Four Color #3

(1942)

[Eeny, the Dictator] (Table of Contents)

Alley Oop / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

V. T. Hamlin

Pencils:

V. T. Hamlin

Inks:

V. T. Hamlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Alley Oop; Foozy; King Guz; Queen Umpa; Oola; Dinny (dinosaur); Eeny

Synopsis:

The women are running Moo. A stranger, Eeny from Jerooly, ingratiates herself with Queen Umpa. She plots to depose Umpa and declares herself dictator of Moo. She enlists Oop as an assistant. Oola and Foozy escape Moo with a group of resisters.

Reprinted:

• from Alley Oop (NEA Service) daily newspaper strips from 1937 and 1938

Indexer Notes

Story begins on inside front cover in black, red, and white. Each page has an Alley Oop logo at the top.

["Well, Dinny, it looks as if our little war is over!"] (Table of Contents)

Alley Oop / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

V. T. Hamlin

Pencils:

V. T. Hamlin

Inks:

V. T. Hamlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Alley Oop; Dinny (dinosaur); Oola; Foozy; Queen Umpa; Eeeny

Synopsis:

Evil dictator Eeny tries to trap Oop in his cave with a landslide. Oop escapes and then rescues Foozy from "the pit."

Reprinted:

• from Alley Oop (NEA Service) daily newspaper strips from 1938

["Hey, you've got no time t'go chasin' now!"] (Table of Contents)

Alley Oop / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

V. T. Hamlin

Pencils:

V. T. Hamlin

Inks:

V. T. Hamlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Alley Oop; Foozy; Eeny; Queen Umpa; Dootsy Bobo; Wur; Grand Wizer; Oola; Dinny (dinosaur)

Synopsis:

Foozy and Oop frighten dictator Eeny and her followers out of Moo, but three of Oop's old enemies show up. As they prepare to fight, a storm strikes, followed by an earthquake.

Reprinted:

• from Alley Oop (NEA Service) daily newspaper strips from 1938

["Good honk, it's still rainin'!"] (Table of Contents)

Alley Oop / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

V. T. Hamlin

Pencils:

V. T. Hamlin

Inks:

V. T. Hamlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Alley Oop; Foozy; Oola; Dinny (dinosaur); Eeny; King Guz; Queen Umpa; Wur; Dootsy Bobo; Grand Wizer

Synopsis:

After a flood forces all the inhabitants of Moo to higher ground, Oola leads the refugees back to Moo and Guz is crowned King again. Meanwhile, Oop and Foozy and their three enemies make a truce and are swept far away on a raft.

Reprinted:

• from Alley Oop (NEA Service) daily newspaper strips from 1938

["Wotta mess! The only thing that looks natural is th' crown..."] (Table of Contents)

Alley Oop / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

V. T. Hamlin

Pencils:

V. T. Hamlin

Inks:

V. T. Hamlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Alley Oop; Foozy; Dinny (dinosaur); Oola; Dootsy Bobo; Wur; Grand Wizer; King Guz; Queen Umpa; Eeny

Synopsis:

With Moo destroyed by the flood, King Guz decides to take the population to visit Sawalla for a while. Oola takes Dinny to go find Oop. Near the seashore, Oop and his group of castaways decide to call their new home "MooToo."

Reprinted:

• from Alley Oop (NEA Service) daily newspaper strips from 1938

["Listen to that - an' I thought we were all alone in this place!"] (Table of Contents)

Alley Oop / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

V. T. Hamlin

Pencils:

V. T. Hamlin

Inks:

V. T. Hamlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Alley Oop; Foozy; Dootsy Bobo; Wur; Grand Wizer; Eeny; King Guz; Queen Umpa

Synopsis:

Ex-dictator Eeny stumbles across "MooToo" and is chased away. For revenge she paints signs welcoming all settlers into Oop's new country. King Guz and the wanderers from Moo decide that MooToo is the place they should go.

Reprinted:

• from Alley Oop (NEA Service) daily newspaper strips from 1938

["...yer mighty liable t'gitcher blasted head knocked off!"] (Table of Contents)

Alley Oop / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

V. T. Hamlin

Pencils:

V. T. Hamlin

Inks:

V. T. Hamlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Alley Oop; Foozy; Dootsy Bobo; Wur; Grand Wizer

Synopsis:

The truce between Oop and his former enemies breaks and the latter three are banished from MooToo, leaving just Oop and Foozy. The two decide to explore the inland swamps of their land.

Reprinted:

• from Alley Oop (NEA Service) daily newspaper strips from 1938

["Oh, oh - Down, quick! S'no tellin' what it'll do..."] (Table of Contents)

Alley Oop / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

V. T. Hamlin

Pencils:

V. T. Hamlin

Inks:

V. T. Hamlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Alley Oop; Foozy; King Guz; Oola; Dinny (dinosaur); Dootsy Bobo; Wur; Grand Wizer

Synopsis:

Oop and Foozy get trapped on a cliff with dinosaurs below. They have food and water and eventually scare the dinosaurs away. They are getting settled in when King Guz shows up with the entire population of Moo. Oop goes looking for Oola and Dinny, but Dootsy Bobo and Wur find her first. Oola gets saved by a unlikely hero, the Grand Wizer, and he and Oola take Dinny to find Oop and return to the new Moo.

Reprinted:

• from Alley Oop (NEA Service) daily newspaper strips from 1938

Indexer Notes

Last strip is dated 1938.07.19. Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on back cover in color.