MAESTRO
(of unidentified future reality)

Real Name: Bruce Banner

Identity/Class: Alternate reality human mutate

Occupation: Conqueror, ruler

Group Membership: None

Affiliations: Hulk Gang of Earth-21923 (Beau, Billy-Bob, Bobbie Sue, Bodean, Buck, Cambria, Clystin, Horace, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewel, Jozelle, Malakai, Merle, Virgil)

Enemies: Logan (James Howlett) of Earth-21923, Hawkeye (Clinton Barton) of Earth-616, Fort Wells residents

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: The King, Hulk

Base of Operations: Fort Wells, Northwest Territories, Canada, Earth-616
    formerly compound near Teslin, Yukon, Canada, Earth-616;
    formerly Department H Weapons Facility, Yukon Territory, Canada, Earth-616

First Appearance: Old Man Logan II#25 (August, 2017)

Powers/Abilities: Maestro evidently has the same powers as his Earth-9200 counterpart.

    With his superhuman strength he can jump hundreds of feet into the air and send others flying with his kicks, and Logan noted that Maestro hit harder than anyone he had ever fought before.

    Maestro's skin is impervious to bullets, but not to Logan's adamantium claws.

    His regenerative healing factor is strong enough to keep him alive even after decapitation. Maestro can change between his human and Hulk forms at will.

Height: 7'6''
Weight: 1150 lbs.
Eyes: Green
Hair: White

History: (Old Man Logan II#27 (fb) - BTS) - Bruce Banner became Maestro as the result of a nuclear catastrophe unleashed by the humans.

(Old Man Logan II#50 (fb) - BTS) - Feeling that there was nothing left for him in his native reality, Maestro took recently deceased Doctor Doom's time machine to travel to the Wastelands of Earth-21923.

(Old Man Logan II#29 (fb)) - In the Wastelands, Maestro came upon the Hulk Gang, descendants of his Earth-21923 counterpart "Pappy Banner" who had recently been murdered by Logan along with many of his family. Maestro had gathered those who had survived by being away (or were spared by Logan as in the case of Billy-Bob) and promised to take them to a place where they could be happy.

(Old Man Logan II#30 (fb)) - Maestro showed the Hulk Gang his time machine and opened a portal to what he called the "promised land". Everyone went through, except young Malakai who was scared to leave his home. Maestro promised that he would not let anything bad happen to Malakai and guided him through the portal by hand.

(Old Man Logan II#25 (fb) - BTS) - Maestro and the Hulk Gang arrived on Earth-616 and set up a temporary base inside the decommissioned Department H Weapons Facility in Canada that still housed nuclear weapons. Maestro showed the others news footage of the Earth-616 Hulk being killed by Hawkeye during the superhuman conflict referred to as Civil War II.

(Old Man Logan II#26 (fb) - BTS) - Maestro planned to use Department H weapons to unleash a nuclear catastrophe, creating a world which the Hulks would be fit to rule.

(Old Man Logan II#25) - Maestro claimed that people of this world wanted to do to them what they did to Hulk-616, and that the Hulk Gang had to kill them first. Billy-Bob, Beau, Bobbie Sue, Jackson, and Jefferson were sent to procure trucks for transporting the missiles, but they were sidetracked when they found that their father's killer Logan-21923 was also in this timeline. They desired revenge, but Logan killed four of them, while Billy-Bob ran away to deliver the news to Maestro. Furious at the insubordination and the derailment of his plan, Maestro slapped Billy-Bob away and ordered the rest to pack up and leave the Department H Facility with as many nuclear missiles as they could. Cambria intervened to stop Maestro from killing Billy-Bob and though he relented, Mestro took Cambria aside and promised to kill her should she again defy him in front of others.

