Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. The character first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929, and Popeye became the strip's title in later years. In Skin Diver, Popeye reads a book about skin diving and decides to give it a try. He has a map that marks sunken treasure and off he goes. The problem is Brutus has the same map and the same idea as Popeye.