The K-METAL from KRYPTON Part Two: The SECRET of the K-METAL!
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Superman Through the Ages! Comic Book Issue #0: Secret of the K-Metal - Page 1:

1940 artwork  -  completed page
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Story by Jerry Siegel, 1940.  Page-by-page art credits.

This copy of the center portion of the Shuster Studio version of page 1 was
discovered in 2007, three years after our own version was completed.

Artist Angel Criado has now created a new page 1 using the above fragments as a guide.

Shuster Studio artwork by Joe Shuster and various Shuster Studio artist(s), 1940

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