The Time Trap (comic)

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The Time Trap (Le Piège diabolique)
Cover of the English language edition
Publisher	Les Editions Blake et Mortimer (Dargaud-Lombard)
Date	1962
Series	Blake and Mortimer
Creative team
Writer(s)	Edgar P. Jacobs
Artist(s)	Edgar P. Jacobs
Original publication
Language	French
Translation
Publisher	Comcat Comics
Date	1989
Translator(s)	Jean-Jacques Surbeck
Chronology
Preceded by	S.O.S. Meteors: Mortimer in Paris
Followed by	The Necklace Affair

The Time Trap (Le Piège diabolique) by the Belgian artist Edgar P. Jacobs was the ninth comic book in the Blake and Mortimer series. It appeared in book format in 1962.

[edit] Plot

When Mortimer discovers a time machine built by his old adversary Dr. Miloch, he can't resist to try it out and travels through time to a prehistoric swamp, the middle ages, and a desolate wasteland in the 53rd century.

[edit] Trivia

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It is the only volume so far that does not feature Olrik.

[edit] English Publication

The Time Trap was published in English in 1989 by Comcat Comics. It was translated by Jean-Jacques Surbeck, and edited by Bernd Metz.

v • d • e Blake and Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs Authors/Drawers Edgar P. Jacobs • Bob de Moor • Jean Van Hamme • Ted Benôit • Yves Sente • André Juillard • René Sterne The Series The Secret of the Swordfish (1950-1953) • The Mystery of the Great Pyramid, Volume 1: Manetho's Papyrus (1954) • The Mystery of the Great Pyramid Volume 2: The Chamber of Horus (1955) • The Yellow "M" (1956) • Atlantis Mystery (1957) • S.O.S. Meteors: Mortimer in Paris (1959) • The Time Trap (1962) • The Necklace Affair (1967) • Professor Sató's Three Formulae, Volume 1: Mortimer in Tokyo (1971) • Professor Sató's Three Formulae, Volume 2: Mortimer vs. Mortimer (1990) • The Francis Blake Affair (1996) • The Voronov Plot (2000) • The Strange Encounter (2001) • The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent, Volume 1: The Universal Threat (2003) • The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent, Volume 2: Battle of the Minds (2004) • The Ngorongoro Shrine (2008) • The Curse of the Thirty Denarii (pending) Other Blake and Mortimer (TV series) • Le Rayon U • The Adventures of Tintin • Ligne claire