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 21 
 on: September 27, 2025, 04:17:33 PM 
Started by Daughter of Krypton - Last post by Daughter of Krypton
The mysterious outer-space element of "K-Metal" along with the phrases, "I'll never give 'em the secret of the k-metal!" and "You will be compelled to yield the secret of the metal that energizes!" appear in the novella, The Copper-Clad World, by Harl Vincent; published in the September, 1931 issue of Astounding Stories magazine:

 

Jerry Siegel was nearly 17 years old when this issue hit the stands.


Check out the new Quick Timeline to see where this fits in the overall continuity: https://k-metal.art/secret-of-the-k-metal/timeline.php

S!

 22 
 on: September 26, 2025, 05:32:48 PM 
Started by Daughter of Krypton - Last post by Daughter of Krypton
Here is a summary of the discovery of K-Metal pages 2 and 4,

"K-Metal Pages 2 and 4 Discovered at Local Museum!"



which will hopefully help explain the challenges in restoring these two particular pages.



Also included in the museum exhibit were two Superman sketches by Joe Shuster.



S!

 23 
 on: September 24, 2025, 04:20:56 PM 
Started by Daughter of Krypton - Last post by Daughter of Krypton


Return to the Silver Age - preview the first two pages of LARA, EMPRESS of EARTH! right HERE - right NOW!

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 24 
 on: September 23, 2025, 10:59:49 AM 
Started by Daughter of Krypton - Last post by Daughter of Krypton
My first attempt to continue The Secret of the K-Metal was outlined in my old pitch to DC Comics.

That didn't work out; so we are attempting to do it here, as part of our own Superman Through the Ages! online comic.

The title of this continuing K-Metal saga, which will be a regularly recurring feature within the pages of Superman Through the Ages!, is "Saga of the K-Metal"

Here's where things might get a little confusing.

Our first storyline within Saga of the K-Metal is a trilogy, centered around Siegel and Shuster's The Secret of the K-Metal, which forms the central chapter.

Most people are already familiar with the second chapter, which is now a full-color, complete and restored-for-the-first-time; readable comic book:



We will continue to restore this classic comic, replacing our own versions of individual pages with the Shuster Studio versions as they become available.

The first chapter in Saga of the K-Metal is the prequel, which will precede and lead into the events of Chapter Two.

Here is its cover, unveiled now for the very first time:



This gorgeous cover artwork is the creation of Angel Criado, who is also the mastermind behind this genius trilogy.

Chapter One will be a fully painted re-presentation of Siegel and Shuster's 1933 masterpiece, The Reign of the Super-Man, which Angel has extended in order to explain just how it leads into the events of The Secret of the K-Metal.

Note that although The Reign of the Super-Man is a prequel to The Secret of the K-Metal, it is being published in a later issue of the Superman Through the Ages! comic book.

Chapters One and Two, taken together, will lay the groundwork for the events of the forthcoming Chapter Three.

After the trilogy is complete, Saga of the K-Metal may, or may not, continue on with additional chapters.








 25 
 on: September 23, 2025, 06:16:37 AM 
Started by Daughter of Krypton - Last post by Daughter of Krypton
This topic has been moved to Secret of the K-Metal!.

https://www.supermanthroughtheages.com/forum/index.php?topic=4157.0

 26 
 on: September 22, 2025, 05:20:29 PM 
Started by Daughter of Krypton - Last post by unclesporkums
Great! Can't wait for the restoration!

 27 
 on: September 22, 2025, 04:38:50 PM 
Started by Daughter of Krypton - Last post by Daughter of Krypton
We recently got ahold of re-assembled versions of the original artwork for K-Metal pages 2 and 4:

Page 2

Page 4

I've been waiting on adding them to the site because the story of their discovery and (re)creation is worthy of an article in itself; and I also wanted to wait until our full-color restoration was complete and ready to go. ie, put up both the old and the new and the article all at the same time.

But I did not want to hold up on making them public any longer - so here they are and both the article and restorations are in the pipeline.

S!

 28 
 on: September 22, 2025, 03:00:31 PM 
Started by Daughter of Krypton - Last post by Daughter of Krypton
The official announcement.

S!


 29 
 on: September 22, 2025, 10:16:53 AM 
Started by Daughter of Krypton - Last post by Daughter of Krypton
And from our early days; one of the first versions of page 1 (possibly the very first?) - Angel's pencils with Bob Rivard's inks -



It's absolutely incredible that I had forgotten about this!!

The Secret of the K-Metal it is.

S!

 30 
 on: September 22, 2025, 09:15:57 AM 
Started by Daughter of Krypton - Last post by Daughter of Krypton
I was recently reminded that our original name for this story, from 2003 up until I read the Gerard Jones book, was "Secret of the K-Metal!"

So, in the interest of historical accuracy; we'll be moving back towards that in some way.



Site changes in the queue.

Undecided

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