Shaft #1 (Raw VF/NM) - Dynamite Entertainment Variant Cover (David F. Walker / Michael Avon Oeming Retro Corner Box Cover)

Add a high-demand crime noir premiere to your online storefront with Shaft #1 (Variant Cover), published by Dynamite Entertainment! Written by Glyph Award-winning author David F. Walker (Bitter Root, Power Man and Iron Fist), featuring interior artwork by Bilquis Evely and a classic retro homage cover by Michael Avon Oeming (Powers).

The top trade dress features a red header banner reading DYNAMITE COMICS GROUP with a vintage-style corner box in the upper left showing 399¢ US, issue #1 DEC, and a headshot profile of John Shaft, alongside a RATED M badge in the upper right. Below the header sits the bold 3D title logo SHAFT. The bottom left corner includes the official UPC barcode, $3.99 US price, and Rated Mature designation.

The retro-styled cover illustration—crafted and signed in-art (AVON14) by Michael Avon Oeming—presents a high-contrast graphic layout in orange, blue, and black depicting John Shaft holding a revolver against a stylized New York City skyline.

In this origin story series debut, David F. Walker and Bilquis Evely chronicle the early days of John Shaft after his return from the Vietnam War to 1970s Harlem. Navigating rampant corruption, brutal street gangs, and racial tension, Shaft takes on his very first cases as a private detective.

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 bold color depth—making it an essential pickup for Shaft fans, David F. Walker completists, Michael Avon Oeming art collectors, and crime noir key issue investors.