Target Comics #v5#1 [49]
(May 1944)

Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 Series
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Volume
5
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1944-02-23
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Novelty Press Inc.
Editing
Stanley Beaman

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)

Speck, Spot, and Sis / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Spec sure must be in love!!!
Genre
adventure; humor
Characters
Speck; Spot (dog); Sis
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Ye Editor's Page / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

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

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 attempt to use their own band...
Genre
adventure

18 Men and a Boat (Part 5) (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tom Gill (signed)
Inks
Tom Gill
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

last appearance

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
B. Gordon Guth (signed)
Inks
B. Gordon Guth
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mexico! At last my troubles are over!! I hope!
Genre
humor

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

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
If there's anything that will boost a fighting man's morale...
Genre
superhero

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
'Cleopatra was no lady,' says Dan'l Flannel...
Genre
humor

Two Punctures For Hitler (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
war

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

Chameleon / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Allison
Inks
Bill Allison
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chameleon receives a message from Berlin...
Genre
adventure; spy

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

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

Script
Milt Hammer
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the spring a young man's fancy often turns to thoughts of love...
Genre
humor
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Spec sure must be in love!!!"]
    Speck, Spot, and Sis
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Ye Editor's Page
  3. 2. ["The Daunton cadets attempt to use their own band..."]
    Cadet
  4. 3. 18 Men and a Boat (Part 5)
  5. 4. ["Mexico! At last my troubles are over!! I hope!"]
    Candid Charlie
  6. 5. ["If there's anything that will boost a fighting man's morale..."]
    Target and the Targeteers
  7. 6. ["'Cleopatra was no lady,' says Dan'l Flannel..."]
    Dan'l Flannel
  8. 7. Two Punctures For Hitler
  9. 8. ["Chameleon receives a message from Berlin..."]
    Chameleon
  10. 9. ["In the spring a young man's fancy often turns to thoughts of love..."]
    Speck, Spot, and Sis
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Del Gruber
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  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Richard Smith
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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