Crippen "D Copy" Question

[ttfitz]

I can't seem to find an answer to this, so thought I'd ask here. Is the "D" marking always on the front cover, or is it ever on the back?

 

I ask because I was scanning a few books getting ready to sell, and noticed similar markings on the back of all three. Looking around a bit, I found some stuff about the Crippen books, but all the scans I could find either had the markings on the front, or didn't have any markings on the front but no back scans.

 

I doubt these books are Crippen's - there isn't any markings on the first page, either - but I thought I would ask to be sure.

 

Here's the back cover scans:

 

 

 

[143ksk]

What books are they?

[ttfitz]

What books are they?

 

Let's see, Coo Coo Comics #54, Justice Comics #13, and All-Time Sports Comics #7.

[marmat]

This is my Crippen comic, the D is similar in the second book you posted. First and third are not D copies, IMO.

 

 

Many of the comics from this collection have a code on the first page. Did you check?

[Xela]

This is my Crippen comic, the D is similar in the second book you posted. First and third are not D copies, IMO.

 

The first one looks like an "a"

[143ksk]

"A" is also a very common marking on Crippens.

 

Heritage shows they have sold both the Coo Coo Comics #54 and All-Time Sports Comics #7 and there is a scan of the latter:

 

http://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/all-time-sports-comics-7-davis-crippen-d-copy-pedigree-hillman-publications-1949-condition-vf-baseball-cover-art/a/16112-16015.s

[ttfitz]

Many of the comics from this collection have a code on the first page. Did you check?

 

Yeah, you must have missed it in my first post, none of these have anything written on the first page.

[ttfitz]

"A" is also a very common marking on Crippens.

 

Heritage shows they have sold both the Coo Coo Comics #54 and All-Time Sports Comics #7 and there is a scan of the latter:

 

http://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/all-time-sports-comics-7-davis-crippen-d-copy-pedigree-hillman-publications-1949-condition-vf-baseball-cover-art/a/16112-16015.s

 

Thanks. Unless it somehow healed that wound on the "L", the book I have isn't that one.