Target Comics #v5#2 [50]
(June 1944)

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Volume
5
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly November to June; bi-monthly July to October
On-sale Date
1944-03-29
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Novelty Press Inc.
Editing
Stanley Beaman (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Target / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Allison
Inks
Bill Allison
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; humor; superhero
Characters
Target [Niles Reed]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Target Hits and Misses / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Editor asks readers if they want to stop "serial" stories. Asks if they want two separate text page stories.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Cadet / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Donohoe ?
Inks
Joe Donohoe ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Daunton cadets have pledged to sell a million dollars worth of bonds...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Kit Carter (the Cadet); Dan Merry (his pal)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Speck, Spot and Sis / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Warren
Pencils
Jack Warren (signed as Vincent)
Inks
Jack Warren (signed as Vincent)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Springtime on Grandma's farm brings with it the scent of apple blossoms...
Genre
adventure; humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Target and the Targeteers / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Allison
Inks
Bill Allison
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The order is for The Target and his pals to get the goods through at all costs --
Genre
superhero
Characters
villain: Nazis

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Candid Charlie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gordon Guth (signed)
Inks
Gordon Guth
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
An amateur photographer's dream come true!
Genre
humor

Courage Never Changes (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Dan'l Flannel / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Unwittingly Dan'l bought himself a donkey who answers to the name of Cleo!
Genre
humor; western-frontier

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Bull's Eye Bill / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Daly ?
Inks
John Daly ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bill sets out to square things for one of his buddies and finds out...
Genre
adventure; western-frontier
Characters
Captain Bill Target (Bull's-Eye Bill); villain: Nazi spys

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Allison
Inks
Bill Allison
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
When The Chameleon first glances into an innocent looking brief case, little does he know...
Genre
adventure; spy; superhero
Characters
Pete Stockbridge [The Chameleon]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Targetoons / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer (signed)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yes ma'am - everything is a la carte-!
Genre
humor

Bumbershoot Jump (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Target
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Target Hits and Misses
  3. 2. ["The Daunton cadets have pledged to sell a million dollars worth of bonds..."]
    The Cadet
  4. 3. ["Springtime on Grandma's farm brings with it the scent of apple blossoms..."]
    Speck, Spot and Sis
  5. 4. ["The order is for The Target and his pals to get the goods through at all costs --"]
    The Target and the Targeteers
  6. 5. ["An amateur photographer's dream come true!"]
    Candid Charlie
  7. 6. Courage Never Changes
  8. 7. ["Unwittingly Dan'l bought himself a donkey who answers to the name of Cleo!"]
    Dan'l Flannel
  9. 8. ["Bill sets out to square things for one of his buddies and finds out..."]
    Bull's Eye Bill
  10. 9. ["When The Chameleon first glances into an innocent looking brief case, little does he know..."]
    The Chameleon
  11. 10. ["Yes ma'am - everything is a la carte-!"]
    Targetoons
  12. 11. Bumbershoot Jump
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Richard Smith
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
  • Len Wolinsky