Mr. District Attorney (1948)

Mr. District Attorney (1948)

Mr. District Attorney (1948)

Mr. District Attorney (1948)

Name:

Mr. District Attorney

Start year:

1948

Publisher:

DC Comics

Aliases:

First issue:

Mr. District Attorney #1 The Five Days That Shook a City!

Last issue:

Mr. District Attorney #67

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Like its contemporary, Gang Busters, the crime comic Mr District Attorney was licensed from a popular radio show. The radio version had been on air since 1939 and DC was quick to advertise its popular pedigree with a cover banner reading, "Based on radio's #1 hit!" Its subject was the tough talking (and nameless) District Attorney, an implacable and callous force for justice who fought ugly and amoral crooks with colorful names like, "Smoke-rings" Thomson and teh Pittsburgh Kid. Mr District Attorney came along at the right time to catch a wave of crime comics and lasted for 67 issues.

Issues

#1 The Five Days That Shook a City! January 1st, 1948

#2 How Gangland's Sinister Disc Jockey Was Trappe… March 1st, 1948

#3 The Honest Convicts! May 1st, 1948

#4 Merchants of Death! July 1st, 1948

#5 The Counterfeit Medicine Mob! September 30th, 1948

#6 The Thrilling Manhunt That Led to Scotland Yar… November 30th, 1948

#7 The People vs. Killer Kale! January 1st, 1949

#8 The Rise and Fall of 'Lucky' Lynn! March 1st, 1949

#9 The District Attorney's Double! May 31st, 1949

#10 The D.A. Takes a Vacation! July 31st, 1949

#11 The Game That Has No Winners September 30th, 1949

#12 I Defended the Monkey Man! November 1st, 1949

#13 Murder Suspect to Face Lie Detector Test January 31st, 1950

#14 The Innocent Man in Murderers' Row! March 31st, 1950

#15 Prison Train! May 31st, 1950

#16 The Wire Tap Crimes! July 31st, 1950

#17 A Baffling Murder Mystery! September 30th, 1950

#18 The Twelve O'Clock Killer! November 30th, 1950

#19 The 4 Kings of Crime! January 31st, 1951

#20 Eyewitness! March 31st, 1951

#21 Killer's Bodyguard May 31st, 1951

#22 The Marksman of Crime! July 31st, 1951

#23 The Diary of a Criminal! September 30th, 1951

#24 The Killer in the Iron Mask! November 30th, 1951

#25 I Hired My Killer! January 31st, 1952

#26 The Case of the Wanted Criminals March 31st, 1952

#27 The Case of the Secret Six May 31st, 1952

#28 Beware the Bogus Beggars! July 31st, 1952

#29 The Crimes of Mr. Jumbo September 30th, 1952

#30 The Man of a Thousand Faces! November 30th, 1952

Characters in volume

Mr. District Attorney Appeared in 43 issue(s)

Casey the Cop Appeared in 11 issue(s)

Concepts in volume

Anthology Appeared in 33 issue(s)

Comic Book Adaptation Appeared in 33 issue(s)

Law Enforcement Appeared in 32 issue(s)

Mystery Appeared in 31 issue(s)

Murder Appeared in 29 issue(s)

Organized Crime Appeared in 14 issue(s)

Detective Appeared in 12 issue(s)

Revenge Appeared in 9 issue(s)

Trials Appeared in 7 issue(s)

Boxing Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Circus Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Reprinted Material Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Basketball Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Carnival Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Future of Law Enforcement Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Magic Appeared in 1 issue(s)

World War II Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Locations in volume

New York City Appeared in 33 issue(s)

New York State Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Adirondack Mountains Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Greenwich Village Appeared in 2 issue(s)

London Appeared in 2 issue(s)

New Jersey Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Alaska Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Boston Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Canada Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Connecticut Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Florida Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Hollywood Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Los Angeles Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Manhattan Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Missouri Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Oregon Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Pittsburgh Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Rio Grande Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Sing Sing Appeared in 1 issue(s)

South Dakota Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Washington D.C. Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Authors in volume

Ira Schnapp Appeared in 50 issue(s)

Whitney Ellsworth Appeared in 33 issue(s)

Charles Paris Appeared in 32 issue(s)

Howard Purcell Appeared in 28 issue(s)

Winslow Mortimer Appeared in 28 issue(s)

France Herron Appeared in 19 issue(s)

Stookie Allen Appeared in 15 issue(s)

Morris Waldinger Appeared in 14 issue(s)

Joe Rosen Appeared in 11 issue(s)

Ruben Moreira Appeared in 10 issue(s)

Sheldon Moldoff Appeared in 10 issue(s)

Henry Boltinoff Appeared in 9 issue(s)

Joe Letterese Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Curt Swan Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Ed Dobrotka Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Al McLean Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Dan Barry Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Gaspar Saladino Appeared in 4 issue(s)

George Roussos Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Jack Schiff Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Stan Kaye Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Leonard Starr Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Ralph Mayo Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Ramona Fradon Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Ray Burnley Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Dick Wood Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Horace Elmo Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Joe Giella Appeared in 2 issue(s)

John Giunta Appeared in 2 issue(s)

John Prentice Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Teams in volume

New York Police Department Appeared in 29 issue(s)

Federal Bureau of Investigation Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Scotland Yard Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Nazis Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Appeared in 1 issue(s)

United States Coast Guard Appeared in 1 issue(s)

United States Postal Service Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Concepts first appearance

Future of Law Enforcement In issue #26

Law Enforcement In issue #1

Locations first appearance

Sing Sing In issue #17

Teams first appearance

United States Postal Service In issue #9