Mr. District Attorney #26

Straight from DC's hit radio adaptation, Mr. District Attorney #26 (1952) drops readers into a tense jailbreak standoff rendered with sharp dramatic flair by Howard Purcell and Charles Paris. The cover scene says it all: a gun-wielding criminal in a striped jacket presses his weapon against a red-haired hostage while a smug, heavyset accomplice looks on from behind the bars, leaving the D.A. facing an impossible demand — open the cell door or Harrington gets it. Featuring "The Case of the Wanted Criminals!," this issue captures exactly the high-stakes courtroom-and-crime tension that made the series one of radio's top draws.