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Alley Oop is a syndicated comic strip created December 5, 1932, by American cartoonist V. T. Hamlin, who wrote and drew the strip through four decades for Newspaper Enterprise Association. Hamlin introduced a cast of colorful characters and his storylines entertained with a combination of adventure, fantasy, and humor. Alley Oop, the strip's title character, is a sturdy citizen in the prehistoric kingdom of Moo. He rides his pet dinosaur Dinny, carries a stone axe, and wears only a fur loincloth.
Alley Oop's name was most likely derived from the French phrase allez, hop! In the 1933 press release that accompanied the launching of the strip with its new distributor NEA, Hamlin was quoted as saying "I really can't recall just how I struck upon the name 'Alley Oop', although it might be from the fact that the name is a French term used by tumblers. Alley Oop really is a roughhouse tumbler."[1] The name of Alley's girlfriend, Ooola, was a play on a different French phrase: oh là là.[2]
Story
The first stories took place in the fictional "Bone Age" (similar to the Stone Age) and centered on Alley Oop's dealings with his fellow cavemen in the kingdom of Moo. Oop and his pals had occasional skirmishes with the rival kingdom of Lem, ruled by King Tunk. The names Moo and Lem are references to the fabled lost continents of Mu and Lemuria.
On April 5, 1939, Hamlin introduced a new plot device which greatly expanded his choice of storylines: A time machine was invented by 20th-century scientist Dr. Elbert Wonmug; the name Wonmug was a pun on Albert Einstein, as "ein" is German for "one" and a "stein" is a type of drinking mug.[3][4]
Oop was transported to the 20th century by an early test of the machine (in the daily strip of April 8 and the Sunday strip of April 9, 1939). He became Dr. Wonmug's man in the field, embarking on expeditions to various periods in history, such as Ancient Egypt, the England of Robin Hood, and the American frontier. Oop met historical or mythical figures such as Cleopatra, King Arthur, and Ulysses in his adventures. In addition to the time machine, other science-fiction devices were introduced. Oop once drove an experimental electric-powered race car, and he has space-traveled to Venus, the moon (twice), and "Earth-Two". During his adventures, he was often accompanied by his girlfriend Ooola and by the sometimes-villainous, sometimes-heroic George Oscar Boom (G. O. Boom). Laboratory assistant Ava Peckedge joined the cast in 1986.
Syndication history
Alley Oop was first distributed by the small syndicate Bonnet-Brown on December 5, 1932, but this run ended on April 26, 1933, when Bonnet-Brown became defunct. NEA picked up the strip and, starting on August 7, 1933, the earlier material was reworked for a larger readership. A full-page Sunday strip was added on September 9, 1934; the strip also appeared in half-page, tabloid, and half-tab formats, which were smaller and/or dropped panels. During World War II, newspapers eliminated full-page comics to save paper; starting on December 1, 1940, Alley Oop's Sunday comic was offered in a smaller format which could, at an editor's discretion, be further reconfigured to save space. Daily comics were first reduced in size on April 20, 1942, and have become smaller since then, but they have been appearing in color since September 15, 2008.
When Hamlin retired in 1971, his assistant Dave Graue took over. Graue had been assisting Hamlin since 1950 (starting as a letterer) and creating the daily solo since July 15, 1966,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". although co-signed by Hamlin. Hamlin's last signed daily strip appeared December 31, 1972, and his last signed Sunday was April 1, 1973. Through the 1970s and 1980s, Graue wrote and drew the strip from his North Carolina studio. In 1974 Graue retained an assistant, Dave Olson, to ink and letter the strips.[5] Olson worked on the strip until his retirement at the end of 1990; starting in 1991, Graue hired Jack Bender to finish the daily strips and produce the Sundays.[6]
Graue initially decided to retire at the end of 1991, and the syndicate selected Jack Bender as the strip's new creator. However, Bender was primarily interested in the art chores; he re-hired Graue to stay on as writer and recruited his wife Carole, a calligrapher. This team produced the strip from the last week of December 1991 through the end of August 2001; Graue wrote the strip and thumbnailed the art, from which Jack drew the strip and Carole lettered it. Graue finally retired in 2001, satisfied in having completed fifty years working on the strip. NEA then hired Carole as the new writer, based largely on the strength of an Alley Oop Christmas story that Carole had written and Jack had drawn, separately from the main Alley Oop strip, for the 1997 holiday season.[6] Starting September 3, 2001, Alley Oop Sunday and daily strips were drawn entirely by Jack Bender and written, lettered, and colored by his wife Carole Bender.[7] (On December 10, 2001, the 75-year-old Graue was killed in Flat Rock, North Carolina, when a dump truck hit his car.)
In January 2019, writer Joey Alison Sayers and artist Jonathan Lemon took over the comic.[8]
At its peak, Alley Oop was carried by 800 newspapers. Today,Template:When it appears in more than 600 newspapers. The strip and collections of it were popular in Mexico (under the name Trucutú) and in Brazil (Brucutu). In 1995, Alley Oop was one of 20 strips showcased in the Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative United States postage stamps.
Licensing and promotion
In 1978, Alley Oop was adapted to animation as a segment of Filmation's Saturday morning cartoon series Fabulous Funnies, appearing intermittently alongside other comic-strip favorites: The Captain and the Kids, Broom-Hilda, Emmy Lou, Tumbleweeds, and Nancy.[9]
In 2002, Dark Horse Comics produced a limited-edition figure of the character in a brightly illustrated tin container. Alley Oop was issued as statue #28 — part of their line of Classic Comic Characters collectibles.
In 2008, to celebrate Alley Oop's 75th year, the Benders conducted a contest for "Dinosaur Drawings from Our Young Readers". The entry Tyrannosaurus rex holding a banner wishing "Happy Birthday" to Alley Oop, by 12 year-old Erin Holloway of Hammond, Louisiana, was published in the comic strip on January 17, 2009.[10][11]
In popular culture
The long-running success of the strip made the character a pop culture icon referred to in fiction, pop music and dance:
- The Belgian comic-strip series Suske en Wiske, by Willy Vandersteen, features a caveman inspired by Alley Oop.[12]
- An educated Neanderthal known as "Alley Oop" is a character in Clifford D. Simak's science-fiction novel The Goblin Reservation, published in 1968.
- "O. Paley" (whose name was a loose anagram of "Alley Oop") was the central figure in Philip José Farmer's The Alley Man, a 1959 novella about the last Neanderthal who has survived into the 20th century.
- The character was the subject of the 1960 number-one single "Alley Oop", which was the only hit for the short-lived studio band The Hollywood Argyles. It was written and composed in 1957 by Dallas Frazier. Musicians on the record included Kim Fowley and Sandy Nelson. The song was later covered, most famously by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band but also by Dante & the Evergreens, The Royal Guardsmen, Sha-Na-Na, The Beach Boys, Dave Van Ronk and George Thorogood & the Destroyers, and it was included in choreographer Twyla Tharp's 1970s ballet Deuce Coupe.
- Alley Oop is mentioned in the 1971 David Bowie song Life on Mars.[13]
- There is an Alley Oop museum and fantasy land theme park[14] in Iraan, Texas
Main characters
A main character is one who is a fixture of a particular setting. For example, King Guz and Queen Umpa are always present in ancient Moo, even if they are not central to every storyline.
Although Ooola is "Alley Oop's girlfriend", and their jealousy of potential rivals has driven many storylines, they rarely showed each other affection prior to the Benders' run. (More often, Ooola did serious violence to Alley's cranium.) For the first 69 years of the strip's existence, the two kissed only twice: once on August 14, 1945, as a last goodbye when they believed they were going to be drowned, and again on September 28, 1999, when Ooola pecked Alley on the cheek as thank-you for a timely rescue. The Benders made the couple more physically affectionate and even brought them to the altar—but, when they reached that point, Alley and Ooola decided that they made better friends than spouses.
Doctor Wonmug was drawn to look identical to the Grand Wizer. By the end of Dave Graue's tenure, Wonmug and the Wizer had been in each other's company five times; in each instance, the story was told as though the two characters had never met before, and the characters' identical appearances were remarked upon (May 26, 1945; December 7, 1960; July 17, 1963; July 30, 1965; September 24, 1970). The Benders addressed the similarity twice (on October 6, 2006, and March 23, 2007) by subverting it; that is, the other characters exclaimed that the two looked the same, but both the Wizer and Wonmug scoffed and claimed not to see any resemblance. In the daily strip on June 21, 1969, Wonmug's birthdate is given as May 10, 1900 (which was also V.T. Hamlin's birthday).
Dinny, Alley Oop's pet dinosaur, was designed as an amalgam of different features and was not meant to resemble any known dinosaur. Dinny's species is identified as a "Cartoonosaurus" in the daily strip on April 12, 1968.
Name | First Appeared | Description |
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Alley Oop | August 7, 1933 | A time-traveling caveman |
Dinny | August 12, 1933 | Oop's pet dinosaur |
King Guzzle | September 8, 1933 | Ruler of Moo |
Foozy | September 21, 1933 | Oop's pal, who talks in rhyme |
Pooky, the Grand Wizer | September 23, 1933 | Advisor to the king |
Queen Umpateedle | September 28, 1933 | Queen of Moo |
Ooola | October 10, 1933 | Oop's girlfriend |
Dr. Elbert Wonmug | April 7, 1939 | 20th-century scientist and inventor |
G. Oscar Boom | February 28, 1940 | Rival and partner to Wonmug |
Avery S. Peckedge ("Ava") | August 21, 1986 | Dr. Wonmug's laboratory assistant |
Penelope | February 9, 2020 | Time-traveling child scientist (Sundays only) |
Supporting characters
New stories typically introduced new characters, especially when those stories were set outside of Moo. Therefore, a "supporting character" is one who has been featured across multiple storylines.
Eeny, the dictator, was a transparent representation of Hitler. In her first story, in 1937, she recruited "hairshirts", taught them a familiar arm-raised salute, and installed herself as "dictator" while leaving Queen Umpa as a figurehead ruler. In her second story, in 1942, she and her "Moozys", headed by the armbanded "Moostapo", overran the country and herded its citizens into "concentration caves."
The Lemian King was inconsistent during Hamlin's run. King Tunk first appeared in 1934 as a bald man with a stubbled chin, and he remained so through 1938. In 1944, this same character was named Wur rather than Tunk, although Sawalla's King Wur had previously been featured in storylines alongside King Tunk. When Lem was re-introduced in 1954, its king was named Tunk but was clean-shaven and had a full head of hair; the Lemian king returned to his original design in 1959 but was again called Wur. He regained the name Tunk in 1961 (giving his full name as "Clab Tunk" on May 22, 1961) and from then on it stuck.
Dave Wowee, Wonmug's great-great-great-grandson, was named in honor of (and drawn to resemble) Dave Graue, who typically told people that his last name "rhymes with Wowee".[15]
Name | First Appeared | Description |
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Wootietoot | September 28, 1933 | Guz and Umpa's daughter |
Clab Tunk | March 21, 1934 | Ruler of Lem |
Dootsy Bobo | May 7, 1934 | Moovian mischief-maker and rival for Ooola's affections |
Wur | May 26, 1936 | Ruler of Sawalla |
Eeny | December 28, 1937 | Stone-age analog for Hitler |
Zel | September 3, 1938 | Ooola's cousin and Foozy's wife (married on February 20, 1939) |
Jon | April 7, 1939 | Dr. Wonmug's lab assistant |
Dee | April 15, 1939 | Dr. Wonmug's daughter |
G.I. Tum | June 24, 1939 | Federal agent |
Dr. Amos Bronson | July 22, 1939 | Historian and Wonmug's friend |
Moe, Beau, and Joe | January 27, 1943 | Foozy's triplets |
Eustace | November 20, 1953 | Alley's warhorse |
Sonny Boy | June 11, 1954 | Dinny's descendant, a twenty-or-so-million-year-old dragon |
Brunnehilde | August 11, 1954 | Doc Wonmug's barbarian love interest |
Jack East | February 25, 1957 | Riverboat gambler |
Oxy Twenty-Four | January 14, 1959 | An ancient moon-man |
The Gink | September 15, 1970 | A mind-reading Bigfoot |
Toko | January 31, 1972 | a young Moovian boy |
Ferdy | February 19, 1978 | a good-natured Moovian with much brawn but little brain (Sundays only) |
Wanda the Witch ("Granny") | January 18, 1979 | A practitioner of magic arts and the Wizer's peer |
Dave Wowee | September 21, 2002 | Doc Wonmug's great-great-great-grandson from 2145 |
Collections and reprints
Books
Title | Publication Year | Publisher | Dates reprinted |
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Alley Oop: The Sawalla Chronicles | 1983 | Ken Pierce Inc. | April 10 – August 28, 1936 (a few strips omitted) |
Alley Oop by Dave Graue | 1983 | TOR Publications | May 14, July 6–13, Sept 18–20, November 24 – December 31, 1979; January 1 – February 4, 1980; September 8 – December 1, 1981; April 5–24, April 28 – June 12, 1982 |
Alley Oop Volume 1: The Adventures of a Time-Traveling Caveman | 1990 | Kitchen Sink Press | July 20, 1946 – June 20, 1947 |
Alley Oop Volume 2: The Sphinx and Alley Oop | 1991 | Kitchen Sink Press | June 21, 1947 – August 30, 1948 |
Alley Oop Volume 3: First Trip to the Moon | 1995 | Kitchen Sink Press | August 31, 1948 – November 9, 1949 |
Alley Oop: Book 4 | 2003 | Manuscript Press | November 10, 1949 – November 10, 1950 |
The Library of American Comics Essentials Volume 4: Alley Oop 1939: The First Time Travel Adventure | 2014 | Idea & Design Works' The Library of American Comics | March 6, 1939 – March 23, 1940 |
Alley Oop: The Complete Sundays Volume 1 | 2014 | Dark Horse | September 9, 1934 – December 27, 1936 |
Alley Oop: The Complete Sundays Volume 2 | 2014 | Dark Horse | January 3, 1937 – April 30, 1939 |
Alley Oop Goes Modern: The Complete Sundays Volume 3 | 2022 | Acoustic Learning | May 7, 1939 – December 28, 1941 |
Alley Oop In World War II: The Complete Sundays Volume 4 | 2023 | Acoustic Learning | January, 1942 – August, 1944 |
Rollerboning with Alley Oop: The Complete Sundays 1976–1978 | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1976 – December 1978 |
Alley Oop Against the Outlanders: The Complete Sundays 1979–1981 | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1979 – December 1981 |
Alley Oop In the Land of Giants: The Complete Sundays 1982–1984 | 2023 | Acoustic Learning | January 1982 – December 1984 |
Alley Oop and Mini-Dinny: The Complete Sundays 1985–1987 | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1985 – December 1987 |
Alley Oop and the Dinosaur from Outer Space: The Complete Sundays 1994–1996 | 2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 1994 – December 1996 |
Alley Oop and the Magic Staff: The Complete Sundays 1997–1999 | 2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 1997 – December 1999 |
Alley Oop Meets Earlie Oop: The Complete Sundays 2000–2002 | 2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 2000 – December 2002 |
Alley Oop Is Ooperman: The Complete Sundays 2003–2005 | 2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 2003 – December 2005 |
Alley Oop and Dinny | 2022 | Acoustic Learning | December 5, 1932 – April 26, 1933 (aka Bonnet–Brown #1–120); August 7 – December 31, 1933 |
War with Lem | 2022 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1934 |
Invasion of Moo | 2022 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1935 |
Sawalla | 2022 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1936 |
Chief Bighorn | 2022 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1937 |
Mootoo | 2022 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1938 |
Alley Oop: The First Time-Travel Adventures | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1, 1939 – December 31, 1942 |
Alley Oop In the Ancient Lost Atlantis (includes color Sunday strips for Atlantis story) |
2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 1, 1946 – December 31, 1946 |
Alley Oop Meets Julius Caesar (includes daily and color Sunday strips) |
2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 1, 1949 – December 31, 1950 |
Alley Oop and the Dragon of Iron Castle | 2023 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1954 |
Alley Oop and the Tiger Tail Transplant | 2023 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1955 |
Alley Oop Races Blarney Goldfield | 2023 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1956 |
Alley Oop On the Mississippi | 2023 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1957 |
Alley Oop: Back to the Moon | 2023 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1958 |
Alley Oop and the Million-Dollar Nugget | 2023 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1959 |
Alley Oop and the Fountain of Youth | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1960 |
Alley Oop Versus the Moonmen | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1961 |
Alley Oop and the Brain Butcher | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1962 |
Alley Oop and the Dragon of Silene | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1963 |
Alley Oop On Mount Olympus | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1964 |
Alley Oop: The Ice Age | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1965 |
Alley Oop and the Man from 2166 | 2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1966 |
Alley Oop and the Neanderthals | 2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1967 |
Alley Oop In Youtopia | 2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1968 |
Alley Oop and the Beanstalk | 2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1969 |
Alley Oop and the Fabulous Ghost Racer | 2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1970 |
Alley Oop and the Mad Mod Mechanical Man | 2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1971 |
Alley Oop and Sir Clank of Far Outman | 2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1972 |
Alley Oop on the Island of Dinnys | 2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1973 |
Alley Oop and Han Sin's Kite | 2022 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1974 |
Alley Oop and the Thorn King of Nerr | 2022 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1975 |
Alley Oop and the Hunt for the Texas Pterosaurs | 2022 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1976 |
Alley Oop and the Great Moovian Migration | 2022 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1977 |
Alley Oop on the Planet of Delfon | 2022 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1978 |
Alley Oop In Wonderland | 2022 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1979 |
Alley Oop and The Seven Cities of Gold | 2023 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1980 |
Alley Oop Meets Draculina | 2023 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1981 |
Alley Oop On the Trail of the Swamp Fox | 2023 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1982 |
Alley Oop Versus the Black Knight | 2023 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1983 |
Alley Oop and the First Prehistoric Olympic Games | 2023 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1984 |
Alley Oop and the Captive Prince | 2023 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1985 |
Alley Oop In the Land of No Return | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1986 |
Alley Oop: Under the Sea | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1987 |
Alley Oop and the Hubots of Talaxia | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1988 |
Alley Oop Meets Fang | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1989 |
Alley Oop and the Monarchs of Gorp | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1990 |
Alley Oop In Sparta | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1991 |
Alley Oop and the Beast of the Woods | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1992 |
Alley Oop and the Art Invasion | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1993 |
Alley Oop and the Mesmeric Menace | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1994 |
Alley Oop Versus the Nightlings | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1995 |
Alley Oop and the Fire Goddess | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1996 |
Alley Oop and the Minotaur | 2024 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1997 |
Alley Oop and the Zan of Zoron | 2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1998 |
Alley Oop and the Counterfeit Queen | 2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 1999 |
Alley Oop and the Mighty Kafrak | 2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 2000 |
Alley Oop and the Slavers | 2025 | Acoustic Learning | January 1 – December 31, 2001 |
Magazines
In addition to the magazines mentioned in the table below, Comics Revue has also reprinted Alley Oop daily and Sunday strips. The Menomonee Falls Guardian, published weekly, reprinted one week of daily strips in each issue. The Menomonee Falls Guardian Special #1–3 were sold separately; Special #4 was an insert included with issue #100.
Title | Publication Year | Publisher | Dates reprinted |
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The Menomonee Falls Guardian Special issues 1–4 | 1973–1975 | Street Enterprises | October 2, 1973 – July 27, 1974 (December 25, 1973, omitted) |
The Menomonee Falls Guardian issues 2–59 | July 2, 1973 – August 5, 1974 | Street Enterprises | January 3, 1949 – February 11, 1950 |
The Menomonee Falls Guardian issues 60–146 | August 12, 1974 – May 3, 1976 | Street Enterprises | July 29, 1974 – March 27, 1976 |
Favorite Funnies issues 1–12 | September 14 – November 30, 1973 | Dynapubs Enterprises | May 12 – August 2, 1941 (one week of daily strips per weekly issue) |
Storyline Strips (75 issues) | August 1997 – September 2000 | American Publishing Corp. | Two weeks of current daily strips per weekly issue |
Yesterday's Comics issue 3 | 1974 | Nostalgia Inc. | April 3–15, 1939 |
Nemo Classics Comics Library issue 6 | 1984 | Fantagraphics | Sunday strips: September 9, 1934; January 6 and November 24, 1935; December 12, 1937; January 8, April 2, 9, 16, October 8, and November 19, 1939 |
Alley Oop #1: The Legend Begins | 1987 | Dragon Lady Press | August 7, 1933 – January 27, 1934 |
Alley Oop #2: Enter the Time Machine | 1987 | Dragon Lady Press | March 6, 1939 – October 25, 1939 |
Alley Oop #3: Oop vs. Hercules | 1988 | Dragon Lady Press | October 26, 1939 – July 30, 1940 |
Alley Oop Magazine #0 (Introductory issue) | 1997 | Spec Productions | December 5, 1932 – January 3, 1933 August 7 – September 2, 1933 December 19, 1993 – February 20, 1994 (Sundays) September 15 – November 8, 1980 |
Alley Oop Magazine #1 | 1998 | Spec Productions | July 3 - September 28, 1940; September 8–13, 1941 June 5–13, 1962 February 27 – March 27, 1994 & May 7, 1995 (Sundays) November 10 - December 25, 1980 |
Alley Oop Magazine #2 | 1998 | Spec Productions | January 9–30, 1933 & Bonnet–Brown #49–75 August 4 – December 22, 1996 (Sundays) September 30 – November 25, 1940 |
Alley Oop Magazine #3 | 1998 | Spec Productions | November 26, 1940 – May 31, 1941 |
Alley Oop Magazine #4 | 1998 | Spec Productions | Bonnet–Brown #75–101 April 10 – September 18, 1994 (Sundays) May 30 – August 5, 1983 June 3 – July 7, 1941 |
Alley Oop Magazine #5 | 1998 | Spec Productions | August 8 – October 11, 1983 July 9 – October 21, 1941 |
Alley Oop Magazine #6 | 1999 | Spec Productions | October 21, 1941 – April 21, 1942 |
Alley Oop Magazine #7 | 2000 | Spec Productions | April 21 – August 13, 1942 January 16 – March 26, 1991 |
Alley Oop Magazine #8 | 2000 | Spec Productions | August 14, 1942 – January 16, 1943 March 27 – April 15, 1991 |
Alley Oop Magazine #9 | 2000 | Spec Productions | January 16 – May 1, 1943 April 16 – July 6, 1991 |
Alley Oop Magazine #10 | 2000 | Spec Productions | May 3 – October 27, 1943 |
Alley Oop Magazine #11 | 2001 | Spec Productions | October 28, 1943 – May 13, 1944 |
Alley Oop Magazine #12 | 2001 | Spec Productions | May 15 – November 21, 1944 |
Alley Oop Magazine #13 | 2002 | Spec Productions | Bonnet–Brown #102–120 November 22, 1944 – January 27, 1945 December 2, 1981 – February 6, 1982 |
Alley Oop Magazine #14 | 2002 | Spec Productions | January 29 – June 30, 1945 February 10 – March 31, 2002 (Sundays) |
Alley Oop Magazine #15 | 2002 | Spec Productions | July 2, 1945 – January 11, 1946 |
Alley Oop Magazine #16 | 2003 | Spec Productions | January 12 – July 19, 1946 (includes color Sundays from April 7 – June 2) September 23 & 27 and Sunday, December 1, 2002 |
Alley Oop Magazine #17 | 2003 | Spec Productions | November 11, 1950 – May 21, 1951 |
Alley Oop Magazine #18 | 2004 | Spec Productions | May 22 – December 31, 1951 |
Alley Oop Magazine #19 | 2004 | Spec Productions | January 1 – July 5, 1952 |
Alley Oop Magazine #20 | 2004 | Spec Productions | July 7 – December 23, 1952 |
Alley Oop Magazine #21 | 2005 | Spec Productions | December 24, 1952 – June 13, 1953 |
Alley Oop Magazine #22 | 2006 | Spec Productions | June 15 – December 31, 1953 |
Alley Oop Magazine #23 | 2006 | Spec Productions | January 1 – June 30, 1954 |
Alley Oop Magazine #24 | 2006 | Spec Productions | July 1 – December 30, 1954 |
Alley Oop Magazine #25 | 2007 | Spec Productions | January 1 – July 1, 1955 |
Alley Oop Magazine #26 | 2007 | Spec Productions | July 1 – December 31, 1955 |
Alley Oop Magazine #27 | 2008 | Spec Productions | January 1 – June 30, 1956 |
Alley Oop Magazine #28 | 2008 | Spec Productions | August 2, 1956 – January 1, 1957 |
Alley Oop Magazine #29 | 2010 | Spec Productions | January – June, 1957 |
Alley Oop Magazine #30 | Spec Productions | July – December, 1957 | |
Alley Oop Magazine #31 | Spec Productions | January – June, 1958 | |
Alley Oop Magazine #32 | 2012 | Spec Productions | July – December, 1958 |
Alley Oop Magazine #33 | Spec Productions | January – June, 1959 | |
Alley Oop Magazine #34 | 2013 | Spec Productions | July – December 31, 1959 |
Comics
Various strips have also been reprinted in comic-book form. The comic books tended to alter the original reading experience by colorizing the daily strips as well as rearranging, dropping, cropping or extending panels to fit the format. Recap and exposition panels, as well as strips that served as diversions from the perceived "main story" (such as an interlude of Alley and Foozy discovering how to drive a car while Dr. Wonmug fixed the time machine), were typically excised.
Famous Funnies and The Funnies re-lettered their Sunday-strip reprints, enlarging the text and simplifying the language, so that the comic would be more legible when reduced from tabloid to comic-book size. Although the first seven issues of Red Ryder Comics' Sunday-strip reprints were unaltered, in every subsequent issue the panels were enlarged, redrawn, rearranged or deleted.
The Antarctic Press series featured a combination of original material, direct reprints of newspaper comics, and redrawn adaptations of newspaper-strip stories. The reprints rearranged, resized, and sometimes omitted panels. These reprints and adaptations are noted in the list of storylines.
Issue | Publication Date | Publisher | Dates covered |
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Famous Funnies #19–25 | February–August 1936 | Eastern Color Printing Co. | October 28 – December 9, 1934 (one Sunday page per issue) |
The Funnies #1 | October 1936 | Dell Publishing Co. | November 17 – December 8, 1935 (Sundays) |
The Funnies #2 | November 1936 | Dell Publishing Co. | December 15, 1935 – January 6, 1936 (Sundays) |
The Funnies #3 | December 1936 | Dell Publishing Co. | January 13 – February 3, 1936 (Sundays) |
The Funnies #4 | January 1937 | Dell Publishing Co. | February 10–17 & March 1–8, 1936 (Sundays) |
The Funnies #5 | February 1937 | Dell Publishing Co. | March 15 – April 5, 1936 (Sundays) |
The Funnies #6 | March 1937 | Dell Publishing Co. | April 12 – May 3, 1936 (Sundays) |
The Funnies #7 | April 1937 | Dell Publishing Co. | May 10–31, 1936 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #8 | May 1937 | Dell Publishing Co. | June 7–28, 1936 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #9 | June 1937 | Dell Publishing Co. | July 5–26, 1936 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #10 | July 1937 | Dell Publishing Co. | August 2, 23, 30 & September 6, 1936 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #11 | August 1937 | Dell Publishing Co. | September 13 – October 4, 1936 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #12 | September 1937 | Dell Publishing Co. | October 11 – November 1, 1936 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #13 | October 1937 | Dell Publishing Co. | November 8–29, 1936 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #14 | November 1937 | Dell Publishing Co. | December 13–27, 1936 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #15 | December 1937 | Dell Publishing Co. | January 3–24, 1937 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #16 | January 1938 | Dell Publishing Co. | December 6, 1936 & February 7–21, 1937 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #17 | February 1938 | Dell Publishing Co. | February 28 – March 31, 1937 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #18 | March 1938 | Dell Publishing Co. | March 28 – April 18, 1937 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #19 | April 1938 | Dell Publishing Co. | April 25 – May 16, 1937 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #20 | May 1938 | Dell Publishing Co. | May 23 – June 13, 1937 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #21 | June 1938 | Dell Publishing Co. | June 20 – July 11, 1937 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #22 | July 1938 | Dell Publishing Co. | July 18 – August 8, 1937 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #23 | August 1938 | Dell Publishing Co. | August 15 – September 5, 1937 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #24 | September 1938 | Dell Publishing Co. | September 12 – October 3, 1937 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #25 | October 1938 | Dell Publishing Co. | October 10–31, 1937 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #26 | November 1938 | Dell Publishing Co. | November 7–28, 1937 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #27 | December 1938 | Dell Publishing Co. | December 5–26, 1937 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #28 | January 1939 | Dell Publishing Co. | January 2–23, 1937 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #29 | February 1939 | Dell Publishing Co. | January 30 – February 20, 1937 (Sundays, with panels removed) |
The Funnies #30 | April 1939 | Dell Publishing Co. | November 15–27, 1937 |
The Funnies #31 | May 1939 | Dell Publishing Co. | November 29 – December 11, 1937 |
The Funnies #32 | June 1939 | Dell Publishing Co. | December 13–29, 1938 |
The Funnies #33 | July 1939 | Dell Publishing Co. | December 30, 1937 – January 15, 1938 |
The Funnies #34 | August 1939 | Dell Publishing Co. | January 17–29, 1938 |
The Funnies #35 | September 1939 | Dell Publishing Co. | January 31 – February 12, 1938 |
The Funnies #36 | October 1939 | Dell Publishing Co. | February 14 – March 7, 1938 |
The Funnies #37 | November 1939 | Dell Publishing Co. | March 8–21, 1938 |
The Funnies #38 | December 1939 | Dell Publishing Co. | March 22 – April 6, 1938 |
The Funnies #39 | January 1940 | Dell Publishing Co. | April 6–22, 1938 |
The Funnies #40 | February 1940 | Dell Publishing Co. | April 22 – May 3, 1938 |
The Funnies #41 | March 1940 | Dell Publishing Co. | May 4–16, 1938 |
The Funnies #42 | April 1940 | Dell Publishing Co. | May 17–27, 1938 |
The Funnies #43 | May 1940 | Dell Publishing Co. | May 27 – June 7, 1938 |
The Funnies #44 | June 1940 | Dell Publishing Co. | June 7–17, 1938 |
The Comics #3 | May 1937 | Dell Publishing Co. | June 10–21, 1935 |
The Comics #4 | July 1937 | Dell Publishing Co. | June 22–29 & July 10–15, 1935 |
The Comics #5 | September 1937 | Dell Publishing Co. | July 1–9 & 16–19, 1935 |
Four Color Comic #3 | 1938 | Dell Publishing Co. | December 11, 1937 – July 19, 1938 |
Red Ryder Comics #6 | April 1942 | KK Publications | June 11 & 18, July 2 & 9, 1939 (Sundays) |
Red Ryder Comics #7 | May/June 1942 | KK Publications | July 16 – August 6, 1939 (Sundays) |
Red Ryder Comics #8 | July/August 1942 | KK Publications | August 13 – September 3, 1939 (Sundays) |
Red Ryder Comics #9 | September/October 1942 | KK Publications | September 17 – October 1, 1939 (Sundays) |
Red Ryder Comics #10 | November/December 1942 | KK Publications | October 8–22 & November 5, 1939 (Sundays) |
Red Ryder Comics #11 | January/February 1943 | KK Publications | November 12 – December 3, 1939 (Sundays) |
Red Ryder Comics #12 | March/April 1943 | KK Publications | December 10–31, 1939 (Sundays) |
Red Ryder Comics #13 | May/June 1943 | KK Publications | January 7–28, 1940 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #14 | July/August 1943 | KK Publications | January 28 – February 18, 1940 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #15 | September/October 1943 | KK Publications | February 18 – March 10, 1940 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #16 | November/December 1943 | KK Publications | March 17 – April 7, 1940 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #17 | January/February 1944 | KK Publications | April 14 – May 5, 1940 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #18 | March/April 1944 | KK Publications | May 12 – June 2, 1940 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #19 | May/June 1944 | KK Publications | May 12 – June 30, 1940 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #20 | July/August 1944 | KK Publications | July 7–28, 1940 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #21 | September/October 1944 | KK Publications | August 4–25, 1940 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #22 | November/December 1944 | KK Publications | September 1–22, 1940 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #23 | January/February 1944 | KK Publications | September 29 – October 13, 1940 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #24 | March/April 1945 | KK Publications | October 20 – November 3, 1940 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #25 | May/June 1945 | KK Publications | November 10, 24 & December 1, 1940 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #26 | July/August 1945 | KK Publications | December 8 & 15, 1940 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #27 | September/October 1945 | KK Publications | December 22 & 29, 1940 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #28 | November 1945 | KK Publications | January 5 & 12, 1941 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #29 | December 1945 | KK Publications | January 19 & February 16, 1941 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #30 | January 1946 | KK Publications | February 23 & March 2, 1941 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #31 | February 1946 | KK Publications | March 9 & 16, 1941 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Red Ryder Comics #32 | March 1946 | KK Publications | March 23 & 30, 1941 (Sundays, panels rearranged) |
Alley Oop #10 | September 1947 | Visual Editions Inc. | April 15 – November 9, 1935 |
Alley Oop #11 | December 1947 | Visual Editions Inc. | November 3 – December 26, 1939; March 15 – April 26, 1940 |
Alley Oop #12 | March 1948 | Visual Editions Inc. | |
Alley Oop #13 | June 1948 | Visual Editions Inc. | April 12 – June 21, 1941; July 12 – August 2, 1941 |
Alley Oop #14 | September 1948 | Visual Editions Inc. | August 4 – September 22, 1941; October 8 – November 24, 1941 |
Alley Oop #15 | December 1948 | Visual Editions Inc. | October 25, 1940 – March 21, 1941 |
Alley Oop #16 | March 1949 | Visual Editions Inc. | April 29, 1940, to ? |
Alley Oop #17 | June 1949 | Visual Editions Inc. | August 16 – November 24, 1944 |
Alley Oop #18 | October 1949 | Visual Editions Inc. | July 29 – December 2, 1946 |
Alley Oop #1 | November 1955 | Argo Publishing Co. | June 15 – September 9 and October 24, 1953 |
Alley Oop #2 | January 1956 | Argo Publishing Co. | from 1953: dailies September 22 – October 3, October 12–16, October 27 – November 12; Sundays May 24 – June 14 (some panels omitted) |
Alley Oop #3 | March 1956 | Argo Publishing Co. | March 22 – June 5, 1954 |
Alley Oop Adventures #1 | August 1998 | Antarctic Press | Two original stories, two adaptations, and one reprint |
Alley Oop Adventures #2 | October 1998 | Antarctic Press | One original story; three original one-page features; two adaptations |
Alley Oop Adventures #3 | December 1998 | Antarctic Press | Two original stories, later adapted into Sunday strips; one original one-page feature; one reprint; one adaptation |
Alley Oop Adventures #1 | September 1999 | Antarctic Press | One original story, later published as Sunday strips; two reprints; one Jack Bender tryout strip, later published as a Sunday strip |
Alley Oop Adventures #2 | December 1999 | Antarctic Press | Three original stories, two later adapted into Sunday strips; one reprint; one Jack Bender tryout strip |
Alley Oop Adventures #3 | March 2000 | Antarctic Press | Two adaptations, one reprint |
Original publications
The following publications were original material, not newspaper reprints:
- Alley Oop and Dinny A Big Little Book No. 763 (1935) Whitman Publishing
- Alley Oop in The Invasion of Moo (1935) (Cocomalt Premium) Whitman
- Alley Oop and Dinny in the Jungles of Moo A Big Little Book #1473 (1938) Whitman
- Alley Oop and the Missing King of Moo A Penny Book (1938) Whitman
- Alley Oop and the Cave Men of Moo (Pan-Am Premium) (1938) Whitman
- Alley Oop and the Kingdom of Foo (Pan-Am Premium) (1938) Whitman
- Alley Oop: Taming a Dinosaur (Pan-Am Premium) (1938) Whitman
- Alley Oop sheet music (1960) Kavelin-Maverick Music (USA), Leeds Music (Australia, New Zealand)
- Alley Oop Coloring Book (1962) Treasure Books
- Alley Oop comic book, issues 1–3 (1963) Dell Publishing Co.
- Alley Oop Fun Book (1981) Happy House Books
See also
Sunday storylines
The following table is a list of storylines featured in the Sunday comic strips. The ending of a storyline frequently overlapped with the beginning of the next, and actual story titles were provided only on a few occasions (e.g., "Alley Oop at Crummystone Manor" or "The Perpetual Motion Machine"). The dates and story descriptions given here are, therefore, not official or definitive delineations but may serve as a rough index to the history of the strip. Most of the Sunday strips from November 1996 onward are available on gocomics.com.
The Sunday strips' continuity ran separately from the daily strips until 2006 (with two exceptions, as noted in the list). In the first few years following the time machine's introduction, Hamlin shifted the setting of the Sunday strip, sometimes abruptly, to match that of the daily storyline, but the Sunday and daily strips were entirely different stories, told in parallel, and they did not overlap. For example, when Oop was first brought to the 20th century, the Sunday storyline showed him doing little more than figuring out modern clothing and calmly running a few errands, whereas the daily strip had him roving all around the countryside in cars, trains, and planes, wreaking havoc and making headlines as the "Phantom Ape". If the same events did occur in both continuities, they were always told differently: before the first time-machine story, for example, Alley Oop acquired the Moovian royal jewels; however, in the Sunday strip, Guz voluntarily installed Alley as king (so he could take a vacation), while in the daily strip Alley took the throne by force (as revenge for Guz stealing and eating Dinny's egg).
After 1961, the Sunday strips featured no time travel but were set exclusively in Moo. It is possible that, from 1961 onward, the Sunday stories were meant to have taken place prior to Alley having met the time-machine crew because, in these strips, Alley was shown to be unaware of concepts he had already encountered in the time-travel storylines, such as shoes, or snow, or even the wheel.
Starting in January 2006, through the Benders' retirement in mid-2019, Sunday strips were not new stories but reprinted panels from the previous week's daily strips.
Since late 2019, the artistic team has made the Sunday strips "Little Oop", portraying a young Alley Oop. Little Oop was first set in a land of Moo that is anachronistic in a way similar to the Flintstones' "modern stone age", but he met a time-traveling child named Penelope who brought him to the modern era (on March 1, 2020).
Topper strips
Alley Oop's Sunday page had different toppers starting with the first strip and running through 1944:
- Dinny's Family Album, September 9, 1934 – February 7, 1937
- Foozy's Limericks, February 21 – May 16, 1937
- Prehistoric Cut-Outs in Modern Dress, May 23 – September 12, 1937
- Fragments, September 19, 1937 – April 9, 1939
- Scientists Say, April 16 – July 2, 1939
- Odds 'n' Ends, July 9, 1939 – April 21, 1940
- Story of a Dinosaur Egg, April 28 – August 25, 1940
- Foozy's Foolosophies, September 1, 1940 – September 5, 1943
- The characters argue over who gets to use the space (breaking the fourth wall), September 12, 1943 – January 2, 1944
- Buy War Bonds cartoon advertisements, January 9 – August 27, 1944[16]
Sunday strips
1930s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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September 9, 1934 | October 7, 1934 | Alley and Foozy start a trading business (Through the end of 1937, many storylines are driven by the two partners' profit schemes for this business.) |
October 14, 1934 | November 11, 1934 | Guz wants a dinosaur |
November 18, 1934 | Foozy gives love advice | |
November 25, 1934 | Alley solves the rock pile | |
December 2, 1934 | December 9, 1934 | Foozy promotes the Big Fight |
December 16, 1934 | February 3, 1935 | Ama, the land of wild women |
February 10, 1935 | Foozy the debt collector | |
February 17, 1935 | Oop's animal trap | |
February 24, 1935 | March 3, 1935 | Catching a merawow |
March 10, 1935 | Alley and Foozy play axe-golf | |
March 17, 1935 | Foozy sells some beads | |
March 24, 1935 | April 7, 1935 | Umpa goes on a diet |
April 14, 1935 | May 19, 1935 | Alley's new pet dinosaur |
May 26, 1935 | June 9, 1935 | Alley courts Ooola |
June 16, 1935 | Guz's police report | |
June 23, 1935 | June 30, 1935 | Alley goes fishing |
July 7, 1935 | July 14, 1935 | Alley's sore thumb |
July 21, 1935 | August 18, 1935 | gag strips |
August 25, 1935 | September 29, 1935 | Alley and Foozy have a fire sale |
October 6, 1935 | November 3, 1935 | Guz's new robe |
November 10, 1935 | January 13, 1936 | Oop, king of Oompahlan |
January 20, 1936 | February 10, 1936 | gag strips |
February 17, 1936 | March 15, 1936 | Dinosaur hunt |
March 22, 1936 | Axe-golf with Guz | |
March 29, 1936 | May 3, 1936 | Dinosaur egg pranks |
May 10, 1936 | June 14, 1936 | gag strips |
June 21, 1936 | August 2, 1936 | Munitions profiteering in war with Lem |
August 9, 1936 | Umpa's melon shelf | |
August 16, 1936 | August 23, 1936 | Brontosaurus hunt |
August 30, 1936 | Dinny's day in the jungle | |
September 7, 1936 | September 13, 1936 | Foozy lassos a pterodactyl |
September 20, 1936 | Posies are food for the soul | |
September 27, 1936 | October 4, 1936 | Alley annoys Guz and the Wizer |
October 11, 1936 | October 25, 1936 | Foozy vs the Wizer |
November 1, 1936 | December 27, 1936 | Foozy's price war |
January 3, 1937 | January 10, 1937 | Guz's toothache |
January 17, 1937 | January 24, 1937 | Fishing for dinosaurs |
January 31, 1937 | March 7, 1937 | Crossing crocodile creek |
March 14, 1937 | March 28, 1937 | Alley feeds the Moovian army |
April 4, 1937 | June 20, 1937 | Alley's prize fight |
June 27, 1937 | October 10, 1937 | Foozy, tax criminal |
October 17, 1937 | May 8, 1938 | The Royal Moovian Circus |
May 15, 1938 | June 12, 1938 | War with Lem over entertainment fees |
June 19, 1938 | July 3, 1938 | Oop's imaginary jail sentence |
July 10, 1938 | Fishing with Foozy | |
July 17, 1938 | November 13, 1938 | G-man Foozy and Two-Axe Oop: Moovian cop |
November 20, 1938 | December 11, 1938 | The football game: Moo vs Lem |
December 18, 1938 | January 15, 1939 | Oop vs Guz |
January 22, 1939 | March 26, 1939 | gag strips |
April 2, 1939 | July 16, 1939 | Oop meets the 20th century |
July 23, 1939 | September 17, 1939 | Alley Oop, millionaire |
September 24, 1939 | October 22, 1939 | The skeptics visit Moo |
October 29, 1939 | November 5, 1939 | Oop gets a mule |
November 12, 1939 | December 17, 1939 | Escape from Troy |
1940s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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December 24, 1939 | March 24, 1940 | Sailing with Eneas |
March 31, 1940 | June 30, 1940 | A visit to Amazonia |
July 7, 1940 | October 20, 1940 | Oop meets Cleopatra |
October 27, 1940 | November 17, 1940 | 200 million BC: Earth's second moon explodes |
November 24, 1940 | April 20, 1941 | Oop returns to Cleopatra |
April 27, 1941 | September 28, 1941 | Oop, pirate captain |
October 5, 1941 | October 26, 1941 | Dinny gets stuck in the time-field |
November 2, 1941 | February 1, 1942 | Castle siege in 12th-century England |
February 8, 1942 | March 22, 1942 | The great tournament |
March 29, 1942 | April 26, 1942 | Alley vs King John's troops |
May 3, 1942 | May 17, 1942 | Alley tries to enlist in WWII |
May 24, 1942 | June 14, 1942 | Oop turns invisible |
June 21, 1942 | September 27, 1942 | Alley runs off to fight the war |
October 4, 1942 | November 22, 1942 | Making movies in Moo |
November 29, 1942 | January 10, 1943 | Oop the Hollywood star |
January 17, 1943 | February 7, 1943 | Alley breaks his leg |
February 14, 1943 | May 9, 1943 | Ancient Atlantis |
May 16, 1943 | July 25, 1943 | Mystery of the haunted house |
August 1, 1943 | September 19, 1943 | Spook hunting, round two |
September 26, 1943 | December 26, 1943 | Beach vacation |
January 2, 1944 | March 19, 1944 | Dr. Goo's shrinking potion |
March 26, 1944 | July 30, 1944 | Rollo the brontosaurus |
August 6, 1944 | August 20, 1944 | Oop helps with war production |
August 27, 1944 | October 15, 1944 | Oop vs the USPS |
October 22, 1944 | November 5, 1944 | Alley gets sick |
November 12, 1944 | May 27, 1945 | Alley Oop at Crummystone Manor |
June 3, 1945 | September 23, 1945 | The Perpetual Motion Machine (the time-machine's viewscreen is introduced on September 16) |
September 30, 1945 | November 18, 1945 | Alley meets the Teutonic Cimbrians |
November 25, 1945 | January 6, 1946 | Alley brings home Willie the horse |
January 13, 1946 | February 3, 1946 | Love and marriage in Moo |
February 10, 1946 | March 10, 1946 | Alley and Foozy on the town |
March 17, 1946 | March 24, 1946 | Dinny vs Willie |
March 31, 1946 | June 2, 1946 | (these are integrated with daily-strip continuity) |
June 9, 1946 | June 16, 1946 | Alley retrieves Willie |
June 23, 1946 | August 11, 1946 | Alley rewires the time machine |
August 18, 1946 | November 24, 1946 | Alley meets Aladdin |
December 1, 1946 | December 22, 1946 | Santa's weight-loss program |
December 29, 1946 | January 19, 1947 | Alley's flying carpet ride |
January 26, 1947 | May 18, 1947 | Ooola, the Witch of Red Tower |
May 25, 1947 | August 10, 1947 | By rocket to Antarctica |
August 17, 1947 | September 7, 1947 | Ham the Hermit's Moovian revolution |
September 14, 1947 | November 2, 1947 | Alley and Oscar's prank war |
November 9, 1947 | November 23, 1947 | Alley and the steam shovel |
November 30, 1947 | January 4, 1947 | Alley meets Vikings |
January 11, 1947 | April 11, 1947 | Wu Sing's dragon |
April 18, 1948 | May 30, 1947 | Oop and the beanstalk |
June 6, 1948 | August 1, 1947 | Oop loses his punch |
August 8, 1948 | October 3, 1948 | The dragon in Moo |
October 10, 1948 | October 31, 1948 | Alley becomes invisible |
November 7, 1948 | January 23, 1949 | Invisible Oop fights alongside King Arthur |
January 30, 1949 | February 13, 1949 | Alley gets sick |
February 20, 1949 | May 1, 1949 | Oop vs the Soofoot Indian tribe |
May 8, 1949 | October 29, 1950 | (these are integrated with daily-strip continuity) |
1950s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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November 5, 1950 | Recap | |
November 12, 1950 | February 11, 1951 | The Tale of the Butcher Baron |
February 18, 1951 | April 15, 1951 | Oop's better way of life for Moo |
April 22, 1951 | June 3, 1951 | Oop, ghost at large |
June 10, 1951 | July 15, 1951 | Guz and the Moovian jail |
July 22, 1951 | September 2, 1951 | Oop, champion of the people |
September 9, 1951 | September 30, 1951 | Ooola returns to Moo |
October 7, 1951 | October 21, 1951 | Foozy's toothache |
October 28, 1951 | November 18, 1951 | Little Oop learns to hunt |
November 25, 1951 | December 23, 1951 | Foozy's kids go hunting |
December 30, 1951 | January 20, 1952 | Dinny's stolen egg |
January 27, 1952 | March 2, 1952 | Oop, court minstrel |
March 9, 1952 | June 1, 1952 | Dinny catches a cold |
June 8, 1952 | July 20, 1952 | Guz tries to exile Oop |
July 27, 1952 | September 28, 1952 | The flying dinosaurs |
October 5, 1952 | November 2, 1952 | Stock car racing |
November 9, 1952 | November 30, 1952 | Modern policemen in Moo |
December 7, 1952 | February 15, 1953 | Oop loses his memory |
February 22, 1953 | April 26, 1953 | Oop takes the Moovian crown |
May 3, 1953 | May 24, 1953 | Hunting with Foozy's kids |
May 31, 1953 | July 12, 1953 | Oop as Guz's bodyguard |
July 19, 1953 | August 30, 1953 | Oop needs new pants |
September 6, 1953 | December 6, 1953 | Oopland |
December 13, 1953 | January 10, 1954 | Guz and Alley settle their differences |
January 17, 1954 | Alley's garden | |
January 24, 1954 | February 21, 1954 | Ooola and Alley patch things up |
February 28, 1954 | May 30, 1954 | Guz and Alley have a duel |
June 6, 1954 | June 27, 1954 | Foozy's blackmail scheme |
July 4, 1954 | August 29, 1954 | Oop, chief of Moovian police |
September 5, 1954 | November 28, 1954 | Dogs and cats |
December 5, 1954 | December 26, 1954 | Oop strains his brain |
January 2, 1955 | February 6, 1955 | Prince Oop |
February 13, 1955 | March 6, 1955 | Woman troubles |
March 13, 1955 | June 5, 1955 | Oop, assistant Wizer |
June 12, 1955 | July 3, 1955 | Guz drives Oop out of Moo |
July 10, 1955 | August 14, 1955 | Eedy and her father |
August 21, 1955 | October 9, 1955 | X-ray vision |
October 16, 1955 | October 23, 1955 | Pterodactyl riding with Foozy |
October 30, 1955 | January 15, 1956 | The king of Gondwana abducts the Wizer |
January 22, 1956 | March 25, 1956 | It's a woman's world |
April 1, 1956 | April 22, 1956 | Alley brings Guz a dinosaur |
April 29, 1956 | May 20, 1956 | Adventures in babysitting |
May 27, 1956 | July 15, 1956 | Guz sends the army after Alley |
July 22, 1956 | August 26, 1956 | Guz and Umpa go on a diet |
September 2, 1956 | September 16, 1956 | Foozy tries Wizing |
September 23, 1956 | October 7, 1956 | Cross-dressing Moovians |
October 14, 1956 | November 25, 1956 | Alley fixes his axe |
December 2, 1956 | January 13, 1957 | Alley pretends to be sick |
January 20, 1957 | April 21, 1957 | Guz learns to act like royalty |
April 28, 1957 | June 16, 1957 | The ceratosaurus gizzard |
June 23, 1957 | June 30, 1957 | National Black Eye Week |
July 7, 1957 | August 18, 1957 | Guz and Umpa abdicate / A word from our sponsor (The "word from our sponsor" was a meta-fictional story-within-a-story in which the Alley Oop characters lifted the comic panels to look for an annoying spokesman who kept interrupting their storyline.) |
August 25, 1957 | September 15, 1957 | The yowling dinosaur |
September 22, 1957 | November 3, 1957 | Foozy and Alley explore Moo |
November 10, 1957 | December 29, 1957 | Wala, Poddywumps, and Whiskers come to Moo |
January 5, 1958 | February 9, 1958 | Oop, minister of women's affairs |
February 16, 1958 | May 11, 1958 | Oop becomes a Yobnerg ("greenboy" spelled backwards) |
May 18, 1958 | June 15, 1958 | Diving for doubloons |
June 22, 1958 | October 19, 1958 | Big game hunting (This is the next-to-last Sunday time-travel story) |
October 26, 1958 | December 7, 1958 | Guz hurts his foot |
December 14, 1958 | December 28, 1958 | The tailless dinosaur |
January 4, 1959 | February 15, 1959 | Guz's pet mammoth |
February 22, 1959 | March 29, 1959 | It's a man's world |
April 5, 1959 | April 26, 1959 | Guz's vacation |
May 3, 1959 | June 7, 1959 | Oop's hot-air balloon |
June 14, 1959 | July 19, 1959 | Oop returns to Moo |
July 26, 1959 | August 23, 1959 | Firing the Grand Wizer |
August 30, 1959 | October 4, 1959 | Guz's toothache |
October 11, 1959 | November 22, 1959 | Mini-Dinny |
November 29, 1959 | December 6, 1959 | Alley and Foozy sit and think |
December 13, 1959 | June 26, 1960 | Oop, king of Mootoo |
1960s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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July 3, 1960 | July 10, 1960 | Guz puts down the revolution |
July 17, 1960 | August 28, 1960 | Alley takes it easy |
September 4, 1960 | October 23, 1960 | Riding the gold train |
October 30, 1960 | January 1, 1961 | Meeting Alley's father (this is the last Sunday time-travel story) |
January 8, 1961 | February 12, 1961 | Tax collections |
February 19, 1961 | April 2, 1961 | Ooola makes Alley jealous |
April 9, 1961 | May 7, 1961 | The underwater mystery monster |
May 14, 1961 | June 25, 1961 | Oop, game warden |
July 2, 1961 | September 3, 1961 | Substitute king Hexa |
September 10, 1961 | October 8, 1961 | The royal family's mental wellness |
October 15, 1961 | November 19, 1961 | Measles outbreak |
November 26, 1961 | December 24, 1961 | He Ro arrives |
December 31, 1961 | February 25, 1962 | Oop the clam magnate (In a light-hearted jibe at the B.C. comic strip, Oop discovers that clams make awful currency because they spoil and stink.) |
March 4, 1962 | April 1, 1962 | Oop's not dead |
April 8, 1962 | April 29, 1962 | Killjoy Oop |
May 6, 1962 | June 24, 1962 | The exalted society of Moovian bird-watchers |
July 1, 1962 | August 19, 1962 | Guz and Wizer trade places (On August 12, the Wizer's name is revealed to be "Pooky") |
August 26, 1962 | November 11, 1962 | Wizer vs Dujoo the witch |
November 18, 1962 | December 2, 1962 | Oop's hammock |
December 9, 1962 | December 23, 1962 | Boredom in Moo |
December 30, 1962 | March 10, 1963 | The Wizer goes away for a while |
March 17, 1963 | July 7, 1963 | Moovian weight-reduction programs |
July 14, 1963 | August 18, 1963 | Modern art in Moo |
August 25, 1963 | October 13, 1963 | Guz's golf game |
October 20, 1963 | November 24, 1963 | Umpa's picture window |
January 12, 1963 | December 29, 1963 | Oop and Foozy go foraging |
January 5, 1964 | March 29, 1964 | Oop denies being smart |
April 5, 1964 | May 10, 1964 | Alley visits Mogo |
May 17, 1964 | August 9, 1964 | The Mogoite invasion |
August 16, 1964 | September 20, 1964 | Golf with a moron |
September 27, 1964 | November 1, 1964 | The gazookus gizzard |
November 8, 1964 | January 31, 1965 | Guz pretends to be dead |
February 7, 1965 | May 16, 1965 | The Wizer is fired and re-hired |
May 23, 1965 | August 1, 1965 | Alley and Foozy go hunting |
August 8, 1965 | August 22, 1965 | Alley and Foozy's musical jam |
August 29, 1965 | September 26, 1965 | The Wizer calms Oop |
October 3, 1965 | November 21, 1965 | Moovian tiddlywinks |
November 28, 1965 | December 5, 1965 | The fairy circle |
December 12, 1965 | January 9, 1966 | Black-eyed romance |
January 16, 1966 | February 13, 1966 | The dinosaur mating song |
February 20, 1966 | March 6, 1966 | Wizer psyches out Oop |
March 13, 1966 | April 24, 1966 | The dinosaur pox |
May 1, 1966 | July 10, 1966 | Guz's nephew takes over |
July 17, 1966 | August 21, 1966 | Umpa takes the throne |
August 28, 1966 | November 27, 1966 | Guz gets a new spotted cat skin |
December 4, 1966 | December 25, 1966 | Alley and Foozy go fishing |
January 1, 1967 | January 22, 1967 | The Wizer's a trapper |
January 29, 1967 | March 5, 1967 | Oop's new dinosaur Gizzy |
March 12, 1967 | April 2, 1967 | Alley uses big words |
April 9, 1967 | May 28, 1967 | Alley's evil eye |
June 4, 1967 | September 10, 1967 | Umpa leaves Guz |
September 17, 1967 | September 24, 1967 | gag strips |
October 1, 1967 | December 10, 1967 | Alley's new pet dinosaur |
December 17, 1967 | February 4, 1968 | Dinny's new family |
February 11, 1968 | March 10, 1968 | Oop is presumed dead |
March 17, 1968 | May 12, 1968 | Oop isn't feeling well |
May 19, 1968 | July 28, 1968 | Foozy the Grand Wizer |
August 4, 1968 | October 13, 1968 | Guz goes on a diet |
October 20, 1968 | October 27, 1968 | The ladies get dinner |
November 3, 1968 | December 8, 1968 | Alley babysits Foozy's kids |
December 15, 1968 | January 19, 1969 | Guz and the Wizer search for reasons to arrest Alley |
January 26, 1969 | March 2, 1969 | The rigor of being king |
March 9, 1969 | April 13, 1969 | Alley's gone soft |
April 20, 1969 | May 11, 1969 | Arms race of war clubs |
May 18, 1969 | Alley's hunt comes up zero | |
May 25, 1969 | June 29, 1969 | Alley vs the Cardiff Giant |
July 6, 1969 | July 27, 1969 | Oop's revolution |
August 3, 1969 | August 31, 1969 | Oop's day of exile |
September 7, 1969 | November 16, 1969 | Oop's new dinosaur Pooky |
November 23, 1969 | December 21, 1969 | Alley and Ooola's day out |
December 28, 1969 | February 8, 1970 | Oop flirts with the womenfolk |
1970s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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February 15, 1970 | March 29, 1970 | Oop, chief of police |
April 5, 1970 | April 26, 1970 | Alley has dinosaur troubles |
May 3, 1970 | May 10, 1970 | Oop and Ooola squabble |
May 17, 1970 | May 24, 1970 | Alley gets a check-up |
May 31, 1970 | June 7, 1970 | Alley sings |
June 14, 1970 | August 30, 1970 | Oop and Guz's golf tournament |
September 6, 1970 | December 13, 1970 | Oop, king of Moo |
December 20, 1970 | January 31, 1971 | Peacenik children take the throne |
February 7, 1971 | May 30, 1971 | The mystery of the missing queens |
June 6, 1971 | September 26, 1971 | Princess Ceelee of Gonwanaland |
October 3, 1971 | November 7, 1971 | Oop's spoiling for a fight |
November 14, 1971 | December 26, 1971 | Spooky shenanigans |
January 2, 1972 | January 9, 1972 | Dinosaur fishing |
January 16, 1972 | September 10, 1972 | Baffo tries for the throne |
September 17, 1972 | December 17, 1972 | The Ohnolun invasion |
December 24, 1972 | February 4, 1973 | Guz is aphasic |
February 11, 1973 | May 27, 1973 | Baffo takes the throne |
June 3, 1973 | July 22, 1973 | Oop's hex picture |
July 29, 1973 | November 11, 1973 | Messages of cheer and joy |
November 18, 1973 | February 17, 1974 | Troll troubles |
February 24, 1974 | June 9, 1974 | Guz goes on a diet |
June 16, 1974 | August 11, 1974 | Guz returns to Moo |
August 18, 1974 | October 27, 1974 | Guz and Umpa's marital strife |
November 3, 1974 | December 1, 1974 | Alley rescues a baby pterodactyl |
December 8, 1974 | December 22, 1974 | Guz' new club |
December 29, 1974 | March 9, 1975 | The big-tooth fella |
March 16, 1975 | May 11, 1975 | Guz's necklace |
May 18, 1975 | June 15, 1975 | Loony the trader |
June 22, 1975 | August 24, 1975 | Guz's sailboat |
August 31, 1975 | October 5, 1975 | Guz has amnesia |
October 12, 1975 | November 2, 1975 | Guz recuperates |
November 9, 1975 | December 28, 1975 | Alley's new dinosaur Filmore |
January 4, 1976 | March 28, 1976 | Swamp apples |
April 4, 1976 | May 9, 1976 | Three-legged journey home (May 2 strip adapted in Alley Oop Adventures #2, 1998) |
May 16, 1976 | August 22, 1976 | Teeny and Boke |
August 29, 1976 | October 3, 1976 | Littlebeak and Longbeard (reprinted, starting with September 5, in Alley Oop Adventures #1, 1999) |
October 10, 1976 | November 14, 1976 | The great Moovian pipeline (reprinted in Alley Oop Adventures #1, 1999) |
November 21, 1976 | January 9, 1977 | Boomerang rocks (adapted in Alley Oop Adventures #2, 1998) |
January 16, 1977 | February 27, 1977 | Kidnapped by the Boony-Goonies |
March 6, 1977 | July 10, 1977 | The Outlander invasion |
July 17, 1977 | November 13, 1977 | Alley becomes Grand Wizer |
November 20, 1977 | February 12, 1978 | Salads and stunflowers |
February 19, 1978 | July 30, 1978 | The alien shrink ray |
August 6, 1978 | October 22, 1978 | Rollerboning |
October 29, 1978 | January 14, 1979 | Curleyville |
January 21, 1979 | February 18, 1979 | Pterodactyl riding |
February 25, 1979 | July 15, 1979 | Prisoner of Outland |
July 22, 1979 | December 16, 1979 | Princess Krakatoa and Ferdy |
1980s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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December 23, 1979 | March 30, 1980 | Guz's new dinosaur Cuddles |
April 6, 1980 | June 15, 1980 | Mag and Gummo adopt Alley |
June 22, 1980 | September 21, 1980 | Cuddles and her baby |
September 28, 1980 | October 26, 1980 | Big boo and little boo |
November 2, 1980 | December 7, 1980 | Guz and Umpa's new house |
December 14, 1980 | February 8, 1981 | Alley's treehouse |
February 15, 1981 | March 22, 1981 | Ferdy's family |
March 29, 1981 | April 19, 1981 | Oop's new dinosaur Tagalong |
April 26, 1981 | June 7, 1981 | The thieving magpie |
June 14, 1981 | November 4, 1981 | The trial of Snag and Eegore |
November 11, 1981 | December 20, 1981 | The green blob from outer space |
December 27, 1981 | February 7, 1982 | Bongo the swindler |
February 14, 1982 | March 7, 1982 | Guz loses his voice |
March 14, 1982 | June 20, 1982 | Escape from Emu the giant |
June 27, 1982 | August 15, 1982 | Rescue from the Hairy Ones |
August 22, 1982 | October 17, 1982 | Hojo, President of Moo |
October 24, 1982 | December 12, 1982 | Umpa's cousin Effy |
December 19, 1982 | February 6, 1983 | Gifts for Effy and Ooola |
February 13, 1983 | February 27, 1983 | Cleaning up the town |
March 6, 1983 | April 17, 1983 | Umpa's night to remember |
April 24, 1983 | May 29, 1983 | The giant hoo-hoo bird |
June 5, 1983 | July 3, 1983 | Dinny's new romance |
July 10, 1983 | September 25, 1983 | Mango and his buddies |
October 2, 1983 | December 25, 1983 | The bad-luck gemstone |
January 1, 1984 | March 11, 1984 | Handyman Teddy |
March 18, 1984 | June 17, 1984 | Ondamah vs the Yorkles |
June 24, 1984 | August 19, 1984 | Princess Blivette goes on a diet |
August 26, 1984 | December 2, 1984 | The land of giants |
December 9, 1984 | December 30, 1984 | Alley's launcher ruins the picnic |
January 6, 1985 | April 7, 1985 | Loo Loo's daycare center |
April 14, 1985 | May 26, 1985 | The Wizer's youth potion |
June 2, 1985 | September 8, 1985 | Tildy the sorceress |
September 15, 1985 | November 3, 1985 | Carla and her parents |
November 10, 1985 | February 16, 1986 | Mini-Dinny vs Guz |
February 23, 1986 | June 1, 1986 | Mighty Alley and the firegod |
June 8, 1986 | June 15, 1986 | Cheering up Umpa and Ooola |
June 22, 1986 | October 5, 1986 | The diatrymas |
October 12, 1986 | November 9, 1986 | Alley stuck in a hole |
November 16, 1986 | January 11, 1987 | Moovian acrobatics |
January 18, 1987 | June 28, 1987 | Little Leta and Feelipe |
July 5, 1987 | August 15, 1987 | Hunting with Farky |
August 23, 1987 | golf gag | |
August 30, 1987 | September 13, 1987 | The old folks' cave |
September 20, 1987 | November 8, 1987 | Oop's headcoverings |
November 15, 1987 | December 20, 1987 | Fishing with Fabulous Feeny |
December 27, 1987 | February 7, 1988 | Cooking with Ferdy |
February 7, 1988 | March 13, 1988 | Dino troubles |
March 20, 1988 | May 8, 1988 | Prisoners of the Little Big Feet |
May 15, 1988 | July 3, 1988 | Alley has spot rot |
July 10, 1988 | July 17, 1988 | Alley's artwork |
July 24, 1988 | Cocoball | |
July 31, 1988 | August 28, 1988 | Guz's Great Ant |
September 4, 1988 | September 25, 1988 | the Wizer's dinosaur attractor |
October 2, 1988 | October 9, 1988 | The faux fountain of youth |
October 16, 1988 | October 23, 1988 | Hunting and fishing |
October 30, 1988 | November 20, 1988 | Gazooley the rainmaker |
November 27, 1988 | January 8, 1989 | Oop the giant |
January 15, 1989 | March 5, 1989 | Won Ton the trader |
March 12, 1989 | Sunday-advertising gag | |
March 19, 1989 | April 16, 1989 | Oop's dinosaur whistle |
April 23, 1989 | May 7, 1989 | Guz's dinner |
May 14, 1989 | June 4, 1989 | Oop's hairy tongue |
June 11, 1989 | July 9, 1989 | Ferdy and the frog |
July 16, 1989 | August 20, 1989 | Ailments and medicine |
August 27, 1989 | October 8, 1989 | Oop's lucky stone |
October 15, 1989 | November 26, 1989 | Dubby's bait cakes |
December 3, 1989 | January 28, 1990 | Oop's cave mural |
1990s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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February 4, 1990 | March 25, 1990 | Guz seeks enlightenment |
April 1, 1990 | April 22, 1990 | Guz as Grand Wizer |
April 29, 1990 | June 10, 1990 | The ghost of good government |
June 17, 1990 | July 15, 1990 | The rockpile map scam |
July 22, 1990 | August 12, 1990 | Bird calling |
August 19, 1990 | September 2, 1990 | Moovian fitness center |
September 9, 1990 | December 2, 1990 | Big Mama and the mini-Oops |
December 9, 1990 | March 31, 1991 | Garzak the changeling (February 10 strip adapted in Alley Oop Adventures #3, 1998) |
April 7, 1991 | May 5, 1991 | Alley clowns around |
May 12, 1991 | June 9, 1991 | Guz and Oop go fishing |
June 16, 1991 | July 14, 1991 | Bug-stomping business |
July 21, 1991 | September 1, 1991 | Alley Oop's lending bank |
September 8, 1991 | October 27, 1991 | Oop's jailbreak |
November 3, 1991 | January 12, 1992 | Alley meets High Note (November 3 strip adapted in Alley Oop Adventures #3, 2000) |
January 19, 1992 | February 2, 1992 | Replacing Big Ida's pet |
February 9, 1992 | February 23, 1992 | Headstands and dizzy spins |
March 1, 1992 | April 19, 1992 | Guz's surprises for Umpa |
April 26, 1992 | June 28, 1992 | The abdominal snowman |
July 12, 1992 | September 6, 1992 | Alley's Uncle Axel |
September 13, 1992 | November 15, 1992 | The land of women |
November 22, 1992 | January 3, 1993 | Cave gnomes |
January 10, 1993 | March 28, 1993 | Guz and Alley get dinofoot (January 17 strip, minus one panel, reprinted in Alley Oop Adventures #1, 1999) |
April 4, 1993 | April 18, 1993 | The Wizer's father and girlfriend |
April 25, 1993 | July 25, 1993 | Digger the mind-reading bird (adapted in Alley Oop Adventures #1, 1998) |
August 1, 1993 | August 29, 1993 | Moovian bowling (August 8 strip adapted in Alley Oop Adventures #1, 1998) |
September 12, 1993 | October 17, 1993 | Dinner with Alley and Guz |
October 24, 1993 | November 7, 1993 | The stupid game of golfing |
November 14, 1993 | November 28, 1993 | Umpa burns the dinner |
December 5, 1993 | December 12, 1993 | Oop babysits |
December 19, 1993 | January 16, 1994 | Dolf makes a play for Ooola (reprinted in Alley Oop Adventures #3, 2000) |
January 23, 1994 | February 13, 1994 | Oop and Ooola's dinner pranks |
February 20, 1994 | March 27, 1994 | Dinosaur woes |
April 3, 1994 | May 8, 1994 | Trading with the Meggets |
May 15, 1994 | September 18, 1994 | Murdle's restaurant |
September 25, 1994 | October 30, 1994 | Pterodactyl flying with Foozy |
November 6, 1994 | January 15, 1995 | The land of Guzzes |
January 22, 1995 | February 19, 1995 | Paragliding home |
February 26, 1995 | March 12, 1995 | Soonie and Sweet Toes |
March 19, 1995 | March 26, 1995 | The laughing dinosaurs |
April 2, 1995 | May 14, 1995 | No drought in Moo |
May 21, 1995 | June 4, 1995 | Food fight |
June 11, 1995 | (not indexed) | Alley the Grand Wizer |
November 5, 1995 | February 4, 1996 | (not indexed) |
