Popeye Characters

A one-eyed sailor who stood up to bullies was the star of the popular Popeye animated cartoon series and related erasers. The set of six Diener erasers includes Popeye along with assorted friends, family members, and his rival Bluto / Brutus.  They are all marked “KFS © 1980” for King Features Syndicate. Diener made and marketed them in both full-bodied and pencil-topper designs. Naturally they were also handed out with meals at Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken in the 1980s and ‘90s. The Popeye eraser carries a can of his own preferred superfood: spinach, while Wimpy holds a hamburger that he would “gladly pay for on Tuesday.” Like Popeye himself, this enduring eraser line stayed “strong to the finish.”

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