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The official archives of the K-Metal restoration project – "The K-Metal from Krypton/The Secret of the K-Metal" – the formerly lost 1940 story by Jerry Siegel and the Joe Shuster Studio.

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By: Audrey KinlokPosted on September 26, 2025October 6, 2025

K-Metal Pages 2 and 4 Discovered at Local Museum

Jeff Reid discovered these two K-Metal pages on the wall at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum during the Larry Ivie exhibit in 2024. […]

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By: Audrey KinlokPosted on September 21, 2025October 6, 2025

Page 2: a minor discrepancy

We were recently given copies of the original 1940 Shuster Studio artwork of the formerly lost pages 2 and 4. Our versions of page 2 […]

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By: Audrey KinlokPosted on September 20, 2025October 6, 2025

There and Back Again – The K-Metal from Krypton

When Jerry Siegel wrote his K-Metal story in 1940, he did not give it a title. Each page of surviving artwork is merely labeled “Superman” […]

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By: Audrey KinlokPosted on September 7, 2025October 6, 2025

Quick Recap

Quick recap: In 1940, Superman Co-Creator Jerry Siegel wrote a 26 page script in which many historic firsts would have taken place, including Lois learning […]

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By: Audrey KinlokPosted on July 19, 2006October 6, 2025

The Making of the K-Metal Font

Currently, we have only one full-size page of the original K-Metal artwork: page 20. In order to restore the letters in the remaining original pages […]

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By: Angel CriadoPosted on February 9, 2004October 10, 2025

A mile in their shoes

I didn’t think this was going to be easy. I was planning to apply “artistic license.” I know there are so many pages, so many […]

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    • Why “The Reign of the Superman?”
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    • Quick Timeline
    • Three Variant Covers

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