Thursday, July 26, 2018

Mr. District Attorney Writers III--"How in Hannah?"

Mr. D.A. 22 'How in Hannah?'

Here are the writers that jumped out at me on a sweep through these issues. The panel from "Blueprint of a Traitor" shows how Dick Wood can be easily spotted more often than not. As with France Edward Herron and Jack Miller, and of course other writers, he may have more stories in these issues, but ones where he hasn't been quite so obvious.

Mr. District Attorney writers Part 3

Sep-Oct/50 #17  The Bachelors of Crime Ed Herron
Nov-Dec/     #18  The Phantom Thief Herron
May-June/51 #21  The D.A. Pounds a Beat Herron
July-Aug/     #22  Blueprint of a Traitor Dick Wood
Sep-Oct/      #23  Diary of a Criminal Wood
   The Big Basketball Fix Wood
The Gang with 1,000 Gimmicks Herron
Nov-Dec/     #24  The Killer in the Iron Mask Herron
Jan-Feb/52 #25  I Hired My Killer! Herron
Mar-Apr/     #26  The Case of the Wanted Criminals Wood

The Prisoner in Cell 13 Herron
May-June/     #27  The Crimes of Caesar Torro Wood
July-Aug/     #28  The Sound Waves of Crime Wood
Sep-Oct/     #29  The Crimes of Mr. Jumbo Wood

The Case of the Outlaw Broadcasters Wood
Jan-Feb/53 #31  The Hot Money Gang Wood
Mar-Apr/     #32  The Case of the Bad Luck Clues Wood

The T.V. Gang Jack Miller
July-Aug/   #34  The Amazing Crimes of Mr. X Herron
Sep-Oct/    #35  This Crime for Hire Herron
Gangland's Rubout Squad Herron
Nov-Dec/    #36  The Chameleon of Crime Herron
The Life and Death of a Criminal Miller

Casebook Mystery in Mr. District Attorney

May-Jun/53 #33  The Case of the Night-Shift Scandal Miller

Friday, July 6, 2018

A Guess at a Madhouse Artist

I believe the artist who did three pieces for Madhouse, and as far as I can see nothing else for Archie, is Don Orehek. His style changes somewhat across the years at the B&W humor magazines like Cracked (the page here is from its #35, April/64), but I tell myself I see resemblances. The Madhouse page is from the #10 "Double Take." The first tier, at least, could be a Shut-Up at Cracked.

Madhouse 10, Cracked 35

Or this may be someone whose name we'll never know.

Don Orehek(?) art in Archie's Madhouse

Feb/61 10  Double Take
Apr/     11  How to Improve TV
Dec/     16  Double Take [new]