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Police Trap (1954) comic books 1950-1959

  • Issue #5
    Police Trap (1954) 5
    • Water damage.

    Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jack Kirby, Bill Draut, and Jo Albistur. Charlton picks up the crime series created and originally published by comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. Cops try to crack a killer's alibi, in a story with art by Jack Kirby. A cop contemplates how the average person can become a killer after his gun is stolen. A new FBI agent faces his most dangerous mission yet. Plus a text story featuring the Golden Age Blue Beetle, Dan Garret. The Gun; The Test; Bad Influence; Short Visit; Blue Beetle: Mystery of the Hidden Jewels; Alibi? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Police Trap (1954) 6
    • Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

    Cover by Jack Kirby. Stories and art by Jack Kirby and Mort Meskin. Charlton picks up the crime series created and originally published by comics legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, creators of Captain America. All the stories in this issue were illustrated by Jack Kirby. An inexperienced city cop investigates a murder in the country, but first he must convince the locals that he's a real cop. A cop must decide whether to turn in the criminal who saved the cop's son from a runaway bus (in a typically taut Kirby action sequence). A detective interrogates a terrified murder witness to get a description of the killer. The Amateur!; The Debt; $64 Question; Only the Guilty Run!; Words of Wonder; Third Degree. Final issue under this title; series continues as Public Defender in Action (1956) #7. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.