The Gravediggers Union #1 (Raw VF/NM) - Image Comics (Wes Craig Cover - Premiere Issue)

Add a high-octane horror key issue to your catalog with The Gravediggers Union #1, published by Image Comics in November 2017! Created and written by Wes Craig (Deadly Class, Kaya) with co-writers Toby Cypress (The White Suits) and Chris Mitten, interior art by Toby Cypress, colors by Niko Guardia, and lettering by Jared K. Fletcher.

The bold trade dress features giant yellow block lettering for THE GRAVEDIGGERS UNION dominating the upper three-quarters of the cover, set against a dark background filled with glowing red Monster/Eldritch eyes. Creator names (CRAIG, CYPRESS, GUARDIA, FLETCHER) surround the title header. The bottom left corner displays the Image Comics 25th Anniversary seal alongside the $3.99 cover price, while the bottom right corner proudly shows issue designation No. 1.

The striking graphic cover illustration—crafted by Wes Craig—depicts the union graveyard crew wielding pickaxes and shovels as they stand atop a hill of dirt and gravestones, battling hordes of rising undead silhouettes.

In this premiere issue of the supernatural action series, Cole, Haley, and Junk are members of the Gravediggers Union—a secret brotherhood tasked with keeping the dead in their graves and protecting humanity from dark supernatural forces. But as the apocalyptic Black Temple cult prepares to unleash cosmic doom, Cole discovers his estranged daughter might be leading the cult trying to end the world.

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 saturation—making it an essential pickup for Deadly Class fans, Wes Craig collectors, indie horror readers, and Image Comics premiere issue completionists.