Popeye Eats Spinach from a Can, 1932.

Popeye eats spinach directly from a can on 21 May 1932.

But he eats it with a utensil, likely a fork, possibly a can‐opener.

☞ “I didn’t get enough to eat while I was prospectin’” (comic strip), Thimble Theatre, by E. C. Segar, 21 May 1932. (In the public domain due to unrenewed copyright.)