(not indexed) | February 11, 1996 | Alley babysits Foozy's kids |
February 18, 1996 | April 7, 1996 | Umpa's fish pool |
April 14, 1996 | April 21, 1996 | Making up with Ooola |
April 28, 1996 | May 12, 1996 | Umpa's portrait |
May 19, 1996 | July 28, 1996 | Ol's spaceship |
August 4, 1996 | September 15, 1996 | Alley goes on a diet |
September 22, 1996 | October 27, 1996 | Oop, temporary king |
November 3, 1996 | December 22, 1996 | Umpa and Guz meet Tanu and Coral |
December 29, 1996 | April 27, 1997 | Alley's new friend Ralfy |
May 4, 1997 | June 1, 1997 | Kahlee and the mud men |
June 8, 1997 | November 16, 1997 | Foozy's magic staff |
November 23, 1997 | February 1, 1998 | Mini-dino hunt |
February 8, 1998 | March 22, 1998 | Mating season with Sugar Lips |
March 29, 1998 | bird divebombers (reprinted, minus one panel, in Alley Oop Adventures #3, 1998) | |
April 5, 1998 | June 7, 1998 | Umpa's art contest |
June 15, 1998 | Oop's lazy day | |
June 21, 1998 | August 16, 1998 | Earthquake |
August 23, 1998 | September 20, 1998 | Alley gets amnesia |
September 27, 1998 | November 22, 1998 | New fashions in Moo |
November 29, 1998 | January 17, 1999 | Grug and Chongo kidnap Ooola |
January 24, 1999 | January 31, 1999 | Oop and Ooola's failed picnic |
February 7, 1999 | February 21, 1999 | Oop falls into a pterodactyl nest (February 14 and 21 retell November 24 and December 1, 1974) |
February 28, 1999 | March 14, 1999 | The dancing dinosaurs' hat party |
March 21, 1999 | April 4, 1999 | The Wizer fixes Alley up |
April 11, 1999 | June 6, 1999 | Wazoo's cart |
June 13, 1999 | August 15, 1999 | Guz's new dinosaur Rocky |
August 22, 1999 | October 17, 1999 | Guz and Alley, the blue brothers (August 22 strip reprinted in Alley Oop Adventures #2, 1999) |
October 24, 1999 | Oop and Ooola's uneventful day | |
October 31, 1999 | January 2, 2000 | Guz's memorial portrait |
2000s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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January 9, 2000 | March 5, 2000 | Guz invents shoes |
March 12, 2000 | March 19, 2000 | Alley and Guz don't go fishing |
March 26, 2000 | April 30, 2000 | The laughing drooptails |
May 7, 2000 | June 4, 2000 | Guz and Umpa's drum dinner |
June 11, 2000 | July 9, 2000 | Oop communes with nature |
July 16, 2000 | August 13, 2000 | Babysitting and dino rides |
August 20, 2000 | September 17, 2000 | Alley's land sailer |
September 24, 2000 | October 29, 2000 | Clagget the Magnificent |
November 5, 2000 | December 17, 2000 | Guz and Umpa's short vacation |
December 24, 2000 | December 31, 2000 | Alley and Guz go fishing |
January 7, 2001 | January 28, 2001 | The fish-head prank |
February 4, 2001 | March 4, 2001 | Charity distribution |
March 11, 2001 | March 18, 2001 | Oop hurts his foot |
March 25, 2001 | Stew Invaders: Alley Oop does Douglas Adams | |
April 1, 2001 | April 8, 2001 | The April Fool's party |
April 15, 2001 | May 13, 2001 | Alley and Guz play golf |
May 20, 2001 | July 8, 2001 | Guys against the gals race |
July 15, 2001 | August 26, 2001 | Brutus the attack dinosaur |
September 2, 2001 | September 9, 2001 | Dinny lives the good life (Carole and Jack Bender take over from Dave Graue starting with this story) |
September 16, 2001 | October 28, 2001 | Medicine for little Danno (adapted from Alley Oop Adventures #2, 1999) |
November 4, 2001 | December 9, 2001 | Oop gets Foozy's rhyming curse |
December 16, 2001 | December 23, 2001 | Wootietoot's home for Christmas |
December 30, 2001 | Competing New Year's parties | |
January 6, 2002 | January 20, 2002 | How to find food in the jungle (reprinted from Alley Oop Adventures #1, 1999) |
January 27, 2002 | Mount Umpa (adapted from Alley Oop Adventures #2, 1999) | |
February 3, 2002 | Alley's cave painting (Jack Bender tryout strip, also published in Alley Oop Adventures #1, 1999) | |
February 10, 2002 | February 24, 2002 | Oop's noisy neighbors |
March 3, 2002 | March 31, 2002 | March Madness basketball |
April 7, 2002 | gag strip (red dino) | |
April 14, 2002 | May 26, 2002 | Roblio and Joliette |
June 2, 2002 | June 23, 2002 | Guz and Oop's flying wings |
June 30, 2002 | gag strip (rain) | |
July 7, 2002 | August 4, 2002 | Summer vacation cruise |
August 11, 2002 | gag strip (dumb animals) | |
August 18, 2002 | September 1, 2002 | Lila meets Rocko |
September 8, 2002 | September 22, 2002 | Dinny and the dinky dino (adapted from Alley Oop Adventures #3, 1998) |
September 29, 2002 | October 6, 2002 | Oop gets a cold |
October 13, 2002 | November 3, 2002 | Wizer's evil twin Wizzer |
November 10, 2002 | November 24, 2002 | School-days memories |
December 1, 2002 | December 29, 2002 | Earlie Oop arrives |
January 5, 2003 | January 19, 2003 | gag strips |
January 26, 2003 | February 23, 2003 | Oop's cart race |
March 2, 2003 | April 6, 2003 | Foozy's alone time |
April 13, 2003 | May 11, 2003 | Men and women swap jobs |
May 18, 2003 | July 13, 2003 | Guz invents baseball |
July 20, 2003 | August 17, 2003 | gag strips |
August 24, 2003 | September 14, 2003 | Guz tries to get a new dino (August 24 and 31 redraw January 27, 1980, and February 3, 1980; September 7 retells January 13, 1980) |
September 21, 2003 | October 19, 2003 | Oop's lucky clover |
October 26, 2003 | November 2, 2003 | Umpa's spa concept |
November 9, 2003 | November 23, 2003 | Thanksgiving with Moo and Lem |
November 30, 2003 | December 21, 2003 | Moo's new orphans |
December 28, 2003 | January 18, 2004 | Framevision |
January 25, 2004 | February 15, 2004 | Guz and Alley's fish alarm |
February 22, 2004 | March 21, 2004 | The Moovian reservoir (this story reprints the daily strips from August 22 to 26, 1995, with new panels added) |
March 28, 2004 | April 25, 2004 | The circus comes to Moo |
May 2, 2004 | May 16, 2004 | The mysterious monolith |
May 23, 2004 | June 6, 2004 | Alley's dinosaur whistle |
June 13, 2004 | July 25, 2004 | King Oop |
August 1, 2004 | August 22, 2004 | Alley and Guz go fishing |
August 29, 2004 | October 10, 2004 | The Wizer's chickenosaurus soup |
October 17, 2004 | November 7, 2004 | Stew Invaders extended edition (October 17 strip reprints the second half of the March 25, 2001, strip) |
November 14, 2004 | December 26, 2004 | Guz gets Scrooged |
January 2, 2005 | Happy New Year | |
January 9, 2005 | February 27, 2005 | Foozy as Guz's bodyguard |
March 6, 2005 | gag strip | |
March 13, 2005 | April 3, 2005 | Wizer's emergency clinic |
April 10, 2005 | gag strip | |
April 17, 2005 | May 8, 2005 | Dinny's solo outing |
May 15, 2005 | retells Oop and Ooola's uneventful day from October 24, 1999 | |
May 22, 2005 | June 12, 2005 | retells Dubby's bait cakes (from October 15 to November 26, 1989) |
June 19, 2005 | July 17, 2005 | The giant-feather bird |
July 24, 2005 | September 4, 2005 | Mountain, strongest man in Moo (this sequence starts by reprinting daily strips from July 19 – September 2, 2005, but then ends the story on September 4 with new art while the daily story continues separately) |
September 11, 2005 | gag strip | |
September 18, 2005 | October 9, 2005 | Pterodactyls make bad pets |
October 16, 2005 | Happy autumn | |
October 23, 2005 | November 13, 2005 | Ooperman |
November 20, 2005 | Happy Thanksgiving | |
November 27, 2005 | gag strip | |
December 4, 2005 | December 25, 2005 | One of our reindeer is missing |
Daily storylines
The following is a list of storylines featured in the daily comic strips. Actual story titles were not provided in the strips; the dates and story descriptions given here are, therefore, not official or definitive delineations but may serve as a rough index to the history of the strip.
Although the Bonnet–Brown strips appeared in daily comics sections, their distribution was erratic, so that the strips' handwritten dates did not always match their actual publication dates. Consequently, after February 6, 1933, the strips were not dated but were instead given a sequential number (from 55 through 120), presumably so that editors could run them whenever they were received. The dates given here may, therefore, not be precisely accurate for every newspaper in which the strip appeared.
Bonnet–Brown
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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December 6, 1932 | December 12, 1932 | Oop gets breakfast |
December 13, 1932 | January 14, 1933 | Oop befriends Dinny |
January 16, 1933 | February 17, 1933 | Introducing Dinny to the Moovians |
February 19, 1933 | April 29, 1933 | Rescuing Ooola from the Cardiff Giant |
May 1, 1933 | May 6, 1933 | A hero's welcome |
Newspaper Enterprise Association
1930s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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August 7, 1933 | September 2, 1933 | Oop befriends Dinny |
September 4, 1933 | September 28, 1933 | Introducing Dinny to the Moovians |
September 29, 1933 | October 21, 1933 | Rescuing Ooola from the Cardiff Giant |
October 23, 1933 | November 4, 1933 | A hero's welcome |
November 6, 1933 | November 17, 1933 | Oop vs Cardiff Giant, round two |
November 18, 1933 | January 11, 1934 | Umpa wants a baby dino |
January 12, 1934 | January 27, 1934 | Foozy pretends to be Umpa's pet |
January 29, 1934 | March 12, 1934 | Oop's rebellion |
March 13, 1934 | March 24, 1934 | Tunk steals Dinny |
March 26, 1934 | April 27, 1934 | Guz and Alley settle their differences |
April 28, 1934 | May 19, 1934 | Oop is promised to Wootietoot |
May 21, 1934 | June 23, 1934 | Rescuing Dinny from Lem |
June 25, 1934 | July 23, 1934 | Alley and Ooola can't stop the wedding |
July 24, 1934 | August 1, 1934 | Dinny is treed |
August 2, 1934 | September 3, 1934 | Alley and Foozy are swept away |
September 4, 1934 | September 18, 1934 | Alley and Foozy thrash Dootsy's gang |
September 19, 1934 | October 30, 1934 | Wedding preparations |
October 31, 1934 | December 8, 1934 | Dootsy kidnaps Ooola and Wootietoot |
December 10, 1934 | December 29, 1934 | Lem conquers Moo |
December 31, 1934 | April 13, 1935 | Moo drives out the invaders |
April 15, 1935 | May 6, 1935 | Oop nominated for king |
May 7, 1935 | June 6, 1935 | Oop and Guz prepare to duel but disappear underground |
June 7, 1935 | June 22, 1935 | Foozy takes over Moo |
June 24, 1935 | August 6, 1935 | Guz and Alley escape to the surface |
August 7, 1935 | September 20, 1935 | Dootsy Bobo re-ignites the war |
September 21, 1935 | October 22, 1935 | Ooola and Dinny help Alley get home |
October 23, 1935 | December 12, 1935 | Moo vs Lem: final round |
December 13, 1935 | December 31, 1935 | Guz's pterodactyl flight |
January 1, 1936 | January 17, 1936 | Foozy comes home |
January 18, 1936 | April 10, 1936 | Foozy vs the Grand Wizer |
April 11, 1936 | May 15, 1936 | Oop vs the Grand Wizer |
May 16, 1936 | July 25, 1936 | Oop and Ooola visit Sawalla |
July 27, 1936 | August 28, 1936 | King Wur makes trouble |
August 29, 1936 | October 24, 1936 | Return to Sawalla |
October 26, 1936 | January 22, 1937 | Wur conquers Moo and Lem |
January 23, 1937 | February 25, 1937 | Wur is deposed |
February 26, 1937 | March 9, 1937 | Wur escapes |
March 10, 1937 | March 22, 1937 | The hunters lose Foozy |
March 23, 1937 | April 3, 1937 | Oop is jailed |
April 5, 1937 | May 4, 1937 | Foozy and Oop join the Bighorn tribe |
May 5, 1937 | May 27, 1937 | Dinny's new overcoat |
May 28, 1937 | June 19, 1937 | The journey back to Moo |
June 21, 1937 | July 12, 1937 | The mammoth hides and the Wizer |
July 13, 1937 | August 24, 1937 | Foozy romances Ooola |
August 25, 1937 | November 19, 1937 | The Grand Wizer conspires with Foozy |
November 20, 1937 | December 24, 1937 | Umpa takes over |
December 25, 1937 | January 27, 1938 | Eeny arrives in Moo |
January 28, 1937 | April 13, 1938 | Dictator Eeny |
April 14, 1938 | April 29, 1938 | Moo is flooded |
April 30, 1938 | June 25, 1938 | Mootoo |
June 27, 1938 | July 11, 1938 | Ooola and the Wizer return |
July 12, 1938 | August 3, 1938 | Foozy, chief of police |
August 4, 1938 | September 1, 1938 | Dinny is sick |
September 2, 1938 | September 23, 1938 | Foozy meets Zel |
September 24, 1938 | November 4, 1938 | Training Kakky |
November 5, 1938 | November 12, 1938 | Foozy's new cave |
November 14, 1938 | January 18, 1939 | Ooola's would-be suitors |
January 19, 1939 | March 4, 1939 | Foozy's courtship and marriage |
March 6, 1939 | April 5, 1939 | Guz eats Dinny's egg |
April 6, 1939 | July 21, 1939 | Oop is the Phantom Ape |
July 22, 1939 | October 26, 1939 | The Trojan War |
October 27, 1939 | February 24, 1940 | The Odyssey |
1940s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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February 26, 1940 | July 29, 1940 | Hercules and the Amazons |
July 31, 1940 | November 19, 1940 | Cleopatra and the crocodile priests |
November 20, 1939 | April 2, 1940 | Oscar Boom vs Cleopatra |
April 3, 1941 | September 6, 1941 | Boom is Blackbeard the pirate |
September 8, 1941 | September 13, 1941 | The Story So Far |
September 15, 1941 | November 21, 1941 | Foozy in the 20th century (Jon quits the lab on October 16) |
November 22, 1941 | April 2, 1942 | the Magna Carta |
April 3, 1942 | April 18, 1942 | Dinny in the 20th Century |
April 20, 1942 | May 8, 1942 | Oop tries to enlist (strip is reduced in size on April 20) |
May 9, 1942 | August 18, 1942 | Fighting the Japanese with Boom |
August 19, 1942 | September 14, 1942 | Dinny at the zoo |
September 15, 1942 | January 16, 1943 | Dictator Eeny returns |
January 18, 1943 | January 26, 1943 | Umpa tries 20th-century fashion |
January 27, 1943 | March 3, 1943 | Shenanigans with Foozy's kids |
