Maestros #1 Variant Cover B (Raw VF/NM) - Image Comics (Steve Skroce Crown & Bat Variant)

Add an essential variant key issue to your inventory with Maestros #1 Cover B (Steve Skroce Variant Cover), published by Image Comics in October 2017! Written, drawn, and created by renowned storyboard artist and comic creator Steve Skroce (The Matrix, We Stand On Guard), with vivid colors by Eisner 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 textured dark background, with creator credits (STEVE SKROCE • DAVE STEWART • FONOGRAFIKS) running across the top margin. The lower left corner displays the Image Comics 25th Anniversary seal above issue designation 1 and the $3.99 cover price.

The striking Cover B illustration—crafted by Steve Skroce—features main protagonist Willy Little in a sharp dark suit jacket and open collar, holding a red apple in one hand and a wooden baseball bat with a flaming shoulder in the other, under a spray-painted yellow crown drawn above his head.

In this premier issue of the dark fantasy comedy series, Willy Little—a banished, millennial slacker living on Earth—suddenly inherits God-like magical powers and the throne of the universe after his father (the Maestro) and the entire royal court are brutally murdered. Now, Willy must take the reins of infinite creation while warding off deadly magical assassins, otherworldly beasts, and court conspirators looking to steal his crown.

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 crisp color contrast—making it an essential pickup for Steve Skroce fans, variant cover collectors, and Image Comics premiere issue completionists.