Value of Original Michael Kaluta Art

Michael Kaluta art price guide

Bronze Age DC Comics artist Kaluta is best known for his painted renditions of The Shadow, and for work on DC's horror and suspense series.

Facts About Original Michael Kaluta Comic Art

Record Sale for Artwork:
$30,000 The Shadow Knows... Painting 

Official Website:
http://www.kaluta.com

Key Comic Book Issues:

• The Shadow #1
• Conan the Barbarian #167
• The Brave and the Bold #176
• Wonder Woman #300

How Much is Michael Kaluta Artwork Worth?

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Prices For Michael Kaluta Art

Most major work sells for low five figures. Some exceptional sales are over $20K, with interior pages changing hands for four figures on average.

The Shadow Knows... Painting by Michael Kaluta sold for $30,000. Click here to get your original art appraised.

The Shadow Knows... Painting sold for $30,000
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Batman Annual #12 Cover Art by Michael Kaluta sold for $11,400. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Batman Annual #12 Cover Art sold for $11,400
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Conan the King #21 Cover Art by Michael Kaluta sold for $18,000. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Conan the King #21 Cover Art sold for $18,000
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Doorway to Nightmare #1 Cover Art by Michael Kaluta sold for $20,315. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Doorway to Nightmare #1 Cover Art sold for $20,315
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Doorway to Nightmare #4 Cover Art by Michael Kaluta sold for $16,730. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Doorway to Nightmare #4 Cover Art sold for $16,730
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The House of Mystery #265 Cover Art by Michael Kaluta sold for $9,600. Click here to get your original art appraised.

The House of Mystery #265 Cover Art sold for $9,600
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The House of Mystery #319 Cover Art by Michael Kaluta sold for $9,600. Click here to get your original art appraised.

The House of Mystery #319 Cover Art sold for $9,600
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The Savage Sword of Conan #91 Cover Art by Michael Kaluta sold for $27,500. Click here to get your original art appraised.

The Savage Sword of Conan #91 Cover Art sold for $27,500
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Secrets of Haunted House #14 by Michael Kaluta sold for $10,625. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Secrets of Haunted House #14 sold for $10,625
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Secrets of Sinister House #7 Cover Art by Michael Kaluta sold for $6,600. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Secrets of Sinister House #7 Cover Art sold for $6,600
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Spa Fon #25 Illustration by Michael Kaluta sold for $5,260. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Spa Fon #25 Illustration sold for $5,260
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Stealer of Souls Painting by Michael Kaluta sold for $17,925. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Stealer of Souls Painting sold for $17,925
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Strange Adventures #24 Cover Art by Michael Kaluta sold for $10,200. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Strange Adventures #24 Cover Art sold for $10,200
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The Shadow #1 Film Adaptation Poster by Michael Kaluta sold for $7,800. Click here to get your original art appraised.

The Shadow #1 Film Adaptation Poster sold for $7,800
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The Shadow #2 Page 19 by Michael Kaluta sold for $8,365. Click here to get your original art appraised.

The Shadow #2 Page 19 sold for $8,365
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The Shadow #3 Page 4 by Michael Kaluta sold for $13,200. Click here to get your original art appraised.

The Shadow #3 Page 4 sold for $13,200
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The Shadow #3 Page 11 by Michael Kaluta sold for $5,855. Click here to get your original art appraised.

The Shadow #3 Page 11 sold for $5,855
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The Shadow #5 Unused Cover Art by Michael Kaluta sold for $24,000. Click here to get your original art appraised.

The Shadow #5 Unused Cover Art sold for $24,000
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The Shadow #6 Page 2 by Michael Kaluta sold for $6,570. Click here to get your original art appraised.

The Shadow #6 Page 2 sold for $6,570
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The Shadow 'Cranston and Lane' Painting by Michael Kaluta sold for $19,840. Click here to get your original art appraised.

The Shadow 'Cranston and Lane' Painting sold for $19,840
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The Shadow: In the Coils of the Leviathan #2 Painting by Michael Kaluta sold for $4,800. Click here to get your original art appraised.

The Shadow: In the Coils of the Leviathan #2 Painting sold for $4,800
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The Shadow: In the Coils of the Leviathan #4 Painting by Michael Kaluta sold for $8,320. Click here to get your original art appraised.

The Shadow: In the Coils of the Leviathan #4 Painting sold for $8,320
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Time Warp #4 Cover Art by Michael Kaluta sold for $6,600. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Time Warp #4 Cover Art sold for $6,600
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Time Warp Unpublished Cover Art by Michael Kaluta sold for $9,600. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Time Warp Unpublished Cover Art sold for $9,600
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Weird War Tales #2 Cover Art by Michael Kaluta sold for $6,600. Click here to get your original art appraised.

Weird War Tales #2 Cover Art sold for $6,600
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History of Michael Kaluta in Comic Book Art

Michael Kaluta's first published work was in 1970, a three-page adventure story entitled, The Battle of Shiraz which was featured in issue #18 of Flash Gordon for Charlton Comics. Kaluta's first published cover art, House of Mystery #200 was in 1972 for DC Comics. He also worked on the series Secrets of Sinister House, co-creating the character Eve with issue #6.

In 1973, Kaluta and writer Dennis O'Neil created a comic book adaptation of The Shadow and Kaluta drew five of the first six issues. 

In 1975, Kaluta along with three other comic book artists, Jeffrey Jones, Barry Windsor-Smith and Bernie Wrightson formed their own artist's commune called The Studio, renting out a loft in the Chelsea district of Manhattan. The four produced a great deal of content there and The Studio ran up until 1979. 

In 1981, Kaluta drew the cover art for DC's one-shot Madame Xanadu, which was the company's second direct sales only comic. He has also drawn for numerous other popular DC titles such as Action Comics, Adventure Comics, Aquaman, Batman, Batman Family, The Brave and the Bold, Detective Comics, Justice League of America, Mystery in Space, Spectre, The Spirit, Superman, Wonder Woman and more.

Kaluta has drawn briefly for Marvel Comics as well on titles like Thor and Conan the Barbarian.

In 1971, Kaluta won a Shazam Award for Outstanding New Talent and in 1977 he won an Inkpot Award. He also won a Spectrum Award in 2003 for Grand Master. 

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