(December 2013)

IDW, 2012 Series
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Volume
4
Price
24.99 USD
Pages
358
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
IDW Publishing
Brand
The Library of American Comics; IDW
ISBN
978-1-61377-829-6 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781613778296 52499
Editing
Dean Mullaney; Bruce Canwell (associate editor); Lorraine Turner (art director); Jared Gardner (contributing editor); Joseph Ketels (production assistance)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Alley Oop / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
V. T. Hamlin
Inks
V. T. Hamlin
Letters
typeset
Genre
humor; science fiction
Characters
Alley Oop; Ooola; Dr. Wonmug
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
V. T. Hamlin
Inks
V. T. Hamlin
Letters
typeset
Characters
Ooola; Cyclops

V.T. Hamlin and the Road to Moo (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Michael H. Price
Pencils
V. T. Hamlin
Inks
V. T. Hamlin
Letters
typeset
Genre
biography
Characters
Ooola; Alley Oop; G. Oscar Boom
Synopsis
A biography of V.T. Hamlin and history of his comic strip Alley Oop.

Indexer Notes

Includes cartoon art by Vincent T. Hamlin.

[The First Time Travel Adventure] (Table of Contents: 3)

Alley Oop / comic story / 330 pages (report information)

Script
V. T. Hamlin (signed)
Pencils
V. T. Hamlin (signed)
Inks
V. T. Hamlin (signed)
Letters
?
Genre
humor; science fiction
Characters
Alley Oop; Ooola; G. Oscar Boom; Dr. Elbert Wonmug; Dinny; King Guzzle; The Grand Wizer; Foozy; Zel; Dee Wonmug; Jon; Dr. Bronson; Helen of Troy; Ajax; Ulysses; Cyclops; Circe; Charybdis; Scylla; Sirens; Hercules
Synopsis
Caveman Alley Oop and his girlfriend Ooola journey to contemporary times and into the Trojan War thanks to Dr. Wonmug's time machine.
Reprints
  • from Alley Oop dailies (Newspaper Enterprise Association) 1939.03.06 - 1940.03.23
Keywords
Moo; Odyssey; Trojan Horse; Trojan War; Troy

In Our Next Volume... (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

The Bungles / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Alley Oop / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Alley Oop
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. V.T. Hamlin and the Road to Moo
  4. 3. [The First Time Travel Adventure]
    Alley Oop
  5. 4. In Our Next Volume...
    The Bungles
  6. 5. ["LOAC Essentials is an important series that reprints, in yearly volumes..."]
    Alley Oop
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