Target Comics #v5#6 [54]
(December 1944)

Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 Series
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Volume
5
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly from November to June; bi-monthly from July to October inclusive.
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Novelty Press Division of the Premium Service Co. Inc.
Editing
Robert D. Wheeler (credited); Jane Spaulding Nye (associate editor); Peggy Ann Crowley (editorial assistant); Mel Cummin (art director)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cadet / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walter Johnson (signed)
Inks
Walter Johnson
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; humor
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Target Hits and Misses / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

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

Cadet / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Walter Johnson (signed)
Inks
Walter Johnson
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Cadets have many startling experiences...
Genre
adventure

Almost Goes Hollywood (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
B. Gordon Guth (signed)
Inks
B. Gordon Guth
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor

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

Al T. Tude / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Gill?
Pencils
Fred Bell
Inks
Fred Bell
Colors
?
Letters
Ray Gill?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What is it, Al---bad news?
Genre
humor; war

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

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

Script
Milt Hammer
Pencils
Milt Hammer
Inks
Milt Hammer
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Last month Speck got a job on the Smartsburg Herald...
Genre
adventure; humor

Boomerang (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
adventure
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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
Say. What's the mayor doing at the railroad station?
Genre
humor

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

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
When the Navy reported that a certain sector of the Pacific...
Genre
superhero

Temple of Terror (Table of Contents: 9)

Chameleon / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Allison
Inks
Bill Allison
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; spy

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Targetoons / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer
Pencils
Milt Hammer
Inks
Milt Hammer
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It doesn't show th' dirt so much
Genre
humor
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Cadet
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Target Hits and Misses
  3. 2. ["The Cadets have many startling experiences..."]
    Cadet
  4. 3. Almost Goes Hollywood
    Dan'l Flannel
  5. 4. ["What is it, Al---bad news?"]
    Al T. Tude
  6. 5. ["Last month Speck got a job on the Smartsburg Herald..."]
    Speck, Spot, and Sis
  7. 6. Boomerang
  8. 7. ["Say. What's the mayor doing at the railroad station?"]
    Candid Charlie
  9. 8. ["When the Navy reported that a certain sector of the Pacific..."]
    Target and the Targeteers
  10. 9. Temple of Terror
    Chameleon
  11. 10. ["It doesn't show th' dirt so much"]
    Targetoons
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  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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