"D Copy"

[Silver Surfer]

I have seen reference to this on various GA books. What does it mean?

[deathlok]

"D" - In 1991 Steve Fishler began to buy piecemeal what would eventually become known as the "D" collection. A person had located many boxes of old comics in Nyack, New York and was bringing Fishler one box every two weeks. No one knows where the collection originated from, but 99% of the books have a code written (possibly by a child) at the top of the first page. The collection ultimately numbered 1000, but there is reason to believe more comics were previously sold to other dealers. The range of the collection spanned from the late 1930's to the early 1950's. Some major keys present in the "D" collection included Sensation #1, All-Flash #1, Captain America #1, Batman #1, and Detective #28 and #29. The collection was initially distributed as a non pedigree and has just recently been dubbed the "D" collection because of the frequent "D" written on the cover and on the splash page.

 

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[Silver Surfer]

Very interesting stuff.

[Aman619]

that was agreat read! Ive read about, heard stories of, and seen and owned a lot of th epedigrees, but its great to have all that info all in one place!! When was it written> Seems to be about 1993 or so.... Id love to see an update. Perhaps Tripps could participate and fill in the details of the great pedigrees found since then....

[deathlok]

that was agreat read! Ive read about, heard stories of, and seen and owned a lot of th epedigrees, but its great to have all that info all in one place!! When was it written> Seems to be about 1993 or so.... Id love to see an update. Perhaps Tripps could participate and fill in the details of the great pedigrees found since then....

 

Matt Nelson is working on a book that should have much more detail. Although when it will be published is still uncertain.

[Aman619]

a book?!!! gee - -thats gonna be a lot of words.... I hope it will have lots of pretty pictures.

Actually, an upscale coffee table book might not be a bad idea!! A history of comics collecting, starring the stories of the most anal, and thorough comics and magazine hoarders of the last century!! Might even appeal to Antiques Roadshow types.... at least thats the sales pitch for the publishing house...

[blowout]

Matt Nelson is working on a book that should have much more detail. Although when it will be published is still uncertain.

 

Early 2005 is the latest best guess.

[deathlok]

Matt Nelson is working on a book that should have much more detail. Although when it will be published is still uncertain.

 

Early 2005 is the latest best guess.

 

a guess that only Matt Nelson knows for sure.

[PedigreeMan]

No one knows where the collection originated from, but 99% of the books have a code written (possibly by a child) at the top of the first page.

 

An example of the code:

 

 

One glaring problem with CGC is that these codes are now increasingly being locked away behind slabs. Borock told me that they don't maintain a record of the individual codes in their grader notes, either.

 

One more reason to free your books, dammit!

 

Alan

[CGCMINT]

What does the "D" stand for?

 

John

[Silver Surfer]

Maybe it stands for D as in Dumbarse that wrote on those books.

[PedigreeMan]

What does the "D" stand for?

 

John

 

The "D" found on most of the covers:

 

 

Supposedly our own Mr. Borock coined the name of the pedigree when he rejected purchasing the Captain America #1 from the collection. But, of course, Steve's a notorious liar.

 

Alan