The Sea Hag is a character created by Elzie Crisler Segar in 1929 as part of his Thimble Theatre comic strip. She is a tall, unfeminine witch featured in comics and cartoons as Popeye's most fearsome nemesis. It can be argued that the Sea Hag is Popeye's true and original main antagonist, however, due to her absence from the early cartoons, she is usually only recognized by the public eye as the primary antagonist in comics and some of the animated shows.