Target Comics
#v8#6 [84]
(August 1947)
Novelty / Premium / Curtis,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 8
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947-06-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The Premium Group of Comics
- Brand
- Premium / PG
- Editing
- Robert D. Wheeler
Issue Notes
On sale date from cover marking on issue from Bill Devine collection.
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[no title indexed]
Target Hits and Misses / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Appears on inside front cover. Letters of comment from Thomas Dunn, Paul Lazzaro, Mrs. S.J. Sires, Mr. Benowit, Ronald Gatti and Marion Conners.
[no title indexed]
The Cadet featuring Kit Carter / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kit Carter and Dan Merry go to the mountains for a brief fishing holiday, but...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Kit Carter; Dan Merry; Game Warden; Judge Crotchet; Ty (butcher); Hank Bletch
- Synopsis
- Kit and Dan are arrested for game poaching and must find the real culprit.
[no title indexed]
Gary Stark / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gary's intentions of going to Prof. Sykes's school are good...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Gary Stark; Lady Jade; Zalo; Professor Sykes; Arnold Komar (Gary's old enemy)
Indexer Notes
Story line continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.
Money Isn't Everything
Heathcliff the Hobo / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Heathcliff; Mr. Van Rocks; James (chauffer)
A Diamond In the Rough
Dan'l Flannel / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dan'l Flannel; Uncle Dud; T.T. Jones; unnamed golfer
- Keywords
- golf
No More Jinx
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
Text story with masthead illustration.
[no title indexed]
Targetoons / cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I swallowed a needle when I was a baby
- Genre
- humor; children
Indexer Notes
Appears above a half page ad for Kellogg's Krumbles cereal.
[no title indexed]
Bull's-Eye Bill / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bull's-Eye Bill, the hard-riding, straight-shooting cowboy, hits the trail once again...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Bull's-Eye Bill; Tim McDool; Jackie
- Synopsis
- Bull's-Eye Bill is recruited to catch a menacing mountain lion, but has to fend off an egotistical hunter first.
[A Junior Cross-word Puzzle]
activity / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- junior cross-word puzzle and a rebus
Indexer Notes
Appears below an advertisement for the 1946 book "Lucky to be a Yankee", the Joe DiMaggio story.
Most American Photograph Contest
Candid Charlie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Robert Sale [as Bob. Q. Siege] (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Sale [as Bob. Q. Siege] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Candid Charlie; Merk; Flash Wilson
- Synopsis
- Charlie enters a photo contest and runs up against a crafty pro in Flash Wilson.
The Mummy Wakes
The Target and the Targeteers / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Targeteers: Tom, Dick, Niles; Tina; Squint (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Targeteers are recruited to catch a thief who has been stealing jewels from the pyramids.
- Keywords
- Egypt
[no title indexed]
Targetoons / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm going to be a ghost writer when I grow up!!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
One page of eight gag cartoons plus one panel with a house promo ad for Frisky Fables and a mail order ad for 24 San Marino stamps.
[no title indexed]
Boitram the Boiglar / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, if it isn't little Boitram..
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Boitram; unnamed woman
- Synopsis
- Boitram discusses his latest whereabouts.
Editing
Edits to this Issue
are currently awaiting review by a GCD Editor
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Gary Stark -
1.
[no title indexed]
Target Hits and Misses -
2.
["Kit Carter and Dan Merry go to the mountains for a brief fishing holiday, but..."]
The Cadet featuring Kit Carter -
3.
["Gary's intentions of going to Prof. Sykes's school are good..."]
Gary Stark -
4.
Money Isn't Everything
Heathcliff the Hobo -
5.
A Diamond In the Rough
Dan'l Flannel -
6.
No More Jinx
-
7.
["I swallowed a needle when I was a baby"]
Targetoons -
8.
["Bull's-Eye Bill, the hard-riding, straight-shooting cowboy, hits the trail once again..."]
Bull's-Eye Bill -
9.
[A Junior Cross-word Puzzle]
-
10.
Most American Photograph Contest
Candid Charlie -
11.
The Mummy Wakes
The Target and the Targeteers -
12.
["I'm going to be a ghost writer when I grow up!!"]
Targetoons -
13.
["Well, if it isn't little Boitram.."]
Boitram the Boiglar -
14.
["G'wan- how can your pop be a shipbuilder"]
Targetoons -
15.
Their Maine Chance
Fisk Bike Tires
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Bill Devine
- Gregory Fischer
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Smith
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- Len Wolinsky
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