Alley Oop and the Mad Mod Mechanical Man #[nn]

Dave Graue's cover sets the scene with a jolt of old-school charm: a blue mechanical robot strides through a freshly smashed hole in a brick wall while two startled scientists — one bearded and bespectacled, one broad-shouldered with a dark goatee — react with wide-eyed alarm. This 2025 collection brings together the work of V. T. Hamlin and Dave Graue on one of comics' most enduring adventure strips, and the promise of a rogue mechanical man causing havoc makes for an irresistible hook. If you've got a soft spot for time-hopping prehistoric heroes and mad-science mischief, this is a very easy book to recommend.