Alley Oop and the Mesmeric Menace #[nn]

From Dave Graue and Jack Bender, this 2024 collection puts the prehistoric hero Alley Oop face-to-face with something genuinely unsettling — a blazing, radiant gemstone atop a spear that bathes the rocky landscape in sharp yellow rays, while silhouetted figures loom on the ridge above and a crowned figure crouches ominously nearby. The cover composition does a fine job of conveying scale and dread, with Alley Oop gazing upward at the dazzling light source, clearly caught between curiosity and danger. Fans of old-school adventure comics and the long-running Alley Oop strip will find this a satisfying package.