More Fun Comics

More Fun Comics, the first issued published in February 1935, is often credited as the first comic to feature only original material as opposed to reprints of newspaper strips. The title served as a launch pad for heroes such as The Spectre, Doctor Fate and The Green Arrow.

Before that, the title featured adventure stories, here's some of those covers.




More Fun Comics #42, April 1939. Cover art by Creig Flessel.





More Fun Comics #43, May 1939. Cover art by Creig Flessel.





More Fun Comics #44, June 1939. Cover art by Creig Flessel.





More Fun Comics #45, June 1939. Cover art by Creig Flessel.





More Fun Comics #46, August 1939. Cover art by Craig Flessel.





More Fun Comics #47, September 1939. Cover art by Fred Guardineer.





More Fun Comics #48, October 1939. Cover art by Creig Flessel.





More Fun Comics #49, November 1939. Cover art by Creig Flessel.





More Fun Comics #51, January 1940. Cover art by Sheldon Moldoff.

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.