Mr. District Attorney #23

Adapted from radio's top-rated crime drama, this 1951 DC entry puts Mr. District Attorney front and center in a tense courtroom-style scene, diary in hand, pointing his accusation squarely at a nervous suspect seated at a witness table — all under the glare of a TV camera and a crowd of shadowy onlookers. The cover, penciled by Win Mortimer and inked by Charles Paris, captures the era's fascination with televised justice and the tantalizing question: what dread underworld secrets were locked inside "The Diary of a Criminal"? Fifty-two pages of hard-boiled storytelling make this a satisfying read from one of DC's most grounded crime titles of the early 1950s.