Mirror Magic

The kingdom of Muscleonia was ruled by whoever was the strongest man in the land. Each day, King Brutus would ask his magic mirror who was the strongest man, and the mirror would say, "King Brutus." When the peasant Popeye grows to manhood, the mirror says, "Popeye is the strongest." Brutus does all that he can to rid himself of Popeye, an obvious threat to the throne. Brutus takes on the disguise of an old woman to do away with Popeye. He pulls various dirty tricks on which Popeye cannot retaliate... until his disguise falls off. With the aid of spinach, Popeye disposes of Brutus and takes his rightful place on the throne.

Popeye, Brutus, Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Swee'Pea, Eugene the Jeep, Popeye's Mother

This cartoon features Popeye as a baby and even Popeye's mother.

King Features had no cartoon studios, so Popeye storyboards were produced in its offices, while animation was divided between Paramount/Famous Studios, Larry Harmon Productions, Total TV Productions, Gene Deitch/Rembrandt Studios, Halas and Batchelor and Jack Kinney Productions.

Of those stations which bought the King Features Popeye cartoons in 1960, 90% renewed their contracts in 1965.

Note the change in the villain's name… from Bluto to Brutus.