March 4, 1943 | March 25, 1943 | The rubber vines |
March 26, 1943 | April 26, 1943 | Oop wants a steak |
April 27, 1943 | August 26, 1943 | Boom and Oop meet Archimedes |
August 27, 1943 | September 23, 1943 | By rocket to China |
September 24, 1943 | December 31, 1943 | Genghis Khan's sword |
January 1, 1944 | February 24, 1944 | Gorilla warfare in Moo |
February 25, 1944 | April 6, 1944 | Dinny is sick |
April 7, 1944 | April 15, 1944 | Guz gets the magic belt |
April 17, 1944 | August 3, 1944 | King Solomon's mines |
August 4, 1944 | November 24, 1944 | The caveman rescue squad comes for Alley |
November 25, 1944 | February 14, 1945 | Guz's replacement jewels |
May 15, 1945 | April 2, 1945 | Oop, king of Lem |
April 3, 1945 | May 8, 1945 | The time machine's new viewscreen (it first appears on April 3) |
May 9, 1945 | May 30, 1945 | Wonmug meets the Grand Wizer |
May 31, 1945 | June 22, 1945 | Oop gets shocked |
June 23, 1945 | September 17, 1945 | From ancient China to Japan |
September 18, 1945 | October 26, 1945 | Beach vacation (Alley gets a shave October 12) |
October 27, 1945 | January 23, 1946 | Alley Oop as the pirate Davy Jones |
January 24, 1946 | March 8, 1946 | Oop gets his whiskers back |
March 9, 1946 | March 29, 1946 | Bud and Sixty join the lab |
March 30, 1946 | June 2, 1946 | Ancient Lost Atlantis (This story integrated the daily strips with the Sundays from March 31 to June 2) |
June 3, 1946 | July 19, 1946 | Oop vs the crooked carnies |
July 20, 1946 | October 15, 1946 | Attack of the Cro-Mags |
October 16, 1946 | December 2, 1946 | Assistant king |
December 3, 1946 | January 18, 1947 | Gory Gulch gold |
January 20, 1947 | April 8, 1947 | Nitro for Napoleon |
April 9, 1947 | May 3, 1947 | Pirate waters |
May 5, 1947 | June 20, 1947 | The Bashaw's pleasure |
June 21, 1947 | September 1, 1947 | Robinson Crusoe |
September 2, 1947 | January 15, 1948 | Public Enemy Number One |
January 16, 1948 | March 26, 1948 | The fourth dimension |
June 5, 1948 | July 8, 1948 | The Mighty Hu |
July 9, 1948 | August 30, 1948 | Mystery of the Sphinx |
August 31, 1948 | November 25, 1948 | Prince Pokababa woos Ooola |
November 26, 1948 | January 11, 1949 | War between Moo and Lem |
January 12, 1949 | February 17, 1949 | Oop woos Princess Zee |
February 18, 1949 | May 2, 1949 | Pretenders to the thrones |
May 3, 1949 | July 5, 1949 | Fishing with international gangsters (Sunday strips are integrated with the dailies starting May 8) |
July 6, 1949 | September 23, 1949 | First trip to the moon |
September 24, 1949 | November 9, 1949 | The Grand Wizer's cure |
November 10, 1949 | December 19, 1949 | Oop's lecture tour |
December 20, 1949 | February 13, 1950 | In the Land of the Amazons |
1950s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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February 14, 1950 | March 27, 1950 | Oscar in Moo |
March 28, 1950 | May 8, 1950 | Tiger hunt |
May 9, 1950 | June 30, 1950 | The Grand Wizer's beads |
July 1, 1950 | August 23, 1950 | With Caesar in Britain |
August 24, 1950 | October 31, 1950 | Richard the Lion-Hearted (last integrated Sunday is October 29) |
November 1, 1950 | March 19, 1951 | Voyage to Venus |
March 20, 1951 | May 12, 1951 | The Great Train Robbery |
May 14, 1951 | July 27, 1951 | Alley's new glasses |
July 28, 1951 | December 10, 1951 | Foozy, emperor of Rome |
December 11, 1951 | December 25, 1951 | Santa Claus takes Alley and Ooola home |
December 26, 1951 | January 21, 1952 | Dinny in the 20th Century |
January 22, 1952 | March 15, 1952 | John Smith and Pocahontas |
March 17, 1952 | June 21, 1952 | Miner '49ers and Marryin' Marion |
June 23, 1952 | July 23, 1952 | The Queen of Sheba |
July 24, 1952 | September 24, 1952 | The genie's magic turban |
September 26, 1952 | November 1, 1952 | Halloweenland |
November 3, 1952 | December 23, 1952 | Degga Degga the witch |
December 24, 1952 | February 25, 1953 | Wonmug in ancient Crete |
February 26, 1953 | March 10, 1953 | Returning dinosaurs to Moo |
March 11, 1953 | March 28, 1953 | The Wizer curses Oop |
March 30, 1953 | June 1, 1953 | Macbeth |
June 2, 1953 | June 15, 1953 | Alley tries to quit smoking |
June 16, 1953 | August 15, 1953 | The Great Spirit of the Bubbling Mud |
August 17, 1953 | October 24, 1953 | Baxter Blair in Moo |
October 26, 1953 | October 31, 1953 | Degga Degga returns |
November 2, 1953 | March 11, 1954 | The Battle of Hastings |
March 12, 1954 | April 28, 1954 | The land of Foozys |
April 29, 1954 | May 22, 1954 | Eustace vs Dinny |
May 24, 1954 | August 10, 1954 | The dragon of Iron Castle |
August 11, 1954 | November 6, 1954 | Wooing Brunnhilde |
November 8, 1954 | December 30, 1954 | Liberating Moo |
December 31, 1954 | February 14, 1955 | Boom's black-light projector |
February 15, 1955 | March 11, 1955 | Rescuing Wonmug from the Picts |
March 12, 1955 | April 10, 1955 | Moovian fishing trip |
April 11, 1955 | June 20, 1955 | Guz's tiger tail |
June 21, 1955 | July 23, 1955 | Ooola meets Helen of Troy |
July 25, 1955 | October 14, 1955 | The tailless tiger and Wabba |
October 15, 1955 | November 28, 1955 | C.O. Lossal and Alexander the Great |
November 29, 1955 | December 17, 1955 | Alley complains to V.T. Hamlin |
December 19, 1955 | February 25, 1956 | Doctor Miller's Miracle Misery Medicine Show |
February 27, 1956 | April 11, 1956 | Blarney Goldfield racing (Oop meets young Wonmug) |
April 12, 1956 | May 16, 1956 | Doctor Ennis wants a dinosaur |
May 17, 1956 | July 14, 1956 | Amnesiac Oop and the old princess |
July 16, 1956 | August 29, 1956 | Wonmug's buffalo ranch |
August 30, 1956 | September 14, 1956 | Kicking the apes out of Moo |
September 15, 1956 | October 12, 1956 | Dinny's offspring |
October 13, 1956 | November 12, 1956 | The Mizoolian spook |
November 13, 1956 | December 1, 1956 | Real-life melodrama |
December 3, 1956 | December 21, 1956 | Abdul Abool Bool Emeer vs Ivan Skivinski Skivaar |
December 22, 1956 | January 24, 1957 | Smith's giant bone |
January 25, 1957 | February 12, 1957 | Alley recuperates |
February 13, 1957 | April 27, 1957 | Alley's riverboat |
April 29, 1957 | July 18, 1957 | The Wizer's hypnosis scheme |
July 19, 1957 | August 27, 1957 | Ooola's gold mine |
August 28, 1957 | October 26, 1957 | Selling Olympus |
October 28, 1957 | December 9, 1957 | Whitey vs the Picts |
December 10, 1957 | February 3, 1958 | Second trip to the moon |
February 4, 1958 | February 18, 1958 | Jack and Ooola head to Natchez |
February 19, 1958 | March 21, 1958 | Wonmug finds the astronauts |
March 22, 1958 | May 22, 1958 | Jack and Alley vie for Ooola |
May 23, 1958 | June 13, 1958 | The alien island colony |
June 14, 1958 | July 14, 1958 | Moovian reunions |
July 15, 1958 | July 26, 1958 | Tiger kitten |
July 28, 1958 | August 5, 1958 | Freeloading from Foozy |
August 6, 1958 | August 22, 1958 | Ta Boo and the new immigrants |
August 23, 1958 | October 18, 1958 | The Wizer's rockslide mystery |
October 20, 1958 | November 10, 1958 | The pterodactyl riders of Bul |
November 12, 1958 | March 7, 1959 | Oxy Twenty-Four, the moonman |
March 9, 1959 | April 23, 1959 | Guz is rescued from Bul |
April 24, 1959 | August 10, 1959 | Mabacak and the million-dollar nugget |
August 11, 1959 | October 1, 1959 | Oxy's mechanical man |
October 2, 1959 | December 24, 1959 | Oxy and the Lemian occupation of Moo |
December 25, 1959 | January 29, 1960 | Oxy's anti-gravity machine |
1960s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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January 30, 1960 | March 4, 1960 | Catching up with Dinny's grandson |
March 5, 1960 | April 20, 1960 | The fountain of youth |
April 21, 1960 | May 12, 1960 | Oxy's trip to the moon |
May 13, 1960 | July 15, 1960 | Young Doc and Brunnehilde |
July 16, 1960 | September 23, 1960 | Dee Daily, reporter |
September 24, 1960 | November 3, 1960 | The million-dollar nugget, round two |
November 4, 1960 | December 5, 1960 | Diplodocus on the loose |
December 6, 1960 | January 14, 1961 | Wonmug meets his ancestors |
January 16, 1961 | February 14, 1961 | Retrieving Ooola from the Old West |
February 15, 1961 | March 31, 1961 | Oop's commandos |
April 1, 1961 | April 14, 1961 | Alley's odd jobs |
April 15, 1961 | May 5, 1961 | Oxy's pirate adventure |
May 6, 1961 | August 29, 1961 | Invasion of the moonmen |
August 30, 1961 | December 7, 1961 | Professor Oop |
December 8, 1961 | January 18, 1962 | Oop's new dinosaur Jefferson |
January 19, 1962 | February 26, 1962 | Alley babysits Foozy's kids |
February 27, 1962 | April 7, 1962 | Gold in Alder Gulch |
April 9, 1962 | August 17, 1962 | Oop's brain transplant |
August 18, 1962 | October 20, 1962 | Progress and coffee in Moo |
October 22, 1962 | November 19, 1962 | Oop takes the throne |
November 20, 1962 | December 18, 1962 | Stripes the tiger |
December 19, 1962 | February 19, 1962 | The princess and the dragon |
February 20, 1962 | March 13, 1963 | X-ray vision |
March 14, 1963 | June 29, 1963 | Big Charley and Little Charley |
July 1, 1963 | August 6, 1963 | Wonmug recruits Yakkahik |
August 7, 1963 | August 28, 1963 | King Willie on the radio |
August 29, 1963 | November 7, 1963 | King Yakkahik (Alley gets glasses again on September 5) |
November 8, 1963 | February 1, 1964 | Gikky the Lemian |
February 3, 1964 | May 11, 1964 | Nick Smith and the Olympians |
May 12, 1964 | June 19, 1964 | Alley the weather god |
June 20, 1964 | July 18, 1964 | Amnesiac Oop takes the Moovian crown |
July 20, 1964 | August 31, 1964 | Cleopatra's dye job |
September 1, 1964 | October 3, 1964 | The mini-mummy |
October 5, 1964 | November 30, 1964 | Oscar and Doc visit Brunnehilde |
December 1, 1964 | January 30, 1965 | Koozuh and her family |
February 1, 1965 | April 13, 1965 | Robot IO2 |
April 14, 1965 | May 25, 1965 | Alley's hammock |
May 26, 1965 | August 20, 1965 | Mariner 4 and the Martian picnic |
August 21, 1965 | September 28, 1965 | Preparing for the ice age |
September 29, 1965 | November 22, 1965 | Doctor Nottagotta's brain serum |
November 23, 1965 | December 18, 1965 | Ooola on the throne |
December 20, 1965 | January 22, 1965 | Time-traveler from 2166 |
January 24, 1966 | February 21, 1966 | Oop's asteroid |
February 22, 1966 | March 30, 1966 | Young King Arthur and the dragon |
March 31, 1966 | May 9, 1966 | Time-traveler from 2166, part two |
May 10, 1966 | July 15, 1966 | The Moovian Men's Luncheon Club |
July 16, 1966 | October 15, 1966 | Alley's weapons store |
October 17, 1966 | December 23, 1966 | The king of Gee Whiz |
December 24, 1966 | February 14, 1967 | The Neanderthals featuring Al "the beat" Oop |
February 15, 1967 | June 19, 1967 | Moovian foreign aid |
June 20, 1967 | July 29, 1967 | Moovian diplomacy |
July 31, 1967 | August 25, 1967 | Moo's most eligible bachelor |
August 26, 1967 | October 21, 1967 | The Princess of Neanderland |
October 23, 1967 | December 16, 1967 | Umpa and King Baz |
December 18, 1967 | March 4, 1968 | Youtopia |
March 5, 1968 | March 28, 1968 | Building an asteroid deflector |
March 29, 1968 | May 27, 1968 | Joe Keeno in Moo |
May 28, 1968 | June 24, 1968 | Asteroid Icarus is deflected |
June 25, 1968 | August 22, 1968 | Civil unrest in Moo |
August 23, 1968 | November 30, 1968 | Ooola interviews Helen of Troy |
December 2, 1968 | March 14, 1969 | Nefertiti's diet |
March 15, 1969 | April 23, 1969 | Old comic-strip ghosts |
April 24, 1969 | June 17, 1969 | Jason and the beanstalk |
June 18, 1969 | September 4, 1969 | Oop and Ooola become astrologers |
September 5, 1969 | September 23, 1969 | The brain machine |
September 24, 1969 | November 29, 1969 | The Kiddy Korner franchise |
December 1, 1969 | February 27, 1970 | King of the hill |
1970s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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February 28, 1970 | May 30, 1970 | King Kingston of ancient Athens |
June 1, 1970 | September 12, 1970 | The fabulous all-electric ghost car |
September 14, 1970 | November 27, 1970 | Wonmug and the Gink |
November 28, 1970 | April 20, 1971 | Carl the First, King of Lem (Wilberforce from The Born Loser appears in a cameo on 9/12) |
April 21, 1971 | June 10, 1971 | Crown swapping with Guz and Tunk |
June 11, 1971 | August 23, 1971 | Alley's new dinosaur KT |
August 24, 1971 | October 6, 1971 | Clank, the far-out robot |
October 7, 1971 | January 8, 1972 | The Zan of Zoron |
January 10, 1972 | January 29, 1972 | Clank and Clink |
January 31, 1972 | March 23, 1972 | Toko and Baldy's gang |
March 24, 1972 | May 4, 1972 | Toko and Aunt Bella |
May 5, 1972 | June 22, 1972 | The cook-off |
June 23, 1972 | July 24, 1972 | Clank and Clunk |
July 25, 1972 | November 2, 1972 | Clank at Ravensbeak Castle |
November 3, 1972 | December 12, 1972 | Oop retrieves his ax from Bella |
December 13, 1972 | March 26, 1973 | The giants of Dead Man's Lake |
March 27, 1973 | June 1, 1973 | The plesiosaur hunt |
June 2, 1973 | September 15, 1973 | Plesiosaurs in Loch Ness |
September 17, 1973 | December 21, 1973 | The land of Dinnys |
December 22, 1973 | May 3, 1974 | Booja berries and the Gink |
May 4, 1974 | August 2, 1974 | Han Sin's kite |
August 3, 1974 | September 25, 1974 | Orville Lurch and the Lurchmobile |
September 26, 1974 | November 30, 1974 | In the land of Nerr |
December 2, 1974 | February 28, 1975 | Kidnappers in Moo |
March 1, 1975 | March 8, 1975 | On the road to Florida |
March 10, 1975 | June 2, 1975 | The Thorn King of Nerr |
June 3, 1975 | November 12, 1975 | Panamint City |
November 13, 1975 | June 15, 1976 | The Texas Pterosaur Project |
