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Michael William Kaluta (1947) was born on August 25 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. In 1969
Kaluta starts working in comics. During this year, he assists Al Williamson, has several
assignments from Charlton Comics, and (along with Jeffrey Jones) assists Bernie Wrightson on
Showcase #83 and Showcase #84. Showcase #83 is released in June of 1969; the
first of his Charlton stories, appearing in Teen Confessions #59, is published in
December of that year. In 1969 Kaluta also begins working on Carson of Venus, which
appears as a back-up feature in Korak, Son of Tarzan.
In 1971 House of Secrets #92 is published. This issue contains the first Swamp Thing
story. In addition to assisting Bernie Wrightson on the issue, the villain in the story is
modelled after Kaluta. In 1973 Michael Kaluta starts collaborating with Denny O'Neil on The
Shadow for DC Comics and in 1976 Kaluta joins Jeffrey Jones, Barry Windsor-Smith, and
Bernie Wrightson in forming The Studio.
In 1985 Marvel Comics publishes Starstruck and in 1988, collaborating once again with
Denny O'Neil, Kaluta returns to The Shadow with , which was
first published in Marvel Graphic Novel #35
In 1993 The Michael Wm. Kaluta Sketchbook is published. Kaluta also co-plots a Shadow
story that is published by Dark Horse Comics. This is the first of several collaborations with
Joel Goss. In 1996 Kaluta's first cover for The Books of Magic is released.
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