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BRZRKR #1 — Rafael Grampá 1:100 Black & White Virgin Variant Publisher: BOOM! Studios | Released: March 10, 2021 Writers: Keanu Reeves & Matt Kindt | Artist: Ron Garney | Colorist: Bill Crabtree 1:100 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover: Rafael Grampá (Black & White Virgin) | Near Mint This is the extraordinarily scarce Rafael Grampá 1:100 Black & White Virgin Variant of BRZRKR #1 — retailers were required to order 100 copies of qualifying covers to qualify for a single copy, making this one of the most genuinely limited and difficult-to-acquire standard variants ever produced for this landmark debut issue. Grampá's black and white virgin presentation strips the cover to its purest form — no trade dress, no title, no color — leaving only his breathtaking line art: the immortal warrior "B" striding forward through the wreckage of a destroyed building interior, clouds of debris billowing around him, rendered in stark, precise ink with Grampá's extraordinary draftsmanship fully unobscured. In its B&W virgin presentation, Grampá's architectural precision and mastery of texture, shadow, and negative space is even more immediately apparent — one of the most technically accomplished cover art presentations of the modern era. An immortal warrior known as "B" has walked the earth for 80,000 years, unable to die — a half-mortal, half-god berserker, whose uncontrolled rage has been weaponized in secret by the U.S. government in exchange for their help in finding a way to finally end his existence. Equal parts war story, mystery, and meditation on the nature of violence and immortality. 🔑 KEY ISSUE — YES, ALL-TIME MODERN KEY 1st appearance of B (Berzerker) — the immortal protagonist of one of the most culturally significant creator-owned comics launches of the modern era; a half-god warrior who has lived for 80,000 years, whose existence is co-created by one of the most famous actors alive 1st issue of BRZRKR — co-created and co-written by Keanu Reeves (John Wick, The Matrix) in his debut as a comic book writer, making this one of the most anticipated and culturally significant comic book launches since the medium's mainstream breakout moments; BRZRKR #1 immediately became one of the best-selling debut issues in BOOM! Studios history Co-written by Matt Kindt — the New York Times bestselling writer celebrated for Folklords, Bang!, Mind MGMT, and Dept. H; the Reeves/Kindt pairing brought both celebrity mainstream attention and genuine creative credibility to the series Rafael Grampá 1:100 Black & White Virgin Variant — Grampá is one of the most technically celebrated and visually distinctive artists working in comics today, acclaimed for Mesmo Delivery, Batman: Damned, and his extraordinary cover work across DC and independent publishers; his B&W virgin variant of his own landmark cover composition is the single most premium and artistically definitive collector's edition in the entire BRZRKR #1 lineup; with a 1:100 ordering threshold, the total number of copies in existence is genuinely tiny — making Near Mint copies particularly scarce and sought-after A film adaptation of BRZRKR starring Keanu Reeves was announced in development at Netflix, further cementing the long-term collector significance of all BRZRKR #1 key copies Ships bagged, boarded, and protected in a Gemini mailer.