Mr. District Attorney #61

DC's Mr. District Attorney #61 (February 1958) features a cover by Sheldon Moldoff that's equal parts menacing and pulpy fun — a snarling lion looms behind bars as a villain in a purple suit taunts Mr. D.A., who is trapped in a makeshift cage while a henchman shoves a tray of raw meat toward him as a cruel "last meal." The featured story, "The Underworld Zoo," promises the kind of sharp crime-fiction thrills this long-running series delivered so reliably, with Moldoff's clean linework giving the whole scene a wonderfully sinister circus atmosphere.