13 COVERS: A Curt Swan ACTION COMICS Silver Age Celebration

Posted By Dan Greenfield on Apr 18, 2016 | 1 comment

Our celebration of Action Comics’ debut moves into the Silver Age — with Curt Swan!

Joe Shuster

Action Comics #1 — the most important comic book of all time — was published April 18, 1938. Probably. There seems to be some debate, so if you know for sure, let us know.

Anyway, it’s what I’m going with, so we’re going to celebrate the comic book that gave us Siegel and Shuster’s Superman with four sets of 13 COVERS: Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age and Modern Age. Because if there’s a specific comic-book title that deserves this over-the-top treatment, it’s this one.

So, here’s 13 COVERS: The Silver Age. And if I’m gonna highlight the Silver Age Action Comics, one artist jumps immediately to mind: Curt Swan. He wasn’t the only one but he was the one.

This is not a definitive list. It’s not a ranking. It’s what I like. So if you see one of your favorites missing, add it to the comments below or in whichever social-media thread you found this!

And definitely check out:

13 COVERS: An ACTION COMICS Golden Age Celebration. (Click here.)

13 COVERS: A Neal Adams ACTION COMICS Bronze Age Celebration. (Click here.)

13 COVERS: A John Byrne ACTION COMICS Modern Age Celebration. (Click here.)