Badge of Justice #22

Charlton's *Badge of Justice* #22 brings the gritty world of law enforcement to vivid life with a tense cover by Dick Giordano, showing a uniformed officer gripping a dark-haired suspect by the collar while declaring, "Thanks for the evidence… we've got what we need to send this bird to jail!" — a white-haired, sharp-eyed older man watches warily from a doorway in the background. The composition crackles with mid-1950s crime-comics energy, all dramatic lighting and hard-edged figures that make the stakes feel genuinely immediate. For fans of procedural crime storytelling from the era, this one — promising "The Trapping of Public Enemy No. 1!" — is a satisfying find.