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Cover: Howard Purcell & Charles Paris

Mr. District Attorney #17

Sep 1950 · DC · 0.10 USD
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Contains 10 stories
The Bachelor of Crime!
10 pp · Detective-Mystery
The Case of the Double Killing!
8 pp · Detective-Mystery
Manhunt
0.5 pp · Non-Fiction
Untitled Humor story
0.75 pp · Humor
Boss of the Big House
6 pp · Crime

In "Boss of the Big House," Warden Lewis E. Lawes—real-life reformer and longtime head of Sing Sing Correctional Facility—takes center stage in a gripping 1950 crime tale. Set behind the prison’s iron gates, the story explores the challenges and moral weight of running one of America’s most notorious institutions, grounded in the true legacy of a man who reshaped prison life through compassion and discipline.

The Case of the 45 Degree Tightrope!
4 pp · Detective-Mystery
Scientific Sherlock
0.5 pp · Non-Fiction, Crime
Edward Oscar Heinrich
Helicopter Ace
1 pp · Non-Fiction, Crime
Capt. Gus Crawford
The State vs. Harrington!
10 pp · Detective-Mystery
Cartooning Cop
0.75 pp · Non-Fiction, Crime
Officer William Voges

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Full credits

artist, inker Dan Barry
cover pencils Howard Purcell
cover inks Charles Paris

Reprints

↩ Reprints Gang Busters #8 (1949)

Reprinted in Action Comics #245 (1958)

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