Originally posted by illadelph12I'd say its more than just mater manipulation. He's got reality altering punches. What with things like punching a giant gorilla into three smaller ones.
Popeye is a beast, he's just in a comedic medium. I don't see anything out of the ordinary with his abilities when compared with a comic character. He's got shape-shifting, super human strength and speed, propelled flight (via use of his pipe), high end durability, and tactile matter-manipulation via punching. If he was a Super Skrull rather than a foul mouthed sailor with mutated forearms and a speech impediment no one would have issue with him.