First issue. Cover art by George Wildman.
Milton Bradley box set
The Popeye Career Awareness Library is a series of educational comic books starring Popeye that has the sailor explain the workings of several careers, which was published by King Features in 1972. A box set was sold by board game manufacturer Milton Bradley containing all 15 issues, as well as the same number of Poster Cards and Job Description Cards.
Issues[]
- Popeye the Sailor and Health Careers
- Popeye and Environmental Careers
- Popeye and Communications and Media Careers
- Popeye and Transportation Careers
- Popeye and Construction Careers
- Popeye and Consumer and Homemaking Careers
- Popeye and Manufacturing Careers
- Popeye and Hospitality and Recreation Careers
- Popeye and Marketing and Distribution Careers
- Popeye and Business and Office Careers
- Popeye and Public Service Careers
- Popeye and Personal Service Careers
- Popeye and Marine Science Careers
- Popeye and Fine Arts and Humanities Careers
- Popeye and Agri-Business-Natural Resources Careers
Trivia[]
Articulate Popeye
- Each issue has a different cover title: "Popeye the Sailor and"(...) or "Popeye and" (...), followed by the careers in question. The series name, "Popeye Career Awareness Library", is taken from the Milton Bradley box set.
- The series was drawn by George Wildman, who also provided the art for the main Popeye the Sailor book at the time.
- In this educational series, Popeye speaks more correctly than in most of his appearances.