Mr. District Attorney #25

Based on radio's No. 1 hit property, Mr. District Attorney #25 from 1952 delivers a gripping cover by Howard Purcell and Charles Paris that sets up the story "I Hired My Killer!" with genuine dramatic tension. A desperate man in an orange coat pleads to tear up a signed contract while a menacing figure in a yellow shirt levels a pistol at him — speech bubbles spelling out the chilling premise right on the cover. Two more figures burst through a doorway in the background, a wall of displayed firearms looms overhead, and a box labeled "DYNAMITE" sits ominously in the corner, making this ten-cent issue impossible to put down.