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57May-June 1957
$0.10

Mr. District Attorney #57

DC · May-June 1957 · on sale 1957-03-03

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Series
Mr. District Attorney (DC, 1948 series)
Issue
#57
Publication date
May-June 1957
Key date
1957-05-00
On-sale date
1957-03-03
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 Cop Whose Father Was a Convict!cover1pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben Moreira; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Underworld Employment Agencycomic story8pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Joe Letterese
3Trailing Crime!comic story1script: Morris Waldinger; pencils: Morris Waldinger; inks: Morris Waldinger; letters: Morris Waldinger
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5The Lady Loan Sharkcomic story8pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Joe Letterese
6-promo (ad from the publisher)3letters: typeset
7The Case of the Bungling Butlercomic story2pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp; letters: Joe Letterese
8The Cop with a Convict Fathercomic story8pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Ray Burnley; letters: Joe Letterese
10A Date with Effiepublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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