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Bone 1
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Bone 1 Modern
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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4017528001
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Owner:
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DocGo
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Label Notes
Jeff Smith story, cover, and art. 1st appearance of Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, Smiley Bone, the Great Red Dragon, and Ted
*1st appearance of the Stupid, Stupid Rat Creatures*
Synopsis
The spectacular beginning to an epic saga! Split from his cousins in a strange land, Fone Bone must fend for himself while being followed by the Great Red Dragon as well as a couple of mangy rat creatures.
The Slab
Second highest grade! Purchased from Annihilus via the boards. Annihilus was the original owner who bought it from the M&M Comic Service out of Chicago. He occasionally took chances on independents at the time and struck gold with this one. Thank you very much for selling me this gem! It was originally graded by CGC in 2007 as a 9.4. Received Grader's Notes of multiple dents on front cover. Had it pressed by Matt Nelson of Classics Incorporated and came back as a 9.6.
I had it pressed and regraded in early 2022 as I thought it had a shot at 9.8 given my analysis of scans from other 9.8s in past auctions. It has no color breaking creases anywhere but I believe it’s the corners on the spine that keep it from NM/MT. Still a fantastic copy IMHO. Graded on March 21, 2022.
Inside The Comic
Twenty four pages of story with no ads. The inside front cover has an image of Thorn’s map in the dirt along with the only credit: By Jeff Smith. Obviously, there are no letters in this issue. The back cover has a panel from page 9 with Fone Bone shouting a warning to Phoney and Smiley.
It’s easy to forget that this was the first comic Jeff ever worked on given the fantastic quality of every page. He did a comic strip called Thorn when he was a student at Ohio State (which contained much of the existing Bone story) and worked as an animator at Character Builders. which he co-founded. Combining comic strip and animating skills helped him immensely in producing this finished product. He was 31 when the issue finally hit the comic store shelves.
Ad
The inside back cover is an advertisement for Bone #2 with a black & white image of the cover.
Estimated Print Run: 3000 (this number is from Jeff Smith himself who has made this claim in several interviews over the years)
Estimated Copies Sold: In a recent article about Disney Adventures magazine, Jeff said that #1 sold about 1,500 copies which was enough to pay for the printing and a little extra. The sales of #2-4 dropped, however, and #4 couldn’t pay for the printing.
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