Popeye first appeared in the comics in January 1929 ... and Olive's hapless love interest, Ham Gravy. Initially, Castor and Ham recruit Popeye for a journey to Dice Island, where they intend ...

The strip starred pint-size Castor Oyl, his sister, Olive, and her boyfriend, Ham Gravy ... first major comics character who possessed superhuman strength (in one 1936 daily, Popeye walked ...

“The Pre-Popeye Comics” features examples of Segar’s first continuing ... A displaced Englishman with dirty feet, an esteemed naturalist named Professor Hooey, and his old pal Ham Gravy digging for ...

The comic strip “Thimble Theater” had been running for a decade when cartoonist Elzie Segar introduced a new minor character ...

Popeye as pop-comic icon was at his peak at mid-century ... In Popeye’s first strip, the characters Ham Gravy (Olive’s onetime fiance) and Castor Oyl (her brother) — in search of a legendary ...

It’s Popeye’s 75th birthday ... and her hapless boyfriend, Ham Gravy. On Jan. 17, 1929, Segar introduced a plot twist that involved Ham and Castor hiring a ship and crew to set sail in ...

But Tintin and his little dog Snowy aren’t the only comic strip characters ... for a decade — Popeye was merely a one-arc guest character in the adventures of Ham Gravy (boyfriend to Olive ...

January 17th, Popeye's actual birthday, saw the return of this lovely inclusive tradition on Comics Kingdom ... here's Erica Henderson resurrecting Ham Gravy, full name Harold Hamgravy, Olive ...

On January 1, 2025, copyrights will expire for books, films, comic strips ... Two of the strip’s protagonists, Ham Gravy and Castor Oyl, find him at a seaport when they are looking for men ...