BRONZE AGE BONANZA: A cornucopia of captivating covers… — Welcome to BRONZE AGE BONANZA — our monthly series that looks at the greatest covers of the Bronze Age — exactly 50 years later. For more info on this feature, click here. — It’s the stretch run for the year. We’ve got this installment and in a few weeks we’ll cover December 1970. Then at the end of the year, we’ll have THE TOP 13 COVERS OF 1970 — RANKED. Come January, we’ll kick off 1971. But first, here’s November 1970. Let’s get to it. — 13. Mod Wheels #1, Gold Key. A very basic, very colorful cover with a nice, smooth sense of movement. The cover was inked by Sal Trapani but it’s not clear whom the penciller was. Did you know this series lasted 19 issues, into late 1975? I didn’t. — 12. Underdog #4, Charlton. Only because it appeals to my sophomoric sense of humor. Just imagine Simon Bar Sinister’s little shveng. How is that not funny? — 11. Ghost Manor #16, Charlton. There’s a lot going on here, with at least three colliding perspectives that make it difficult to pick up what’s happening. Not Pat Boyette’s best work by any stretch, it’s a consfusing mess that is nevertheless oddly entertaining. — 10. The Phantom Stranger #11, DC. A compelling cover that gives you everything and nothing at the same time. Who is this woman? Why has she been chosen for the Army of Evil while wearing a peace medallion? What’s with the trippy statue heads? It’s a downright freaky image, even if it looks like Neal Adams was half-finished when the deadline hit and he opted for the blank special effect that dominates the right half. — 9. Dark Shadows #8, Gold Key. I really have a thing for George Wilson’s painted covers. You’ll be reading more about that soon. Meantime, he takes the cliche of the vampire rising from the casket and turns Barnabas into a terrifying, monstrous threat. — 8. Aquaman #55, DC. A striking composition. This would be a routine move in animation, but Nick Cardy pulls out his bag of tricks, utilizing 15 Aquamans and 10 word balloons to depict the shrinking Swift and Powerful Monarch of the Ocean’s disappearance into a magenta ring made large by the foreground perspective. Cardy could...