Target Comics #v4#2 [38]
(April 1943)

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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1943-01-27
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Novelty Press Inc.
Editing
Stanley H. Beaman

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.

[Happy Birthday Dan'l Flannel] (Table of Contents)

Dan'l Flannel / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Edward Ryan (signed)
Inks
Edward Ryan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sooprize, Dan'l!
Genre
humor
Characters
Dan'l Flannel; Target [Niles Reed] (inset)
Keywords
birthday cake

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

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Editor's page with some letters. All text.

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover. Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

[Museum Mystery] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Cadet featuring Kit Carter / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Garn [as Garn] (signed)
Pencils
John Jordan [as Jordan] (signed)
Inks
John Jordan [as Jordan] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Kit Carter

Indexer Notes

Story title and genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Writer credit & revised art credit by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Art credit previously given as Joe Donohoe?

[Return of Gooperman] (Table of Contents: 3)

Al T. Tude / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Gill ?
Pencils
Fred Bell
Inks
Fred Bell
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Al T. Tude

Indexer Notes

Story title and genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

[Drafted] (Table of Contents: 4)

Bull's-Eye Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
war
Characters
Bill

Indexer Notes

Story title and genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

Gulliver's Travels [Part 5] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Harold DeLay
Inks
Harold DeLay
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure

Indexer Notes

Genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

Hidden Bomber (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

[Dan'l the Mind Reader] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Edward Ryan
Inks
Edward Ryan
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Dan'l Flannel

Indexer Notes

Story title and genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

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

Adventures in Stamps / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Eugene L. Pollock (signed)
Letters
typeset

Keywords
stamps

Indexer Notes

The last half of this page contains classified ads for stamps. Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

[Mission to Mexico] (Table of Contents: 9)

The Target and the Targeteers / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
George Kapitan (signed)
Pencils
Edward Ryan (signed)
Inks
Edward Ryan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Target and the Targeteers

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre, writer credit and art credit verification by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

Victory Is Our Target (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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

Genre
humor
Characters
Speck; Spot; Sis

Indexer Notes

Genre added & credits verification by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

A New Kind of Racket (Table of Contents: 11)

Pete Stockbridge Alias the Chameleon / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Fagaly (signed)
Inks
Al Fagaly (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Pete Stockbridge (The Chameleon)

Indexer Notes

Story title, genre and art credit verification by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Targetoons / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Art Gates (signed)
Pencils
Art Gates (signed)
Inks
Art Gates (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look Joe! -- I told you this was Arabia!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Comprised of eight, one-panel cartoons.

Indexer Notes

Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Creative credits added by Gary Watson, May 2008.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Happy Birthday Dan'l Flannel]
    Dan'l Flannel
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [Museum Mystery]
    The Cadet featuring Kit Carter
  4. 3. [Return of Gooperman]
    Al T. Tude
  5. 4. [Drafted]
    Bull's-Eye Bill
  6. 5. Gulliver's Travels [Part 5]
    Fantastic Feature Films
  7. 6. Hidden Bomber
  8. 7. [Dan'l the Mind Reader]
    Dan'l Flannel
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Adventures in Stamps
  10. 9. [Mission to Mexico]
    The Target and the Targeteers
  11. 10. Victory Is Our Target
    Speck, Spot, and Sis
  12. 11. A New Kind of Racket
    Pete Stockbridge Alias the Chameleon
  13. 12. ["Look Joe! -- I told you this was Arabia!"]
    Targetoons
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore