Make no mistake, police and other members of the emergency services are the real super-heroes.

They sacrifice every day to keep the populace safe from mayhem and evil.

But not all cops stand quietly aside and let the metahumans do the work.

These are the greatest cops in comics.

When his people looked at him, they did not see red or white, they saw justice.

Liza only appeared once during the Bronze Age in her own try out in DCsFirst issue Special.

Liza not only had a good analytical mind, but she was every inch the public servant.

Liza is waiting for a revival, a forgotten cop from yesterday who deserves feature consideration.

One of the themes of James RobinsonsStarmanwas tradition.

Dragon used his authority and might to protect his adoptive city from an eclectic array of super-foes and monsters.

He may not walk a beat anymore, but the Dragon still has the soul of an honest cop.

Walkers origins stretch back to the Stone Age, as he received his powers when mankind was young.

Christian Walker brings thousands of years of experience to solve the crimes that no one else can handle.

The Newboys didnt have much respect for beat cop Harper, but they adored and worshipped the Guardian.

Maybe its because Turpin was once known as Brooklyn of the legendaryBoy Commandos.

It was in an episode ofSuperman: The Animated Serieswhere Turpin had his finest hour.

Turpins death resonated throughout the series, providing an unusual sense of tragedy in a cartoon aimed at kids.

Now it was the heart of a cop that controlled the greatest power in the cosmos.

Renee was able to hunt down and defeat Two Face and survive the fallout of her forced outing.

Deena deals with inhuman crime, but she is utterly and tragically human in every way.

At first DeWolff was antagonistic towards Spider-Man, but the two crime smashers soon gained a mutual respect.

Sawyer was a police captain during Supermans early days in Metropolis.

In Metropolis, Maggie forged a physical relationship with Kate Kane, also known as Batwoman.

Bullock is brilliant crime solver that is perfect for the mean streets of Gotham.

Not bad for a guy who looks like a pile of laundry.

It was Mega Citys darkest hour but Anderson helped Dredd win the day.

They might not have been human, but they were all cop.

Katar and Shayera Hol came to Earth from their native Thanagar in pursuit of a fleeing convict.

Ideas he learned as a police officer.

When readers first met Rick, he almost makes the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.

Rick is shot by a fleeing criminal, leaving his son Carl almost fatherless.

Rick wakes up in a hospital to find a very different world, and a legend is born.

Rick is every inch the policeman as he tries to make his way through a world gone insane.

Grimes can be looked at as the last cop on Earth, and he still serves proudly.

Either way, its Dredds sworn duty to protect his city from lawlessness.

The square jawed law man is as by the book as they come.

To Dredd, law is a religion and criminals are heretics.

Batmans greatest weapon in his war on crime is an honest cop named Jim Gordon.

Gordon just has his service revolver, a cops instinct, and a stout heart.

The four color cop that started it all!

Before any of the other cops on this list, there was Dick Tracy.

Tracy was a pure spirit, a modern day paladin tasked with protecting the purity of society.

Tracy set the standard for every cop, vigilante, and protector that followed in his footsteps.

Dick Tracy was the first, and he will always be comics greatest cop.

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