The artist was born 69 years ago on Aug. 15, 1953… Paul Gulacy’s one of the coolest artists around, with a slick, cinematic style that lends itself especially well to shadowy ass-kickers. Like the greatest of them all — Batman. We’ve done a number of Gulacy birthday tributes over the years, but we’ve never done 13 COVERS starring the Dark Knight, so it’s high time we take care of that. As in, right now. Dig it. — MORE — 13 COVERS: A PAUL GULACY Birthday Celebration: 2021 EDITION — CATWOMAN. Click here. — 13 COVERS: A PAUL GULACY Birthday Celebration: 2019 EDITION — SHANG-CHI. Click...
BRONZE AGE BONANZA: Kirby! Kaluta! Wrightson! Windsor-Smith! MORE! — 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. — We’ve been doing BRONZE AGE BONANZA for more than 2 1/2 years now and rarely have I seen a month with as an eclectic assortment as we have this time around. There are all-time greats, a bunch of #1s, fun weirdness, quite a bit of horror and an array of artists that stretches from Jack Kirby to “Unidentified.” So dig THE TOP 13 COVERS OF AUGUST 1972 — RANKED: — 13. Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp #7, Gold Key. Again, as long as there’s a Lancelot Link comic, it makes this list by default. Sadly, there’s only one more to come. — 12. Casper’s Ghostland #69, Harvey. Harvey Comics don’t typically make this list. Not that I have anything against them, it’s just that there’s a sameness to them. At least to these jaundiced eyes. But this one is so dang colorful and so dang cute, I had to include it. Sweet. — 11. The Cat #1, Marvel. For a character who only lasted only a few stories in this iteration — the Cat later became Tigra and Patsy Walker took over the act as Hellcat — this is one of the more enduring covers of the Bronze Age. Because it’s a good one. — 10. Night Nurse #1, Marvel. Like the Cat, Night Nurse was created to try to lure female readers. Didn’t really work out that way. Anyway, I’m sure I’m not the first to make this joke, but how about a Night Nurse/Lady Cop, Marvel/DC crossover? — 9. The Flash #218, DC. This is one of the more memorable Flash covers of the ’70s and it’s definitely groovy. But what really make it are the details: The yellow framing is a really interesting design choice and the dude on the left making the universal “He’s crazy” sign is a funny gag that you could easily miss if you weren’t paying attention. — 8. Haunted #8, Charlton. Just wait until you get closer to No. 1. We’ll talk then. — 7. Conan the Barbarian #20, Marvel. Barry Windsor-Smith just plain made comics better. — 6. Weird...
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