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56March-April 1957
$0.10

Mr. District Attorney #56

DC · March-April 1957 · on sale 1957-01-01

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Series
Mr. District Attorney (DC, 1948 series)
Issue
#56
Publication date
March-April 1957
Key date
1957-03-00
On-sale date
1957-01-01
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Secret of the Super-Signscover1pencils: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; inks: Amilcar Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira SchnappMr. District Attorney
2The Underworld Oraclecomic story8pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Joe Letterese
4-cartoon1pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
5The Cases That Were Too Easily Solvedcomic story8pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Joe Letterese
7-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
8Air Crash Sleuthtext article1.75letters: typeset
9-statement of ownership0.25letters: typeset
10The Secret of the Super Signscomic story8pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Joe Letterese

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

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