381 – Mr. District Attorney
Another popular radio program gets a comic book adaptation by DC Comics: Mr. District Attorney.
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377 – Going Gang Busters
In October 1947, DC introduces Gang Busters #1, a comic book version of the popular radio program. The comic supposedly introduces real police case histories and featured criminals and the like being gunned (but no gore).
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363 – Official True Delinquency
Once again, a Timely (Marvel) superhero comics is completely renamed and has its genre changed: “Sub-Mariner Comics” becomes “Official True Crime Cases” with issue #24 (June 1947). Crime stories, like “teen humor” and “funny animal” comics were increasingly popular in the 1940s. The crime comics genre was started with Lev Gleason’s “Crime Does Not Pay” […]
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