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Here's the current status of page 3:

Early last week, I received a scanned copy of Angel's finished pencils.  So right now I'm  currently doing a rough blocking-in of the dialogue to ensure that everything will fit OK.  If it all works out (which I suspect it will), then he'll send the original artwork off to Bob who will begin the inking and coloring.

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It turns out there's a bit of adjusting that we have to do with page 3, so it's not quite ready to be inked yet.

To whet your appetite, here's a detail from Angel's pencils - including a sneak-peak at Lois Lane:

(http://superman.nu/k-metal-from-krypton/buttons/pg3-panel-7-pencil-detail.gif)

This is one of the panels that needs to be tweaked.  So take a good look, you won't see it just this way in the finished version.

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Angel recently finished the pencils for pages 3 and 4 (which look absolutely fantastic!) and they are now on their way to Bob for inking and coloring.

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The inks for page three are all set!

Here's the same detail as above with the finished inks:

(http://superman.nu/k-metal-from-krypton/buttons/pg3-panel-7-ink-detail-1.gif)

and the "corrected" version as you'll see it in the final story:

(http://superman.nu/k-metal-from-krypton/buttons/pg3-panel-7-ink-detail-2.gif)

First person to spot the difference gets a No-Prize. ;)

Coloring is in progress.

EG became RG on the box Lois is holding

The changing of the letter E to R...

Oh trying to out finesse my response, eh Beppo?  That no-prize is mine, I tell ya - MINE!!!! :shock:

Foolish mortal, I clearly typed it before you did.

The no-Prize thus belongs to me!

...fiendish rubs hands together...

Klar, you beat Beppo by two minutes - but unfortunately you were only half right!  Lois isn't holding the case, the guy in the middle is.

Although page three of Jerry Siegel's script describes the case as having the initials "EG" on it, later in the script it's described as having the initials "RG."  Plus it's also described in dialogue and drawn as "RG" on Joe Shuster's finished, inked, and lettered page 13; so to be consistent we had to make it "RG" back here on page 3.

I'm assuming Jerry's "EG" was a typo - E and R are right next to each other on the keyboard.

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Now quickly mail me my No-Prize so that I can sell it on E-Bay  :P

Beppo - that's MY No-PRIZE! You hairy Kryptonian space rat of Jor-El's!

Now behold as the infinite spin off varietys of Superman do battle for the sake do battle...across the multiple earths and multiple yawn of time and time again space...

in this corner the adventures of Superman when he was devolved into a chimp - Beppo!

And in this corner the adventures of Superman from an alternate time line of the 30th Century who may or may not be appearing One Thousand Years Later in Supergirl and the Legion of Lost Lunch Meat - Klar Ken T5477.

Meanwhile Brainiac and Brainiac 5 have a RAM to Man chat!

OK - Im bored so sue me. :roll:   [/b]

OK guys, no fighting in the Fortress.

I recently received the finished, fully colored artwork from Bob - I'm just starting to work on the lettering, so we should have page 3 online in a relatively short while.

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Just a few short minutes ago, I finished lettering and ballooning page three.

It looks all set, so it should be online sometime this week.

Page 4 is also in the pipeline - pencilling and inking are complete, Bob is currently coloring it.  It'll be a great segue into page 5 (http://superman.nu/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2088), our first Shuster page.

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Page three is lookin' good... 8)

Thanks!  Now that it's finally online, we should probably continue discussion over here (http://superman.nu/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=19160#19160).  This thread has gotten long enough.

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