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I think it is too. Much higher than the last sale but not close to similarly graded blue labels which hasn’t been true in the past. Still not a great time to sell.

I’m interested to see where this 9.6 Qualified of #1 finishes on ComicLink tonight. Haven’t seen one of these at auction in nearly 4 years. It looks to be a pretty good example but, of course, no one can see the back cover

This is the last of 9.8s from my latest submission. It’s the Cartoon Book printing of #26 and the cover did not change much from the Image Comics version. The blackness makes this incredibly tough to find in high grade and I’m guessing it has the lowest print numbers since it was the last of the CB reprints. Another thanks to Rich Henn for getting this done at SDCC ‘23!

It may have been hurt in the eyes of casual buyers perhaps, but we know what’s up

Here’s a comic that’s not in the Cartoon Books registry set but can be found in the All Variants set. Cartoon Books reprinted their own versions of the Image Comics 1st prints with mostly new covers, as #26 was largely the same as the original #26. The only chapter that wasn’t reprinted was #27 so the Image Comics version is the only printing. None of the CB editions were sold in great numbers and I’m guessing that their print runs were among the lowest in the entire series (probably similar to the first eight Cartoon Books issues in the early 90s). The #22 below was signed and sketched by Jeff at the 2023 SDCC. Big thanks to Rich Henn!

$5750. Definitely not a good time to sell and the images are poor.

The high opening bid may have been a bad choice but it should still fare well. The pics of the book aren’t great which could also hurt the final verdict. The last two 9.6s haven’t exactly been record breakers but one had Off-White-White pages and the other ended at the exact moment as a CBCS 9.8. What do you think?

I finally finished the Bone Holiday/Christmas card set last year. These were sent out to subscribers and retailers between 1993-1999 thanking them for their business. Jeff and Vijaya signed them all and the additional signatures were from the full/part time workers at Cartoon Books. I myself was a never a subscriber since I simply bought the new issues at a local comic shop whenever they were released. I’d see these on eBay occasionally and bought my first few as part of larger lots of Bone comics between 2006 and 2010. The hardest ones to find for reasonable prices were the later ones on the bottom row (1997, 1999, & 1998). Have any of you picked these up over the years or got one as a subscriber?

My apologies if anyone wasn’t tracking the auction themselves and thought it ended on 12/19. It ended last night and was grouped with a bunch of comic strip tear sheets and TMNT party favors. I assumed it was with the comics Finished at $6,600.00 which seems right to me for its actual grade.

Much appreciated sir!

At the moment, only the recently sold 9.4 (3748004001) and 9.6 (3942754013) have the new “Second Printing/Blue Foil Edition” in the database. Hey @CGC Mike, how do we get the other legit copies corrected?

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It looks like another Thorn: Tales from the Lantern will go up for bidding on Heritage this Tuesday and they finally put up the images. They list it as VF and I think that's a tad bit generous. I always thought that mine was a VF+ at best but compared to this one, it would firmly be a 9.0. I'm definitely not an expert when it comes to grading between F and VF/NM so please let me know what you think. Either way, it's definitely a solid copy if you're looking to add one to your collection. Bidding will end on 12/19.

This is my favorite book from the submission. I submitted five issues from the Crown of Horns storyline which is, by far, the toughest series of books in the Bone saga to get in 9.8 (all black covers for those who don't know). I'm still trying to figure out what happened with the other four but I'll treasure this sucker forever. Phoney is one of my two favorite characters from Bone so this was a must. I bought this raw from @paperheart and it was signed at the 2023 Heroes Con thanks to the great @Rich_Henn!

This was one of the bright spots of my last submission that will go into the permanent collection. Signed by Jeff at SDCC with a big thanks to Rich Henn! Thirteen more to go…

He is THE expert but doesn’t post much with text. I simply wanted a thread that keeps track of the legit CGC copies with Royal Blue covers and those that were slabbed erroneously.

I gave this list to Mike in a PM (from this discussion) but I thought it should be kept in public and maintained since the Royal Blues will now have a separate entry in the CGC database. Some of these slabs were posted here on the boards by @Darkga and others were found on Heritage, eBay, and other auction sites. Please let me know if you disagree with any of these or have something to add (with an image to confirm). Unfortunately, I didn’t save the images for some of these numbers and were based on my thoughts at the time. Actual Royal Blues that were correctly labeled 0137563015 2009599004 3825551001 3942754013 3748004001 2111070001 Greens labeled as Royal Blues 3749558015 2110295018 3918009017 3909819009 3983765016 (removed from the database)

This is good news, thanks Mike! However, there were several mistakes made by CGC regarding which is a royal blue and which is a green. I have a list of registry numbers for actual royal blues that I’ve seen (5 at the moment) as well as greens that were listed as blue (3 at the moment). They have to be incredibly careful with what they put into this new entry. The best way to tell the difference is to always have one of the more common green covers on hand. The difference is clear when they’re side-to-side.

Thanks very much Mike. According to my records, the Royal Blues disappeared from the census on 10/4/22 without explanation. I have a theory about why but I’d like to hear the official word first.

Both books are Vengeance of Vampirella #1, and neither have the common green cover. The legend goes that 100 of the royal blue VoV #1s were made before the multitude of greens were. I don’t know what they looked at but it wasn’t the links above. Please ask again if you could. Thanks Mike!

Any word on this @CGC Mike? The Blues still aren't acknowledged the last time I checked the census with everything marked as Green. Thanks!

I’ve always had good luck with giving away Bone stories to kids, especially girls. Unlike most comics, the larger narrative has a beginning, middle, and ending which makes it easier to consume. Some may be intimidated by the large 1300 page tome, but the smaller TPBs divided into 9 chapters could be better if individual comics aren’t enough.

Really sorry this happened to you. Was horrified while watching the auction take place. I wonder if the auctioneers do any research beforehand or if the higher-ups at least give them a hint about non-CGC’d books.

I’ve seen a few with sketches over the years so yours was probably one of them. Very glad you finally have one for sketch of your own!

The 9.8 became a 9.2 which probably led to their decision to stop grading the Thorns altogether. I don’t know exactly how it happened but I’ve always guessed that the case got damaged on its way from Heritage to the buyer and then the buyer sent it into CGC for a new holder. The graders saw the small rip on the back cover and had to regrade it. Like I said, this is just a hypothesis of mine. I would warn current owners of any of the 9 slabbed copies to be extra careful if the book has to be shipped.