(Old Man Logan II#26) - Maestro and the Hulk Gang took over a remote compound near Teslin that had enough weapons, generators, and other supplies for them to survive the nuclear apocalypse. Knowing that Logan was on their trail, Maestro ordered Buck, Jozelle, and a few others to double back on their trail and hit Logan with as many projectile weapons as they could. Buck boasted of not being afraid of Logan, and Maestro agnrily retorted that he should be, adding that they should take Billy-Bob with them and reward him for his incompetence.

(Old Man Logan II#27) - Maestro changed into his human work to perform delicate work on the missiles. Cambria approached him and asked whether killing everyone else was necessary for the Hulks to live in paradise. Maestro responded that he had already seen a nuclear war happen, and that spilling blood was necessary to create a world in which the Hulks could rule and not hide. After Cambria left, Maestro asked young Malakai to follow her. When Malakai reported that Cambria had slipped away, Maestro ordered the others to strike within 72 hours.

(Old Man Logan II#28) - Jozelle walked back to the base and collapsed, revealing that Logan had escaped their trap and killed everyone else. Maestro ordered the others to move out immediately, but he was challenged by Bodean, who accused Maestro of lying, as instead of living in paradise they were still running and hiding. Bodean struck Maestro, who then smashed him to death. The trucks set out and reached a rest area, where Maestro gave an inspirational speech to those who remained. The Hulks strapped nuclear cores extracted from the missiles to their backs and set out for their respective targets.

(Old Man Logan II#29) - While driving away with the youngest children, Maestro was asked by Malakai whether those who went with the bombs would be okay, Maestro assured him that the Hulks were capable of surviving the blasts. Their path was blocked by Logan, who had tracked them down with the help of Hawkeye and Cambria, who had told them about Maestro's plan. Maestro lunged at Logan, taunting him about being a weaker, pale version of Logan he knew from his own reality.

    Alpha Flight's Puck (Eugene Judd) subsequently called and reported that he had remotely disabled the bombs, foiling Maestro's plan. Enraged, Maestro charged at Logan but was stabbed in the gut by his claws. Malakai then ordered Logan to step away from Maestro, threatening to open and detonate the remaining core.

(Old Man Logan II#30) - Maestro pleaded for Malakai to detonate the core, while Logan, Hawkeye, and Cambria pleaded for him not to do so. Hawkeye fired a concussion arrow, momentarily blinding everyone. Maestro quickly recovered and grabbed the core, now openly proclaiming his disdain for all of the Hulk Gang. Hawkeye fired another arrow at him, so Maestro flattened him with a military truck he was riding in. Beliving his friend dead, Logan charged at Maestro and delivered several wounds to him before being knocked back. Maestro went after Cambria, blaming her for leading his enemies to him, at which point the children intervened to protect her. Maestro gloated how easy all Hulks were to manipulate, given their desperate need for a father figure. Logan attacked him again, and Maestro decided to live and fight another day. He jumped away and hid in a cave to heal his wounds.

(Old Man Logan II#48 (fb)) - Maestro took over the town of Fort Wells in the Northwest Territories. After walking in, he killed the first man to pick a fight with him, then killed everyone who tried to fight back or flee. Of those who were left, the men were forced to work for Maestro and call him "King" while the women he took for himself.

(Old Man Logan II#50 (fb) - BTS) - Over time, Maestro killed almost half of the town, while the remaining half turned on each other in a desperate bid to preserve their own lives.

(Old Man Logan II#47 - BTS) - On Logan's request, Puck had been monitoring satellite images across across Canada's Northwest Territories to look for signs of Maestro, until he eventually found him and informed Logan.

(Old Man Logan II#48) - Six months after Maestro arrived in Fort Wells, Logan walked into town, let himself be captured and asked to be taken to Maestro. Sitting on a throne surrounded by local women, Maestro taunted Logan who tried to take him on. Maestro grabbed Logan and jumped outside, where he pounded Logan into pavement to the point where he appeared dead. Maestro ordered the men to dispose of Logan's body.

(Old Man Logan II#49) - Five days after Logan's body was taken to the mass grave and dumped with the rest of his victims, Maestro held a trial for the two guards that brought him in, Aaron and Caleb, accusing them of aiding Logan willingly. Both men plead innocence and started accusing each other, and Maestro deemed that incompetence and regicide carried the same sentence. Other townsfolk were made to take the condemned out and hang them in view of the public. Maestro cheered not to delay the execution, at which point a commotion revealed Logan, who had survived.

(Old Man Logan II#50) - Maestro delivered a beatdown to Logan and, remarking on the nuisance of his healing factor, ordered him bound in chains. Maestro then retreated to his quarters with one of the women, where he was informed that Caleb's widow, Angela, was talking about starting a revolt. Maestro took the chained Logan to the town square and made a speech on how despite the town plotting against him, he was willing to empower those who would bow down to serve him and his empire. Angela and her conspirators opened fire on Maestro, serving as a distraction for Angela to inject Logan with Regenix which he had in his possessions. His healing factor kicked into overdrive, Logan again charged the Maestro, who was bored of playing with him and jumped away. Maestro led Logan to his time machine and gave him an offer: step inside and be transported back to his home reality, thus ridding Maestro of his nuisance. Logan responded with a taunt, and Maestro crushed the time machine. Logan charged him again and managed to cut Maestro's head off his body.

(Dead Man Logan#1) - Maestro's head and body were picked up by the team of X-Men, including Forge, who came to retrieve Logan.

(Dead Man Logan#2 (fb) - BTS) - Forge found Maestro's time machine and repaired it.

(Dead Man Logan#6) - Despite being decapitated, Maestro was not dead and was still regenerating. Forge slowed the process by keeping the head and the body separate and placing them in stasis so that he would have the time to study Maestro and develop Hulk-stopping technology.

Comments: Created by Ed Brisson and Mike Deodato Jr.

    Maestro's physical stats are taken from his reality-9200 counterpart.

    It is possible that this Maestro is the same one as the Maestro of Eaerth-15329, who appears in the Spider-Man 2099 II (2015). Their history matches almost perfectly, as that Maestro also grew bored with his timeline, took the time machine from the late Doctor Doom, and used it to travel into another reality through time. The only difference is that in Spider-Man 2099 II Maestro's time machine is a Time Platform, not a portal one has to step through. This could be either due to miscommunication with the artist, or because Maestro had modified the time machine in between the two stories.

    This profile was completed 07/19/2025, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 25^th anniversary 's celebratory event.

Profile by HBK123.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Maestro (Bruce Banner) should be distinguished from:

    may or may not be the same as

• MAESTRO (Bruce Banner) of Earth-15329  - who battled Spider-Man (Miguel O'Hara) of Earth-928 circa 2099 A.D.--All-New X-Factor I#20

    but he should be distinguished from:

