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For sale - Mike Kaluta, Russ Heath, The Shadow: 1941. Hitler's Astrologer - Comic Strip
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The Shadow: 1941. Hitler's Astrologer

Comic Strip
1988
Ink
38 x 51 cm (14.96 x 20.08 in.)
Price : 1,350 €  [$]
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Page 2 from the 1988 The Shadow 1941 graphic novel.
In 1988, O'Neil and Kaluta, with inker Russ Heath, returned to The Shadow with the Marvel Comics graphic novel The Shadow: Hitler's Astrologer, set during World War II.
This one-shot appeared in both hardcover and trade paperback editions. It was also reprinted by Dynamite in 2013.
Kaluta and Heath bring this pulp story, written by Dennis O'Neil, to vivid life.
The art is rendered on thick illustration board with an image area measuring 11" x 15" on a bigger 15 x 20" of No. 80 Bainbridge Board.

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About Mike Kaluta

Michael Kaluta got his first influence from 1950s TV art instructor Jon Gnagy. Born in Guatemala, Kaluta studied Fine Arts and began illustration and comic book work against advice of his instructors. After publishing in fanzines like Spafon, he did his first comic book work for Charlton Comics in 1969, published in titles like Teen Confessions, Great Battles of History and Outlaws of the West. Kaluta created an impressive number of comic book covers for both Marvel and DC. Some of them include 'House of Mystery', 'Batman', 'Conan the King' and 'Vampirella'. In 1972, DC Comics revived 'The Shadow' and Kaluta got to re-create this character. He also illustrated stories with E.R. Burroughs' 'Carson of Venus' as back-ups in Korak, Son of Tarzan. Kaluta began drawing the 'Starstruck' comic series, written by Elaine Lee, in Heavy Metall in 1982. Most recently, he did a long run of cover designs for DC's 'The Books of Magic'. Kaluta is currently working in digital media, designing characters and environments for several video games.