Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

Alley Oop. "Mercy on us! King Guz in there with that terrible creature!" Public Deposited

Resource type	Image
Creator	Hamlin, V. T. (Vincent T.), 1900-1993
Description	Nine panel color comic strip. Copyright, 1937, by NEA Service, Inc. Comic strip includes related feature "Fragments of Man's Early History" with educational information about "the Brown's VAlley man".
Subject	Prehistoric peoples Lion Rescues Kings and rulers Alley Oop (Fictitious character)
Rights statement	Copyright Not Evaluated
Language	eng
Identifier	Finding Number: CGA.SFT4 Digital ID: d_11366
Summary	King Guzzle is in a cage with a big cat. People go get Alley to help save the King. The Queen begs Alley to help. He thinks about how to rescue the King. The King asks one of the men nearby to give him his axe. He fights the cat and knocks it out. Once the King is out of the cage he chases after Alley ready to hit him with the cat.
Collection	San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection
Collection identifier	SPEC.CGA.SF
Repository	Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

Format	image/tiff
Date copyrighted	1937
Date issued	1937-11-21
Rights note	This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
Version	tear sheets
Medium	ink newsprint
Syndicate	Newspaper Enterprise Association
Permanent link	https://hdl.handle.net/1811/d7dca58f-7e89-41bb-a01c-fb8f0a159475
Time period (Topic)	1930s (1930-1939)
Genre	newspapers comic strips
Extent	54.5 x 39.2 cm

Credit line: San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection, The Ohio State University, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum