What is the Best Superman Cover from the SA ?

[Silver]

Issue #199 is great but to be honest the 99% of the rest of them are lame. No wonder Marvel kicked DC's teeth in during the SA.

 

I hate to break it to you but Superman outsold every Marvel title during the SA.

 

I think Archie outsold every Marvel during the silver age....

[steelcity]

#189 cover always fascinated me - I saw it previewed in another book back at the time but I could not find a copy to buy. Great dramatic Krypton scene and really tough right up to 2004 when loads of multipacks containing this issue suddenly appeared. #189 went from about the scarcest issue in the title (from that year) with only one CGC 9.0 graded to being about the most common in high grade.

 

This is a multipack copy:

 

 

 

 

[steelcity]

Another must-buy cover that surely intrigued every Superman reader:

 

 

[steelcity]

As Joe said, this blockbuster issue simply could not be overlooked!

 

[steelcity]

For unsurpassed majesty, Curt Swan meets Cecil B DeMille in this haughty tome!

 

[steelcity]

Seriously overlooked milestone and probably in nobody's list of favorite Superman covers:

 

 

[steelcity]

classic super-villain cover must be a strong contender:

 

 

[steelcity]

The issue that in the end many would walk away with as their single favorite to represent the Silver Age of Superman, complete with core Super-Family and that oh so gorgeous early SA DC purple!

 

 

[Silver]

Hands down the 144 is my favorite as well.

 

I also really like 159:

 

[JohnT]

Thanks to both of you for posting these greats. For some reason I'm not nearly as familiar with Superman as I am with the Action covers, and it's been awhile since I've taken a good look at them. Early in my collecting career I focused on Action and completely ignored Superman. To this day I only have a couple of them...one if which is the must-have 144!

[thedude]

Hands down the 144 is my favorite as well.

 

I also really like 159:

 

 

what a great cover, I love way Krypton was depicted in those years. the buildings, style, etc. now I want a #159.

[markseifert]

Issue #199 is great but to be honest the 99% of the rest of them are lame.

 

Have to say, I'm a big GA Supes fan but looking at that block of SA covers posted not much there blows me away. The pale, almost pastel-ish color pallet is part of it, and it does illustrate one difference between the editorial philosophy of Marvel and DC (or at least, this run) at the time -- these covers seem to be very focused on telling a story, whereas Marvel SA stuff (and golden age DC stuff, now that I think of it) have more symbolic elements.

[otherworldsj33]

#189 cover always fascinated me - I saw it previewed in another book back at the time but I could not find a copy to buy. Great dramatic Krypton scene and really tough right up to 2004 when loads of multipacks containing this issue suddenly appeared. #189 went from about the scarcest issue in the title (from that year) with only one CGC 9.0 graded to being about the most common in high grade.

 

This is a multipack copy:

 

 

 

 

Ian, I'm with you on this cover. I kept flip flopping between this cover and the Superman 183 as to which I should put on my list. So on second thought, I like this one better. This Superman #189 cover would almost definitely display nicer then the #183 cover as a poster or OA piece, framed and hung on a wall. Ask me tmrw., I'll probably say the 183 issue again. Darn, too many great choices.

[Silver Surfer]

Issue #199 is great but to be honest the 99% of the rest of them are lame. No wonder Marvel kicked DC's teeth in during the SA.

 

I hate to break it to you but Superman outsold every Marvel title during the SA.

 

Yeah I know but Marvel didn't own their own distribution until 1968 if I'm not mistaken. Sales are one thing but quality and cutting edge body of work during the SA is really no contest. Anyways back to the thread. (thumbs u

[Silver]

One ore, whic was mentioned, that I want to point out is the cool 169. Probably the best Bizarro cover:

 

[namisgr]

I like this one:

 

[comicartfan]

A chance to shamelessly show off my copy, though I don't think #199 is the best SA Superman cover:

 

 

 

I can't tell you how much that book is at the top of my want list !!....In that grade !!

 

I remember when Heritage sold the original cover art back in 2003....32K.....It would be much more now !

[Mr. Zipper]

I like this one:

 

 

Good choice! I may have to add that to the want list!

[Silver]

Well if you want to include Action, this is a classic:

 

[otherworldsj33]

The one thing that always struck me odd about this cover, are the street lamps. I don't know of any lamps on those street lights, that I ever saw in historical photos from that era, looking like the way they are drawn here.