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42November-December 1954
$0.10

Mr. District Attorney #42

DC · November-December 1954 · on sale 1954-09-01

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Identification plate

Series
Mr. District Attorney (DC, 1948 series)
Issue
#42
Publication date
November-December 1954
Key date
1954-11-00
On-sale date
1954-09-01
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Four-Legged Cop!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira SchnappMr. District Attorney
1Buzzy Finds "The Key to Success!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerBuzzy; Wolfie
2Supermarket Sleuth!comic story6pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Joe Letterese
4Two Suicides!comic story1script: Morris Waldinger; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger; letters: Morris Waldinger
5The Black Market Passport Racket!comic story8pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Joe Letterese
7Quick Quizactivity0.5
8-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9The Case of the Double-Crossing Prospectors!comic story3.67pencils: Jim McArdle; inks: Jim McArdle; letters: Joe Letterese
10Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
11-text article2letters: typeset
12Now More Than Everpromo (ad from the publisher)1
13The Four-Legged Cop!comic story6pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Charles Paris; letters: Joe Letterese

Plus 4.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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