(May-June 1948)

DC, 1948 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1948-03-10
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
A Superman DC Publication
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mr. District Attorney / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
detective-mystery; drama
Cover Thumbnail for Mr. District Attorney (DC, 1948 series) #3
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Kodak / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Honest Convicts! (Table of Contents: 2)

Mr. District Attorney / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron
Pencils
Ed Dobrotka
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
detective-mystery; drama

Indexer Notes

Pencils previously credited to Lew Sayre Schwartz. In a telephone interview in 2005, Lew Sayre Schwartz stated he only worked on Batman at DC and not on this feature.
Writer and penciller credit from Martin O'Hearn. Formerly credited to Charles Paris.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Nick of Time (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Old Nick / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Case of the Fat Crook! (Table of Contents: 5)

Mr. District Attorney / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron
Pencils
Ed Dobrotka
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
Morris Waldinger
Genre
detective-mystery; drama

Indexer Notes

Writer and penciller credit from Martin O'Hearn.

Roping the Runaway Driver (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

"U.S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Western Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

The Crime File / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; crime

Death at the Wheel (Table of Contents: 9)

A Perfect Crime Mystery / comic story / 3.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Rosen
Genre
detective-mystery

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Ranger Rescue (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

State Trooper (Table of Contents: 13)

A Special Crime Feature / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
crime

Indexer Notes

same art as SCF in #2

The Secret That Saved the Sandlot (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Another Jim Wise "P-F" Sports Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Story-Book Sleuth (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Stookie Allen
Pencils
Stookie Allen
Inks
Stookie Allen
Colors
?
Letters
Stookie Allen
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Bill Quaine

In This Corner - Death! (Table of Contents: 16)

Mr. District Attorney / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron
Pencils
Ed Dobrotka
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
detective-mystery; drama

Indexer Notes

Writer and penciller credit from Martin O'Hearn. Formerly credited to "Sam Citron ?".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Gang Busters / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Mr. District Attorney
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Kodak
  3. 2. The Honest Convicts!
    Mr. District Attorney
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Wheaties
  5. 4. The Nick of Time
    Old Nick
  6. 5. The Case of the Fat Crook!
    Mr. District Attorney
  7. 6. Roping the Runaway Driver
    "U.S." Royal; U. S. Bike Tires
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Western Comics
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    The Crime File
  10. 9. Death at the Wheel
    A Perfect Crime Mystery
  11. 10. Editorial Advisory Board
  12. 11. Ranger Rescue
    Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy
  13. 12. Captain Tootsie Tames a Tornado
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
  14. 13. State Trooper
    A Special Crime Feature
  15. 14. The Secret That Saved the Sandlot
    Another Jim Wise "P-F" Sports Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
  16. 15. Story-Book Sleuth
  17. 16. In This Corner - Death!
    Mr. District Attorney
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Gang Busters
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Thom McAn
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