• MAESTRO (Bruce Banner) of Earth-9200 - the original version, ruler of Dystopia--Hulk: Future Imperfect#1
• MAESTRO (Bruce Banner) of Earth-9722 - divergent Maestro-9200 killed by the Hulk--Incredible Hulk #453
• MAESTRO (Bruce Banner) of Earth-10071 - ally of the Next Avengers--Avengers IV#2
• MAESTRO (Bruce Banner) of Earth-10943 - divergent Maestro-10071 killed by Immortus--Avengers IV#6
• MAESTRO (Bruce Banner) of Earth-18067 - dictator of Arizona--Marvel Two-in-One#7
• MAESTRO (Bruce Banner) of Earth-20922 - ruled Earth ravaged by the Kree--Marvel's Avengers video game
• MAESTRO (Bruce Banner) of Earth-28245 - worked for President Red Hulk--A+X#1
• MAESTRO (Bruce Banner) of Earth-69413 - Baron of Battleworld's Dystopia domain, took part in the Contest of Champions--Future Imperfect #1
• MAESTRO (Bruce Banner) of Earth-Cosmic Ghost Rider - defeated and imprisoned by King Thanos--Thanos II#14
• MAESTRO (Bruce Banner) of Earth-60129 - companion of Abigail Mercury--Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider#23
• MAESTRO (Bruce Banner) of Earth-24283 - unburdened by morality, the Hulk killed the Fantastic Four and other heroes, became Maestro in the modern day--Hulk III#9
• MAESTRO (Bruce Banner) of Earth-15400 - traveled back in time to Earth-12041, followed by A-Bomb; after the Hulk was cured of radiation poisoning, Reality-81505 was diverged and/or overlapped with their original reality; the Maestro was apparently affected by this reality warp, and he was no longer inflicted with the radiation-poisoning-induced madness, and he and A-Bomb presumably returned to this reality--Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. television series episode "Enter the Maestro"
• MAESTRO (Bruce Banner) of Earth-15115 - killed Doom with the Destroyer Armor--Future Imperfect#5
• MAESTRO (Bruce Banner) of Earth-39351 - attacked the Avengers Academy of Earth-61284--Marvel Avengers Academy video game
• MAESTROof the Ultravengers - possibly Bruce Banner vs. Brute (Reed Richards); purple-skinned, transported to Earth-93060--Ultraforce/Avengers#1
• MAESTRO (Hercules) of Earth-9200 - Banner's precursor as the ruler of Dystopia--Maestro#2
• MAESTRO (Bruce Banner Jr.) of Earth-807128 - born into Hulk Gang, became member of the Fantastic Force--Wolverine III#66
• MISSTRO (Jennifer Walters) of Earth-10051 - corrupted female ruler of a radiation-blasted Earth--She-Hulk Sensational #1
• or any other characters named "Maestro" or "Bruce Banner"

images: (without ads)
Old Man Logan II#26, cover (main image)
Old Man Logan II#25, p2, pan1 (Maestro's human form)
Old Man Logan II#25, p16, pan1 (Maestro transforms)
Old Man Logan II#48, p20, pan1 (Maestro as the King of Fort Wells)
Old Man Logan II#50, p28, pan1 (Maestro is decapitated by Logan)

Appearances:
Old Man Logan II#25 (August, 2017) - Ed Brisson (writer), Mike Deodato Jr. (pencils, inks), Mark Paniccia (editor)
Old Man Logan II#26 (September, 2017) - Ed Brisson (writer), Mike Deodato Jr. (pencils, inks), Mark Paniccia (editor)
Old Man Logan II#27 (October, 2017) - Ed Brisson (writer), Mike Deodato Jr. (pencils, inks), Mark Paniccia (editor)
Old Man Logan II#28 (November, 2017) - Ed Brisson (writer), Mike Deodato Jr. (pencils, inks), Mark Paniccia (editor)
Old Man Logan II#29 (December, 2017) - Ed Brisson (writer), Mike Deodato Jr. (pencils, inks), Mark Paniccia (editor)
Old Man Logan II#30 (January, 2018) - Ed Brisson (writer), Mike Deodato Jr. (pencils, inks), Mark Paniccia (editor)
Old Man Logan II#48 (November, 2018) - Ed Brisson (writer), Ibraim Roberson (pencils, inks), Christina Harrington, Jordan D. White (editors)
Old Man Logan II#49 (December, 2018) - Ed Brisson (writer), Ibraim Roberson (pencils, inks), Christina Harrington, Jordan D. White (editors)
Old Man Logan II#50 (November, 2018) - Ed Brisson (writer), Ibraim Roberson, Neil Edwards (pencils, inks), Christina Harrington, Jordan D. White (editors)
Dead Man Logan#1 (January, 2019) - Ed Brisson (writer), Mike Henderson (pencils, inks), Christina Harrington, Jordan D. White (editors)
Dead Man Logan#6 (June, 2019) - Ed Brisson (writer), Mike Henderson (pencils, inks), Christina Harrington, Jordan D. White (editors)

First Posted: 09/23/2026
Last updated: 07/19/2025

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