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27May-June 1952
$0.10

Mr. District Attorney #27

DC · May-June 1952 · on sale 1952-03-05

First appearance: Mr. District AttorneyFirst appearance: Len Harrington
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Identification plate

Series
Mr. District Attorney (DC, 1948 series)
Issue
#27
Publication date
May-June 1952
Key date
1952-05-00
On-sale date
1952-03-05
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mr. District Attorney - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Len Harrington - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Case of the Secret Sixcover1pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Joe Rosen
1Happy Hobby Time!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappSuperboy; Frank
2The Case of the Secret Six!comic story9.67pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Charles Paris
5-comic story0.75script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7The Driving School for Death!comic story9.67pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Charles ParisLen Harrington First, Mr. District Attorney First
10Crime Punishment!cartoon0.5script: Morris Waldinger; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger; letters: Morris Waldinger
11Special Prosecutor!comic story6pencils: Mike Roy; inks: Mike Peppe
12-comic story0.5script: Al McLean; pencils: Al McLean; inks: Al McLean; letters: Al McLean
13Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
14-text article2letters: typeset
15The Crimes of Caesar Torrow!comic story7.67pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Charles Paris
17Enter Here -- If You Dare!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 3.74 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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