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Superman Fighting Nazis

Here's Superman kicking some Nazi butt...



Action Comics #43, December 1941. Cover art by Fred Ray.




Action Comics #44, January 1942. Cover art by Fred Ray.




Action Comics #52, September 1942. Cover art by Fred Ray.




Action Comics #59, April 1943. Cover art by Jack Burnley.

Action Comics #2 - 11

Everyone has seen the iconic cover for Action Comics #1. Here are the not as often seen Action Comics #2 - 11.



Action Comics #2, July 1938. Cover art by Leo O'Mealia.





Action Comics #3, August 1938. Cover art by Leo O'Mealia.





Action Comics #4, September 1938. Cover art by Leo O'Mealia.





Action Comics #5, October 1938. Cover art by Leo O'Mealia.





Action Comics #6, November 1938. Cover art by Leo O'Mealia.





Action Comics #7, December 1938. Cover art by Joe Shuster.





Action Comics #8, January 1939. Cover art by Fred Guardineer.





Action Comics #9, February 1939. Cover art by Fred Guardineer.





Action Comics #10, March 1939. Cover art by Joe Shuster.





Action Comics #11, April 1939. Cover art by Fred Guardineer.


Lots more Action Comics covers here.

N.C. Wyeth Action

I don't see early Action Comics non-Superman covers very often. I ran across this image of #8 for sale on the internet and of course instantly recognized where the pose was swiped from. The cover for Action Comics #8, dated January 1939, is by Fred Gaurdineer.

Below that is N.C. Wyeth's The Fight at Glen Falls, from his 1919 edition of Last of the Mohicans. Maybe everybody knew this. I just stumbled across it last night.

Violence in Comics

Here's a great drawing of Superman punching Lex Luthor through a brick wall:




Action Comics #47, April 1942. Cover art by Creig Flessel.