10 Facts About Alley Oop

Alley Oop, the strip's title character, is a sturdy citizen in the prehistoric kingdom of Moo.

Alley Oop was transported to the 20th century by an early test of the machine .

Alley Oop 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.

Alley Oop met historical or mythical figures such as Cleopatra, King Arthur, and Ulysses in his adventures.

Alley Oop once drove an experimental electric-powered race car, and he has space-traveled to Venus, the moon, and "Earth-Two".

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In 1995, Alley Oop was one of 20 strips showcased in the Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative United States postage stamps.

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.

Alley Oop regained the name Tunk in 1961 and from then on it stuck.

For example, when Alley 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".

Little Alley 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 .