V. T. Hamlin

I like better Alley Oop's later adventures which mix in such modern adventures as trips to the moon and time travel. These stories from late 1948 to late 1949 cover the gamut, and help elevate the Oop adventures above their occasional primitive dreariness.

This issue features Oop in ancient Grecian times, along with Ooola, sent there by Dr. Wonmug's time machine. Entertaining adventure.

These strips from 1939 introduce Dr. Wonmug and his time machine, with which he plucks Oop (and sometimes Ooola) from their times and shuffles them around the ages for various adventures. This was a great way for Hamlin to expand Oop's rather limited horizons now and again.

Reprints the first episodes of the classic caveman strip "Alley Oop", these being from 1933 to 1934. A little Oop goes a long way with me, but these early strips do have a certain charm.