Maestros #1 (Raw VF/NM) - Image Comics (Steve Skroce Cover - Premiere Issue)

Add a standout indie fantasy key issue to your inventory with Maestros #1, published by Image Comics in October 2017! Written and illustrated by acclaimed storyboard artist and comic creator Steve Skroce (The Matrix, We Stand On Guard), with vivid colors by award-winning colorist Dave Stewart and lettering by Fonografiks.

The top trade dress features the ornate gold-and-yellow MAESTROS title logo set against a cosmic backdrop, with creator credits (STEVE SKROCE • DAVE STEWART • FONOGRAFIKS) running across the upper margin. The lower left corner displays the Image Comics 25th Anniversary seal above issue designation 1 and the $3.99 cover price.

The surreal, intricate cover illustration—crafted by Steve Skroce—depicts Willy Little lounging comfortably on a zebra-patterned couch while tentacles pour a champagne glass, framed by a mysterious cosmic wizard silhouette towering over a fantasy cityscape and a heavily tattooed woman in high heels.

In this explosive premier issue, Willy Little, a banish-born millennial living on Earth, suddenly inherits ultimate magical power and the throne of the universe after his father, the Maestro, and the entire royal family are brutally assassinated. Now, Willy must navigate gods, monsters, and magical assassins aiming to claim the spell that created the cosmos.

This unslabbed raw comic issue is in top-tier collectible condition (estimated VF/NM 9.0 or better), featuring clean edges, sharp corners, a flat spine, and brilliant color saturation—making it an essential pickup for Steve Skroce fans, indie fantasy collectors, and Image Comics premiere issue completionists.