Action Comics comics historian Les Daniels, artist Curt Swan became the definitive artist of Superman in the early 1960s with a "new look" to the character that replaced Wayne Boring's version. Bizarro World first appeared in the story "The World of Bizarros!" in issue #262 (April 1960). Writer Jim Shooter created the villain the Parasite in "Action Comics" #340 (Aug. 1966). Mort Weisinger retired from DC in 1970 and his final issue of "Action Comics" was issue #392 (September 1970). Murray Boltinoff became the title's editor until issue #418. Metamorpho was the backup feature in issues #413–418 after which the character had
Action Comics 1 dubbed The New 52. This included ending the original 73-year run of "Action Comics" with issue #904, October 2011 (on sale August 24, 2011). The first issue of "Action Comics" volume 2, with a cover date of November 2011, went on sale September 7, 2011. The New 52 version of "Action Comics" #1 has gone through five printings. The fifth printing, which went on sale March 28, 2012, is cover-dated May 2012 in both the UPC box on the cover and the indicia, with no mention of its original November 2011 cover date. In 2016, as part of the Rebirth