Target Comics #v6#9 [65]
(December 1945 - January 1946)

Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 Series
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Volume
6
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly, except bimonthly December-January and June-July
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Novelty Press Division of the Premium Service Co. Inc.
Editing
Robert Wheeler (credited as Robert D. Wheeler) (editor and general manager); Jane Spaulding Nye (credited) (managing editor); Mel Cummin (credited) (art director); Peggy Crowley (credited as Peggy Ann Crowley) (associate editor); Helen Schmid (credited as Helen Doig Schmid) (editorial assistant)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Target and the Targeteers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ken Battefield
Inks
Ken Battefield
Colors
?
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)

The Cadet / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Donohoe (signed)
Inks
Joe Donohoe (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When Kit Carter and Dan Merry, in the name of the Dauntless...
Genre
adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

The Chameleon / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Allison
Inks
Bill Allison
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Reader--remember Ragsy, orphaned charge of Pete Stockbridge, the Chameleon?
Genre
adventure; spy; superhero

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

Dink / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer (signed)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, Jonesy...going over to the lots for baseball practice?
Genre
humor; children

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

Bull's Eye Bill / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Nina Albright (signed)
Inks
Nina Albright
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bull's Eye Bill is also an old hand...
Genre
war; western-frontier

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Gordon Guth (credited as B. Gordon Guth)
Inks
Gordon Guth (credited as B. Gordon Guth)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Charlie and Merkin are now touring Cuba taking pictures.
Genre
humor

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

Have You Heard / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Have you heard these young radio stars??
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
facts about radio stars: The Quiz Kids; Gerald Darrow; Richard Williams and Pat Conlon

School Days (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Indexer Notes

bottom half of page is an illustrated ad for Fleers Candy Coated Gum

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

Target and the Targeteers / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Battefield
Inks
Ken Battefield
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
What American can forget Bataan?
Genre
superhero

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Holiday Quiz / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Targetoons / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer (signed)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wot d'ya mean you had liquid hash for dinner??
Genre
humor; children

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Dan'l Flannel / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gus Schrotter ? (sourced)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gorsh! Ah doesn't want t' die!
Genre
humor; western-frontier

Hero (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
David T. Marke (credited)
Letters
typeset
Genre
sports

Saves the Day and Wins the Bike (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Schwinn Bicycles / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Target and the Targeteers
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Target Hits and Misses
  3. 2. ["When Kit Carter and Dan Merry, in the name of the Dauntless..."]
    The Cadet
  4. 3. ["Volto's out-of-this-world magnetic powers conquer a fiery inferno..."]
    Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars
  5. 4. ["Reader--remember Ragsy, orphaned charge of Pete Stockbridge, the Chameleon?"]
    The Chameleon
  6. 5. ["Hi, Jonesy...going over to the lots for baseball practice?"]
    Dink
  7. 6. ["Bull's Eye Bill is also an old hand..."]
    Bull's Eye Bill
  8. 7. ["Charlie and Merkin are now touring Cuba taking pictures."]
    Candid Charlie
  9. 8. ["Have you heard these young radio stars??"]
    Have You Heard
  10. 9. School Days
  11. 10. ["What American can forget Bataan?"]
    Target and the Targeteers
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Holiday Quiz
  13. 12. ["Wot d'ya mean you had liquid hash for dinner??"]
    Targetoons
  14. 13. ["Gorsh! Ah doesn't want t' die!"]
    Dan'l Flannel
  15. 14. Hero
  16. 15. Saves the Day and Wins the Bike
    Schwinn Bicycles
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Dick Sabo
  • Richard Smith
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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