Howdy All,
Just sat down and looked through this whole thread and my own copies of the CA. From what I've gathered this is the relative print sequence (ignoring page counts) from copies owned by fellow collectors:
1st; Sep. 1975; red smooth cover; no TSR dist.; Cosmic Frog ad; Long Beach
1st; Feb. 1976; red textured cover; TSR dist.; Morro Bay
1st; ???. 1976; red textured cover; TSR dist.; Morro Bay; blacked out
DM Kit line
1st; ???. 1977; red textured cover; no TSR dist.; Morro Bay; blacked out
DM Kit line
2nd; Apr. 1977; cream textured cover; no TSR distribution; San Luis Obispo
or
1st; Sep. 1975; red smooth cover; no TSR dist.; Cosmic Frog ad; Long Beach
2nd; Feb. 1976; red textured cover; TSR dist.; Morro Bay
2nd+; ???. 1976; red textured cover; TSR dist.; Morro Bay; blacked out
DM Kit line
3rd; ???. 1977; red textured cover; no TSR dist.; Morro Bay; blacked out
DM Kit line
4th; Apr. 1977; cream textured cover; no TSR dist.; San Luis Obispo
Confirmed copies:
a2jeff
1st; Sep. 1975; red smooth cover; no TSR dist.; Cosmic Frog ad; Long Beach
stormber
2nd; Feb. 1976; red textured cover; TSR dist.; Morro Bay
sleuth2000
2nd+; ???. 1976; red textured cover; TSR dist.; Morro Bay; blacked out
DM Kit
bclarkie
3rd; ???. 1977; red textured cover; no TSR dist.; Morro Bay; blacked out
DM Kit
dbartman
4th; Apr. 1977; cream textured cover; no TSR dist.; San Luis Obispo
Futures Bright,
Paul