June 16, 1976 | September 25, 1976 | Alley meets Christopher Columbus |
September 27, 1976 | January 11, 1977 | Alexander Dork's strength formula |
January 12, 1977 | February 28, 1977 | Beebo and Harless |
March 1, 1977 | July 4, 1977 | The Moovian migration |
July 5, 1977 | October 8, 1977 | Princess Bahlinka |
October 10, 1977 | November 28, 1977 | Doc's Uncle Peevill |
November 29, 1977 | February 17, 1978 | The battle of Adrianople |
February 18, 1978 | May 26, 1978 | Tunk's daughter Soooella |
May 27, 1978 | June 19, 1978 | Time-machine modernized redesign |
June 20, 1978 | December 20, 1978 | Delfon, land of living vegetables |
December 21, 1978 | March 2, 1979 | Supersnoz, hero of Moo |
March 3, 1979 | April 10, 1979 | Hooktooth the tyrannosaur |
April 11, 1979 | May 19, 1979 | Ox and Mandy scout the lab |
May 21, 1979 | July 10, 1979 | The land of cannibal giants |
July 11, 1979 | September 8, 1979 | Otto Stain and the time-machine heist |
September 10, 1979 | November 26, 1979 | Alley in Wonderland |
November 27, 1979 | December 6, 1979 | The new lab |
December 7, 1979 | February 7, 1980 | Lontoo, Sendak, and the Megawart |
1980s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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February 8, 1980 | April 17, 1980 | The little people of Fog Island |
April 18, 1980 | July 15, 1980 | The lost treasure of the Vinegar Bend Bunch |
July 16, 1980 | September 18, 1980 | The seven cities of gold |
September 19, 1980 | December 12, 1980 | Munda Wunch in Movieland |
December 13, 1980 | February 24, 1981 | The Runt Brothers |
February 25, 1981 | April 6, 1981 | Visitors from the 27th century |
April 7, 1981 | July 2, 1981 | Senator Boozle in the Moovian government |
July 3, 1981 | September 7, 1981 | Modern-age Dinny hunt |
September 8, 1981 | December 1, 1981 | Draculina |
December 2, 1981 | February 5, 1982 | Alley the stunt double |
February 6, 1982 | April 5, 1982 | The Moovian zoo |
April 6, 1982 | June 12, 1982 | Big Kaboom and the arms race |
June 14, 1982 | August 21, 1982 | A visit to 2082 |
August 23, 1982 | November 8, 1982 | The Revolutionary War |
November 9, 1982 | January 15, 1983 | Laabod's fitness classes |
January 17, 1983 | March 12, 1983 | Melonball: Moo vs Lem |
March 14, 1983 | May 30, 1983 | Moo elects a Congress |
May 31, 1983 | October 11, 1983 | The Black Knight of WWI |
October 12, 1983 | January 16, 1984 | Draculina returns |
January 17, 1984 | May 3, 1984 | First Prehistoric International Olympics |
May 4, 1984 | August 15, 1984 | Reforms in Upper Yorch |
August 16, 1984 | September 4, 1984 | Brute's revenge |
September 5, 1984 | December 24, 1984 | Ace Chung in Old San Francisco |
December 25, 1984 | March 23, 1985 | Aliens on Fog Island |
March 25, 1985 | July 22, 1985 | The holy-grail scam of Castle Blackrose |
July 23, 1985 | November 6, 1985 | Cursed Queen Roweena of Redfern |
November 7, 1985 | January 20, 1986 | The two-headed pterodactyl |
January 21, 1986 | April 21, 1986 | Queen Mardo of the Land of No Return |
April 22, 1986 | August 11, 1986 | King Koogie and Melba |
August 12, 1986 | September 29, 1986 | Modernizing the time machine |
September 30, 1986 | January 31, 1987 | Civil War: Confederate side |
February 2, 1987 | April 24, 1987 | Larry Benn comes for Ava |
April 25, 1987 | August 15, 1987 | Under the sea |
August 17, 1987 | November 20, 1987 | Civil War: Union side |
November 21, 1987 | February 15, 1988 | Zu Zu and the Lemian invasion |
February 16, 1988 | April 9, 1988 | Alley becomes Grand Wizer |
April 11, 1988 | June 18, 1988 | The search for Wizer's new beads |
June 20, 1988 | November 5, 1988 | Corple and the Hubots of Talaxia |
November 7, 1988 | April 4, 1989 | Redbeard and the Black Widow |
April 5, 1989 | May 9, 1989 | Oop's new dinosaur Fang |
May 10, 1989 | September 18, 1989 | Barry Nearside in Moo |
September 19, 1989 | January 15, 1990 | The Moovian county fair |
1990s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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January 16, 1990 | May 24, 1990 | The lost Frankenstank medallion |
May 25, 1990 | October 31, 1990 | The Monarchs of Gorp |
November 1, 1990 | January 14, 1991 | Two-Gun Jake in Colorado |
January 15, 1991 | July 4, 1991 | K.T. Bono in witness protection |
July 5, 1991 | December 4, 1991 | Marty and Nick in ancient Greece |
December 5, 1991 | February 4, 1992 | Ava in Moo |
February 5, 1992 | May 16, 1992 | King Garzak of Lem |
May 18, 1992 | October 5, 1992 | The lost Zorax dragon |
October 6, 1992 | February 4, 1993 | Contract Air-Mail Route Number Two (adapted in Alley Oop Adventures #3, March 2000) |
February 5, 1993 | June 25, 1993 | Ontok, king of the Longtails |
June 26, 1993 | December 2, 1993 | Pidali the artist thwarts the Lemian invasion |
December 3, 1993 | April 9, 1994 | Catching baby dinos for the 20th-century zoo |
April 11, 1994 | April 26, 1994 | Alley and Guz go fishing |
April 27, 1994 | June 28, 1994 | Richard Petty helps corral an escaped dino |
June 29, 1994 | December 12, 1994 | Orana's hypnosis stones |
December 13, 1994 | June 13, 1995 | Blue-Two versus the Nightlings |
June 14, 1995 | July 17, 1995 | Fruit and fishing in Moo |
July 18, 1995 | September 15, 1995 | The Moovian reservoir |
September 16, 1995 | December 8, 1995 | The Wizer's attraction extract |
December 9, 1995 | December 30, 1995 | The Wizer needs a new hat |
January 1, 1996 | February 12, 1996 | Alien fast food |
February 13, 1996 | April 8, 1996 | Hunting the yellow-beaked blackwing |
April 9, 1996 | May 7, 1996 | Pet-sitting |
May 8, 1996 | September 9, 1996 | Seeking the Lemian star fendle |
September 10, 1996 | January 4, 1997 | Granny in the Ghostlands |
January 6, 1997 | July 4, 1997 | Theseus and the Minotaur |
July 5, 1997 | August 4, 1997 | Ava and Alley vs two escaped felons |
August 5, 1997 | December 4, 1997 | The Battle_of_Crécy |
December 5, 1997 | June 17, 1998 | The Zan of Zoron returns |
June 18, 1998 | September 26, 1998 | Umpa's Aunt Addy |
September 28, 1998 | November 30, 1998 | Disposing of the Swamp Slug |
December 1, 1998 | February 6, 1999 | Gillian Hoopster from 2153 visits Moo |
February 8, 1999 | February 27, 1999 | Dermit the Hermit |
March 1, 1999 | April 6, 1999 | A song for Umpa |
April 7, 1999 | December 6, 1999 | "She" from the Land of Seven Peaks |
2000s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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December 7, 1999 | May 30, 2000 | Ingarella and Socko the giant (May 27 is a tribute to Charles Schulz) |
May 31, 2000 | January 3, 2001 | The Great Kafrak's colony |
January 4, 2001 | May 19, 2001 | Vasco Da Gama |
May 21, 2001 | September 1, 2001 | Gunfight at Dead Dog |
September 3, 2001 | September 10, 2001 | Oop's surprise party (this is the Benders' first story) |
September 11, 2001 | January 23, 2002 | Luke Slyme and the Moovian diamonds (featuring Harry Houdini) |
January 24, 2002 | July 1, 2002 | Garzak and the Trojan dinosaur |
July 2, 2002 | July 12, 2002 | Alley dreams of marriage |
July 13, 2002 | December 27, 2002 | St George and Dinny the Dragon, alternating with Dave Wowee updating the time machine |
December 28, 2002 | July 16, 2003 | Robert the Bruce and Dinny the Loch Ness monster (Robert is drawn to resemble Sean Connery) |
July 17, 2003 | September 30, 2003 | Richard Feynman helps find time-lost Alley |
October 1, 2003 | November 1, 2003 | Oscar and Alley leave |
November 3, 2003 | June 15, 2004 | Dolf tries to conquer Moo and Lem |
June 16, 2004 | June 28, 2004 | Alley proposes |
June 29, 2004 | September 10, 2004 | Olympic wrestling history (featuring Milo of Croton, Frank Gotch, and Dan Gable) |
September 11, 2004 | September 30, 2004 | Dave's new look |
October 1, 2004 | January 12, 2004 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame alternating with Heck and Marko |
January 13, 2004 | February 18, 2005 | Heck and Marko's Moovian oil scheme concludes |
February 19, 2005 | April 20, 2005 | Jon Fish's tax scheme |
April 21, 2005 | July 14, 2005 | Prisoners of Crimsonia |
July 15, 2005 | September 26, 2005 | Mountain, strongest man in Moo |
September 27, 2005 | December 17, 2005 | Tunk impersonates the Abdominal Snowman |
December 19, 2005 | March 6, 2006 | Rudy Valentino's dance lessons |
March 7, 2006 | April 11, 2006 | Tunk's lost crown |
April 12, 2006 | May 5, 2006 | Moo's official historian |
May 6, 2006 | July 28, 2006 | Moofest |
July 29, 2006 | December 8, 2006 | Conquistadors in Moo (October 4 is a Dick Tracy 75th-anniversary salute) |
December 9, 2006 | December 29, 2006 | Christmas Carol/Gift of the Magi |
December 30, 2006 | January 12, 2007 | Oscar on the lam |
January 13, 2007 | March 14, 2007 | Umpa for ruler |
March 15, 2007 | June 16, 2007 | Oscar's revenge |
June 18, 2007 | July 27, 2007 | Recovering Oscar and Dinny |
July 28, 2007 | September 21, 2007 | The poisonous meteor |
September 22, 2007 | December 4, 2007 | Will Rogers in Oklahoma Territory |
December 5, 2007 | December 17, 2007 | Meet Earl Boom |
December 18, 2007 | April 26, 2008 | Earlie Oop and the engagement ring |
April 28, 2008 | September 13, 2008 | 70th anniversary celebration |
September 15, 2008 | December 12, 2008 | Dee's archeological expedition (November 24 is a 90th-anniversary tribute to Gasoline Alley) |
December 13, 2008 | December 29, 2008 | Christmas with Ooola |
December 30, 2008 | January 19, 2009 | Kids' dinosaur drawings |
January 20, 2009 | July 25, 2009 | Ransoming the magic belt |
July 27, 2009 | January 25, 2010 | Alley and Ooola don't get married |
2010s
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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January 26, 2010 | May 24, 2010 | The Lemian occupation |
May 25, 2010 | September 6, 2010 | Building the Moovian border wall |
September 7, 2010 | February 12, 2011 | Goob, replacement king |
February 13, 2011 | December 15, 2011 | Earth-Two |
December 16, 2011 | March 31, 2012 | Lola from Earth-Two in Moo |
April 2, 2012 | June 29, 2012 | Lola heads to Mondovia |
June 30, 2012 | October 29, 2012 | Mayan handball |
October 30, 2012 | January 1, 2013 | Mayan doomsday prophecy |
January 2, 2013 | April 18, 2013 | The Wizer's dinosaur invasion |
April 19, 2013 | July 11, 2013 | Doowee, Moovian attorney |
July 21, 2013 | November 7, 2013 | Villa Diodati |
November 8, 2013 | December 6, 2013 | Alley's medical checkup |
December 7, 2013 | June 2, 2014 | Ooola's Lemian adventure |
June 3, 2014 | May 18, 2015 | Prehistoric World: the Movie (November 17 is a 50th-anniversary tribute to Wizard of Id) |
May 19, 2015 | July 20, 2015 | Lost in Africa |
July 21, 2015 | September 1, 2015 | Fixing the remote control |
September 2, 2015 | January 26, 2016 | Lemian conquest of Moo |
January 27, 2016 | June 25, 2016 | The Grand Wizer, Lemian spy |
June 27, 2016 | October 15, 2016 | Oop as Grand Wizer |
October 17, 2016 | April 24, 2017 | Volzon from Jantulle |
April 25, 2017 | July 31, 2017 | The mind-control device |
August 1, 2017 | January 6, 2018 | M.T. Mentis can't fix history |
January 8, 2018 | March 15, 2018 | Outbreak and contagion in Moo |
March 16, 2018 | July 6, 2018 | Hamilton and Washington |
July 7, 2018 | August 11, 2018 | Modern conveniences |
August 13, 2018 | September 1, 2018 | Back to Moo |
September 2, 2018 | January 5, 2019 | reprints Villa Diodati and Alley's checkup from August 5 to December 10, 2013 |
January 6, 2019 | May 20, 2019 | The ransomed mixtape (this is Sayers and Lemon's first story) |
May 21, 2019 | June 1, 2019 | Alley's new dinosaur Meggs |
June 3, 2019 | June 15, 2019 | Wonmug catches up with Ava |
June 17, 2019 | September 5, 2019 | Visiting Plato |
September 6, 2019 | November 8, 2019 | Superintelligent prehistoric turtles |
2020s
The slug creature in the January 17, 2020, strip is an homage to V.T. Hamlin's Venusian beast from December 30, 1950.
Start Date | End Date | Description |
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November 9, 2019 | February 1, 2020 | On trial for time crimes |
February 3, 2020 | March 10, 2020 | Boston Tea Party |
March 11, 2020 | April 25, 2020 | Aliens and the Egyptian pyramids |
April 27, 2020 | June 24, 2020 | Drew Copious tries to rule the multiverse |
June 25, 2020 | July 18, 2020 | Finding Dinny |
July 20, 2020 | August 3, 2020 | Ooola and the jewel thief |
August 4, 2020 | October 20, 2020 | Future amusement park |
October 21, 2020 | November 2, 2020 | Potato-chip rivalry |
November 3, 2020 | December 1, 2020 | Ava and Zanzarr |
December 2, 2020 | January 30, 2021 | The Coalition of Tiny Scientists |
February 1, 2021 | February 15, 2021 | The cult of the Mighty Feather |
February 16, 2021 | April 10, 2021 | The murder of Lady Worthington |
April 11, 2021 | June 16, 2021 | The pinching chrabs of Universe 881 |
June 17, 2021 | September 4, 2021 | The Almighty Frodd on the moon |
September 6, 2021 | October 22, 2021 | Prehistoric meteors |
See also
References
Further reading
- Caveman: V.T. Hamlin & Alley Oop (2005), an award-winning documentary by Max Allan Collins, narrated by Michael Cornelison and featuring interviews with Will Eisner and Dave Graue, was released on DVD by VCI Home Video in 2008.
External links
- 1957 Alley Oop sequence
- Alley Oop at GoComics
- Caveman: V.T. Hamlin & Alley Oop
- Clark J. Holloway on Alley Oop
- Alley Oop at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012.
- University of Missouri: V.T. Hamlin Archives
- Alley Oop is a Texan? by C. F. Eckhardt
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