Target Comics #v2#5 [17]

(July 1941)

The Case of the Amazing Dr. Time (Table of Contents)

The Target and the Targeteers / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Wood

Pencils:

Bob Wood

Inks:

Bob Wood

Colors:

Bob Wood?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Villain: Dr. Time

Indexer Notes

Bob Wood takes jabs at Jerry
Robinson and George Roussos in two small newspaper
headlines: "JERRY ROBINSON, FAMOUS ETCHER, FINISHES FIRST JOB IN 3 YEARS" and "INKY ROUSSOS FINALLY MEETS DEADLINE - ENTIRE PUBLISHING WORLD AMAZED – POPULAR YOUNG CARTOONIST ENROUTE TO SARANAC..."

["Washington, D. C. The Chameleon, master of disguise, is attending a conference of FBI officials..."] (Table of Contents)

The Chameleon / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Davis

Pencils:

Bob Davis

Inks:

Bob Davis

Colors:

Bob Davis?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

This is the final part of the Defense Council story

[The Prison Break] (Table of Contents)

The Cadet / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Art Gates (signed)

Inks:

Art Gates (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Villain: Ned Carter (Kit’s uncle); Bull Sorokin; Slugger Rossous

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to George Harrison [as Art Gates], but Art Gates is an artist in his own right, found in Jerry Bails' Who's Who as Arthur Gates (1917-76), working on this feature.

["Arson, sabotage, and violent labor trouble..."] (Table of Contents)

White Streak / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ray Gill

Pencils:

Emil Gershwin

Inks:

Emil Gershwin

Colors:

Ray Gill?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

Continued next issue.

How the Targeteers Met (Table of Contents)

The Target and the Targeteers / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ray Gill

Pencils:

Bob Wood

Inks:

Bob Wood

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Synopsis:

A text story detailing how Tommy Brown and Dave Foster (The Targeteers) met before they met Niles Reed (The Target)

Missing Men (Table of Contents)

Lucky Byrd / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Campbell [as Taylor]

Pencils:

Harry Campbell [as Taylor]

Inks:

Harry Campbell [as Taylor]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

["25...30...40..."] (Table of Contents)

Speck, Spot, and Sis / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alonzo Vincent

Pencils:

Alonzo Vincent

Inks:

Alonzo Vincent

Colors:

Alonzo Vincent

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Introduction: Spec, Spot, and Sis

["Best horse trainer I ever saw, Sergeant!"] (Table of Contents)

Bull’s-Eye Bill / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Daly?

Inks:

John Daly?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Treasure Island [Part 6] (Table of Contents)

Fantastic Feature Films / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Harold DeLay

Inks:

Harold DeLay

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

historical

[The Submarine Attack] (Table of Contents)

Spacehawk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Basil Wolverton

Pencils:

Basil Wolverton

Inks:

Basil Wolverton

Colors:

Basil Wolverton

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Reprints:

• in Spacehawk (Archival Press, 1978 series) #[nn] (July 1978)
• in Basil Wolverton's Fantastic Fables (Dark Horse, 1993 series) #1 (October 1993)
• in Spacehawk (Fantagraphics, 2012 series) #[nn] (December 2012)

Reprint Note before Migration:

• in Basil Wolverton's Fantastic Fables (Dark Horse, 1993 series) #1