Target Comics #v1#2 [2]
(March 1940)

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

Issue Notes

volume number is only on the cover not in the indicia

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

White Streak / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Manowar/White Streak [Dan Sanders]
Reprints

[The Chromelac Profiteer] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

Characters
Tomsen (Villain; Intro; Death)

Indexer Notes

Also signed - as "Burgos" - on the final page.

[The Escape of Travis Trent] (Table of Contents: 2)

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
Letters
Bill Everett

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Bulls-Eye Bill [Bill Target]; Steve Casey; Dee Parsons; un-named Sheriff; Quing (a cook); Dick; Travis Trent (villain); Manuel (villain, a half-breed, death)
Synopsis
Trent escapes the clutches of Steve and Bill, so Bill heads back to the ranch and discovers Dee being threatened by a half-breed member of Trent's gang.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued next issue.

Movie Menace (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
Ramon Remosa (Villain; Intro)

Moe and Joe's High-Test Mapl Syrp (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

Sabotage (Table of Contents: 5)

T-Men / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Characters
Dr. Black (Villain; Death); Count Karna (Villain; Intro; Death); The Chief and his gang of spies (Villain; Intro)

[Mystery At the Blue Devil] (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
?

[The Puppet Man Gets a Name] (Table of Contents: 7)

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
Pedro (Villain)

Indexer Notes

Puppet Man is named Woody; cont'd in next issue

[The Basketball Battle] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Bart (Villain)
Reprints

[Sled Ride] (Table of Contents: 9)

Sapp Family / comic story / 2 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

Ninety Seconds For No. 91 (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jason Sanborn (credited)
Pencils
Tarpe Mills (signed) (2 spot Illustrations)
Inks
Tarpe Mills (signed) (2 spot Illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset

[The Reformation of Pretty Boy: Part 1] (Table of Contents: 11)

Calling 2-R / 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

Characters
The Big Boss (Villain; Intro); Drusella (Villain; Intro); Pretty Boy (Villain; Intro)

Devil's Dust (Table of Contents: 12)

Fantastic Feature Films / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    White Streak
  2. 1. [The Chromelac Profiteer]
    White Streak
  3. 2. [The Escape of Travis Trent]
    Bull's-Eye Bill
  4. 3. Movie Menace
    Lucky Byrd
  5. 4. Moe and Joe's High-Test Mapl Syrp
    Hi-Grass Twins
  6. 5. Sabotage
    T-Men
  7. 6. [Mystery At the Blue Devil]
    City Editor
  8. 7. [The Puppet Man Gets a Name]
    Little Puppet Man
  9. 8. [The Basketball Battle]
    Rip Rory
  10. 9. [Sled Ride]
    Sapp Family
  11. 10. Ninety Seconds For No. 91
  12. 11. [The Reformation of Pretty Boy: Part 1]
    Calling 2-R
  13. 12. Devil's Dust
    Fantastic Feature Films
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Keith Chandler
  • Craig Delich
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)