
#57	"Orchids fer Jeep Island" "Hot Trip" "Pot of Gold!" ("Oh! What beautiful wallpaper!")	Janu 1961
#58	"Queen of the Gorillas" "High Flier" "Too Much Spinach" ("I'm tired of a life of runthood!")	Mar 1961
#59	"Salty the Parrot" "The Biggest Bubble" "Enough!" or "Scram, Wimpy!" or "Sorry You Have to Go!" ("Oh, the frustration of it all!!")	May 1961
#60	"The Retriever" "The Fence!" "The Human Fly" "Fish?" "Smog"	Jul 1961

Issue	Stories	Issue Date
#61	("Hm? A note tied to a piece of string!") "Granny" "Chained Lightning" "Cow Thief!" ("I'm on the verge of my greatest triumph")	Sep 1961
#62	"Nobody Home" or "Gone Goons!!" "Elmo Soup" ("At last! The world's most powerful magnet!") "One Can of Spinach!" "Ball Bonanza"	Nov 1961
#63	("If this works I will join a circus!") "Haunted Island!" ("Ya goin' to try it again?") "Plowman" "Yellow Rock!" ("Oh, what a beautiful view!!") ("Arf! Arf! It is one of them little cars!") ("I yam bored!") "Tag, You're Out!"	Jan 1962
#64	("An' don't git yer clothes dirty!") "Moon Plant!" "A Trip to the Moon" "The Power-Pill" "Rowboat War!" ("Wheeee!!")	Apr 1962
#65	("Wit' this new trap...") "Short Cut!" "How Dry I Am" "The Fence" ("I wish I had some hair...") ("Hm?" Sniff) "Nose for News"	Jul 1962

These classic Popeye comic book issues were followed by Western Publishing.

Last Updated: 3/16/2018