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31January-February 1953
$0.10

Mr. District Attorney #31

DC · January-February 1953 · on sale 1952-11-12

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Series
Mr. District Attorney (DC, 1948 series)
Issue
#31
Publication date
January-February 1953
Key date
1953-01-00
On-sale date
1952-11-12
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Phantom of the Highway!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Hot Money Gang!comic story10pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Joe LettereseMr. District Attorney; Len Harrington; “Square Deal” Simpson; Eddie Lyons; Wells; Parker
4Superboy Discovers a New Kind of Junior Sport!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
5Three Clues to a Killer!comic story6pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Joe Letterese
7Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
8Buzzy Says: "Free Speech -- Free for All!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer
9The Case of the Antique Dish!comic story3.67pencils: Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Jerry Grandenetti; letters: Gaspar Saladino
11-text article2letters: typeset
12The Phantom of the Highwayscomic story5.67pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Joe LettereseMr. District Attorney; Len Harrington; John Morgan; Harold Jamison; Albert Martin

Plus 5.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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