Alley Oop Complete Sundays 1944-1950: The Atomic Age #[nn]

This handsome collection of V. T. Hamlin's complete Sunday strips from 1944 to 1950 arrives in a cover as densely delightful as the era it celebrates — a neon-lit "Alley Oop" marquee presides over four framed panels showcasing the caveman hero tangling with a purple dinosaur, squaring off in prehistoric brawls, confronting a dragon-wielding warrior, and clashing with a Roman-armored brute, while Alley Oop himself rides a rocket ship above it all. In the foreground, three figures in a gleaming atomic-age laboratory look on with wide-eyed wonder, surrounded by dials, beakers, and glowing equipment that perfectly captures the postwar spirit Hamlin was channeling. If you've ever wanted the full sweep of Oop's globe- and time-hopping Sunday adventures from this fertile six-year run, this is a wonderfully presented way to experience them.