Target Comics #v1#1 [1]
(February 1940)

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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Novelty Press Inc.
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Bull's-Eye Bill / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Everett [as Blake] (signed)
Inks
Bill Everett [as Blake] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Bull's-Eye Bill [Bill Target]; Dee Parsons
Reprints

[On the Trail of Travis Trent] (Table of Contents: 1)

Bull's-Eye Bill / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Everett [as Everett Blake] (signed)
Pencils
Bill Everett [as Everett Blake] (signed)
Inks
Bill Everett [as Everett Blake] (signed)
Colors
Bill Everett [as Everett Blake] (signed)
Letters
Bill Everett [as Everett Blake] (signed)

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
"Bull's-Eye" Bill [Bill Target] (introduction); Quing (introduction, a cook); Dee Parsons (introduction); Steve Casey (introduction); un-named Sheriff; Travis Trent (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
Bull's-Eye Bill protects his friend Steve from the Sheriff's posse after Steve uses a gun to settle a land dispute with his neighbor. This puts Bill in hot water with the law, but all is soon forgiven when cattle rustler Travis Trent strikes, and the Sheriff needs Bill's help to bring him in. Dee suffers an unrequited love for Bill, who has no time for women.

Indexer Notes

Also signed again as "Blake" on the final page.

[The Coming of Manowar] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Carl Burgos (signed)
Pencils
Carl Burgos (signed)
Inks
Carl Burgos (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Carl Burgos (signed)

Characters
The White Streak [Manowar] (Intro; Origin); Simms (Intro); Ramon (Intro); Don Ruizen (Intro; Death; Villain)
Synopsis
Archeologists Simms and Ramon explore an erupting South American volcano. They discover, emerging from the devastation, the robot Manowar, who tells that he is the last servant of an ancient civilization. He was sent by his masters to bring the war mongers of the world to justice. He gets his first mission in the surrounding countryside, where Dictator Don Ruizen wages war for the benefit of corrupt oil companies.

Indexer Notes

The artist also signs - as "Burgos" - on the final page.

Sabotage (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Harry Campbell?
Pencils
Harry Campbell [as Harry Francis Campbell] (signed)
Inks
Harry Campbell [as Harry Francis Campbell] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Harry Campbell?

Characters
Lucky Byrd (Intro); Rocky Stone (Villain; Intro; Death)

[The Fifty-Year-Old Infants] (Table of Contents: 4)

Hi-Grass Twins / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole (signed)
Pencils
Jack Cole (signed)
Inks
Jack Cole (signed)
Colors
Jack Cole
Letters
Jack Cole

Characters
Hi-Grass Twins [Moe; Joe] (Intro)

The Case of the Black Widow Spider (Table of Contents: 5)

T-Men / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
E. F. Webster (credited)
Pencils
Joe Simon (signed)
Inks
Joe Simon (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
E. F. Webster

Characters
T-Man Turner (Origin; Intro); Dr. Black (Villain; Intro)

[The Clip-Ear Case] (Table of Contents: 6)

City Editor / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harold Potter [as Potter] (signed)
Inks
Harold Potter [as Potter] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
The City Editor (Intro); Pinky (Intro); Katie (Intro); Phil Manners (Intro); Joyce Bellamy (Intro)

Bullseye Bill Gets His Moniker (Table of Contents: 7)

Bull's-Eye Bill / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Gray Browne (credited)
Pencils
Bill Everett (Illustration) [as Blake] (signed)
Inks
Bill Everett (Illustration) [as Blake] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Bull's-Eye Bill [Bill Target] (origin); Jess Barnard (general store owner); Steve Casey; un-named Sheriff
Synopsis
Bill is mystified by a stranger coming out of the general store who is packing a gun, but also is said to be heading out to the Veedor mining claim to have a shootout. To make matters worse, Bill's friend, Steve Casey, has not been seen at his mining claim in a week.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text with 1/2 page spot illustration. The Archive edition reprints only the first page.

[The Turkey Whistle] (Table of Contents: 8)

Little Puppet Man / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
John Spina?
Pencils
John Spina (signed)
Inks
John Spina (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
John Spina?

Characters
The Puppet Man (Intro); Jerry (Intro); Jane (Intro); Jerry's Mother (Intro)

[The Redemption of Speck] (Table of Contents: 9)

Calling 2R / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

Characters
The Captain (Intro); The Skipper (Intro); V-Y (Intro); Speck (Intro); Other inhabitants of Boyville (Intro)
Synopsis
A scientist known only as The Captain runs a foundation called Boyville, whose mission is to train young men to be Rangers. With the assistance of the Skipper and Ranger V-Y, they take an errant trainee, Speck, into the field for some much-needed discipline. The training mission runs into unexpected complications when V-Y and Speck are captured by spies.

Indexer Notes

2R refers to the home base from which the Captain and the Skipper monitor the progress of their trainees.

[Rip Rory's Initiation] (Table of Contents: 10)

Rip Rory / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Rip Rory (Intro); Bart (Villain; Intro); Anne Stuart (Intro)
Synopsis
Rip Rory is a freshman at State College, entering with a reputation as a star basketball player from high school. Upperclassman Bart decides to show up the freshman by taking him to the gym and making a fool of him on the basketball court. The plan backfires, as Rip's turns the tables on Bart. Bart's girlfriend Anne sees Bart's cruelty, and introduces herself to Rip.

[Introducing the Sapps] (Table of Contents: 11)

Sapp Family / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Schwab [as Schwarb] (signed)
Pencils
Fred Schwab [as Schwarb] (signed)
Inks
Fred Schwab [as Schwarb] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Fred Schwab

Characters
Elmer Sapp (Intro); Ima Sapp (Intro); Junior Sapp (Intro)

The Maskless Axeman (Table of Contents: 12)

Fantastic Feature Films / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Tarpe Mills (signed)
Pencils
Tarpe Mills (signed)
Inks
Tarpe Mills (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Tarpe Mills

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Bull's-Eye Bill
  2. 1. [On the Trail of Travis Trent]
    Bull's-Eye Bill
  3. 2. [The Coming of Manowar]
    White Streak
  4. 3. Sabotage
    Lucky Byrd
  5. 4. [The Fifty-Year-Old Infants]
    Hi-Grass Twins
  6. 5. The Case of the Black Widow Spider
    T-Men
  7. 6. [The Clip-Ear Case]
    City Editor
  8. 7. Bullseye Bill Gets His Moniker
    Bull's-Eye Bill
  9. 8. [The Turkey Whistle]
    Little Puppet Man
  10. 9. [The Redemption of Speck]
    Calling 2R
  11. 10. [Rip Rory's Initiation]
    Rip Rory
  12. 11. [Introducing the Sapps]
    Sapp Family
  13. 12. The Maskless Axeman
    Fantastic Feature Films
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Keith Chandler
  • Craig Delich
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony Oliva
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore