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Michael William Kaluta

Author of Madame Xanadu Vol. 2: Exodus Noir

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About the Author

Image credit: Photo of Michael Kaluta taken by Todd Klein at 2003 San Diego Comic Con

Series

Works by Michael William Kaluta

Madame Xanadu Vol. 2: Exodus Noir (2010) — Illustrator — 124 copies
The Shadow 1941: Hitler's Astrologer (1988) — Illustrator — 111 copies
Starstruck (2011) — Illustrator — 77 copies
Starstruck: The Luckless, the Abandoned, and the Forsaked (1984) — Illustrator — 70 copies
Echoes: Drawings of Michael William Kaluta (2000) — Illustrator — 29 copies
Michael Kaluta Sketch Book (1993) 26 copies
The Shadow: Graphic Novel (1993) 10 copies
Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #1 (1975) — Contributor — 6 copies
The Shadow and the Mysterious 3 (1994) — Author — 5 copies
Dark Horse Presents, Issue 133 [Vol 1] (1998) — Cover artist — 5 copies
The Shadow #2 (Dark Horse) (1994) — Illustrator — 3 copies
The Shadow [1973] #04 (1974) — Cover artist — 3 copies
KALUTA ART BOOK (2001) — Author — 3 copies
The Shadow [1973] #03 (1974) — Cover artist — 3 copies
Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #2 — Contributor — 3 copies
Comic Book Profiles 7: Micheal William Kaluta (1999) — Illustrator; Author — 3 copies
The Shadow #1 (Dark Horse) — Illustrator — 2 copies
Tarzan Family #60 (1975) — Illustrator — 2 copies
The Shadow: Hell's Heat Wave #2 (1995) — Author — 2 copies
Kaluta: The Big Book (2017) 2 copies
Le Shadow (Collection U.S.A.) — Illustrator — 1 copy
Tarzan Family #61 (1976) — Illustrator — 1 copy
Tarzan Family #62 (1976) — Illustrator — 1 copy
Tarzan Family #63 (1976) — Illustrator — 1 copy
Tarzan Family #64 (1976) — Illustrator — 1 copy
Tarzan Family #65 (1976) — Illustrator — 1 copy
The Shadow: Hell's Heat Wave # 1 (1995) — Author — 1 copy
The Shadow: Hell's Heat Wave #3 (1995) — Author — 1 copy
Voodoo Killers — Illustrator — 1 copy

