The connection between Popeye's physical strength and his consumption of canned spinach has become a pop culture touchstone, with the reference remaining readily recognizable even nearly a century ...

The Popeye-spinach myth persists, even though two generations may not even know who Popeye is. To recap: Popeye was a cartoon sailor who gained superhuman strength by eating canned spinach ...

Popeye popped up the next January in a strip called Thimble Theater by cartoonist E.C. Segar. A character named Castor Oyl, ...

Over the course of the past few years, several popular characters from television and movies have entered the public domain.