Associated Works

Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (2006) — Illustrator — 1,668 copies
In the Night Garden (2006) — Illustrator, some editions — 1,586 copies
Bill, the Galactic Hero (1965) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,166 copies
Spirit Gate (2007) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,086 copies
In the Cities of Coin and Spice (2007) — Illustrator, some editions — 728 copies
Death: The Deluxe Edition (2012) — Illustrator — 641 copies
Bill, the Galactic Hero: The Planet of the Robot Slaves (1989) — Cover artist, some editions; Illustrator, some editions — 560 copies
Shadow Gate (2008) — Cover artist, some editions — 519 copies
Davy (1964) — Cover artist, some editions — 489 copies
Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Bottled Brains (1990) — Illustrator, some editions; Cover artist, some editions — 410 copies
Lucifer Vol. 10: Morningstar (2006) — Illustrator — 404 copies
The Books of Magic Book 2: Summonings (1996) — Cover artist, some editions — 341 copies
Mage: The Awakening (2005) — Illustrator, some editions — 313 copies
The Unwritten Vol. 06: Tommy Taylor and the War of Words (2012) — Illustrator — 309 copies
Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Tasteless Pleasure (1991) — Illustrator, some editions; Cover artist, some editions — 300 copies
Bill, the Galactic Hero on The Planet of Zombie Vampires (1991) — Cover artist, some editions; Illustrator, some editions — 273 copies
Legacy of Lehr (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 235 copies
Elric: To Rescue Tanelorn (2008) — Illustrator, some editions — 225 copies
The Sandman Presents: Taller Tales (2003) — Illustrator — 193 copies
The Lost Valley of Iskander (1974) — Illustrator, some editions — 169 copies
Elric: In the Dream Realms (2009) — Illustrator, some editions — 135 copies
The Mammoth Book of Best Horror Comics (2008) — Contributor — 121 copies
As the Green Star rises (1975) — Illustrator, some editions — 120 copies
House of Mystery, Vol. 4: The Beauty of Decay (2010) — Illustrator — 116 copies
Lucifer: Book 05 (2005) — Illustrator — 115 copies
Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom (2012) — Illustrator — 105 copies
Showcase Presents: House of Mystery, Vol. 2 (2007) — Illustrator — 72 copies
Hellboy: Weird Tales (2014) — Art (259) — 70 copies
Gods & tulips (1999) — Cover artist — 66 copies
Swords of Shahrazar (1976) — Illustrator, some editions — 58 copies
Rocketeer Adventures Volume 1 (2011) — Illustrator — 48 copies
Showcase Presents: House of Secrets, Vol. 1 (2008) — Illustrator — 48 copies
The Shudder Pulps: A History of the Weird Menace Magazines of the 1930s (1975) — Cover artist, some editions — 45 copies
The Private Files of The Shadow (1989) — Illustrator — 40 copies
A Death Gallery #1 (1994) — Illustrator — 36 copies
Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour Vol 1 (2011) — Illustrator — 32 copies
Showcase Presents: House of Mystery, Vol. 3 (2009) — Illustrator — 31 copies
Showcase Presents: Secrets of Sinister House (2010) — Illustrator — 29 copies
Conan Omnibus Volume 2: City of Thieves (2017) — Illustrator — 24 copies
Siege: Battleworld (2016) — Illustrator — 20 copies
Batman: Black and White, Vol. 1 #2 (1996) — Cover designer — 13 copies
Strange Adventures (2014) — Contributor — 12 copies
Famous Fantastic Classics #2 (1975) — Cover artist, some editions — 8 copies
Epic Illustrated #04 [Winter 1980] (1980) — Cover artist — 8 copies
Mythic Coloring Book: Michael Kaluta & Charles Vess (2015) — Illustrator — 5 copies
Madame Xanadu, Vol. 1 #1 (1981) — Cover artist — 5 copies
House of Mystery # 195 (1971) — Illustrator — 4 copies
The Unwritten #31.5 (2011) — Illustrator — 4 copies
The Phantom Stranger #26, September 1973 (1973) — Cover artist — 3 copies
The Phantom Stranger #23, February 1973 (1973) — Illustrator — 3 copies
Secret Origins [1986-] #39 (1989) — Cover artist — 3 copies
The Phantom Stranger #24, April 1973 (1973) — Illustrator — 2 copies
The Shadow [1973] #06 (1974) — Illustrator — 2 copies
Adventure Comics, No. 425, January 1973 (1972) — Cover artist — 2 copies
The Batman Family #19, August/September 1978 (1978) — Cover Art — 2 copies
Savage Tales Vol 1 #9 March 1975 (1975) — Cover artist — 2 copies
Ray Bradbury Comics: Martian Chronicles #1, June 1994 (1994) — Illustrator — 2 copies
Korak Son of Tarzan #46 (Gold Key/DC) (1972) — Illustrator — 2 copies
House of Secrets #101 (DC Comics) — Cover artist — 2 copies
The Spectre Vol. 3 #10 (1996) — Cover artist — 1 copy
House of Secrets #151 (DC Comics) — Cover artist — 1 copy
House of Secrets #098 (DC Comics) — Cover artist — 1 copy
House of Secrets #099 (DC Comics) — Cover artist — 1 copy
Aquaman Secret Files and Origins 2003 — Illustrator — 1 copy
The Spectre Vol. 3 #44 (1996) — Cover artist — 1 copy
Deep Signal - The Illustrated Anthology (2019) — Illustrator, some editions — 1 copy

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freixas | 5 other reviews | Mar 31, 2023 |
When you read a book about The Shadow, you're expecting certain things. This book gives you them in spades. You've got the occult, Nazis, old enemies, young love, and The Shadow playing Gotterdammerung as he infiltrates and attacks a German base. You really could not ask for more.

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tldegray | Sep 21, 2018 |
Great use of an old standard character in new ways. Matt Wagner's stories, as always, shine with sharp details and interesting plots. This is a book that slipped under the radar for me, and now I'll have to track down the first collection as well.
 
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SESchend | 5 other reviews | Sep 6, 2017 |
I have a lot of time for Matt Wagner -- I especially enjoyed his later Grendel books. However in spite of his best efforts -- including a cameo from the original gas-mask wearing Wesley Dodds in this volume, Madame Xanadu just doesn't seem a very interesting character. In the 1940s, Madame Xanadu gets a slightly supernatural brief from a customer and she ploddingly solves the case with the help of her magical tricks. At almost no time is she really in danger. There are flashbacks to the Spanish Inquisition in 1493, which time is relevant to both Xanadu and her case (but without much more crossover than that). She seems to identify the problem and solution early; her biggest problem is convincing her client's associates that there is a problem. Madame Xanadu has lived for thousands of years but doesn't seem to have gained great insights in that time. It's all a bit pedestrian.… (more)
 
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questbird | 5 other reviews | Jul 18, 2016 |

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