Target Comics #v7#3 [69]
(May 1946)

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Volume
7
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly, except bi-monthly 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 & general manager); Jane Spaulding Nye (credited) (managing editor); Peggy Crowley (credited as Peggy Ann Crowley) (associate editor); Helen Schmid (credited as Helen Doig Schmid) (editorial assistant)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Target / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ken Battefield
Inks
Ken Battefield
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; humor; superhero
Characters
The Target

[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
Nina Albright (signed)
Inks
Nina Albright
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can you imagine winning a basketball championship in a toy factory?
Genre
adventure

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

"Pepsi", the Pepsi-Cola Cop / 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
Jewel thieves, kids, an old theatre and loot from a robbery...
Genre
adventure; spy; superhero

Dental Dig (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Gordon Guth
Pencils
Gordon Guth
Inks
Gordon Guth ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

top half of page is an ad for Fleer's Dubba Bubble Gum with art by Ray Thompson

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

Speck, Spot and Sis / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Two-Ton O'Toole / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
La-dees an' gen'men - our referee had a sudden attack of indigestion...
Genre
humor

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

The 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
Another fire!" "That's the fourth one in three weeks!
Genre
superhero

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

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wot d'ya mean yer teacher doesn't know how to spell, huh???
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

top half of page is an ad for Smith Brothers cough drops "History's Mysteries"

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

Heathcliff the Hobo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah, sniff, sniff, what aromatic ecstacy!
Genre
humor

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Gus Schrotter
Inks
Gus Schrotter
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dan'l learns that it pays to fight and not run away, as he shows...
Genre
humor; western-frontier

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

Targettoons / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Do you think th' Aleutians suffer from Aleutianations??
Genre
humor; children

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

Merkin Gerkin / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gordon Guth (signed)
Pencils
Gordon Guth (signed)
Inks
Gordon Guth (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Just think, all beautiful silk is made by little worms.
Genre
humor

The Boy Hunt (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mary Leland
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Gary Stark / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Don Rico (signed)
Inks
Don Rico
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The mighty guns are silenced, the smoke of battle has cleared...
Genre
adventure

The Right Spirit (Table of Contents: 16)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Marion Ruport
Letters
typeset

Genre
sports
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Target
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Target Hits and Misses
  3. 2. ["Can you imagine winning a basketball championship in a toy factory?"]
    The Cadet
  4. 3. ["Is a track meet the same as horse meat, Pepsi?"]
    "Pepsi", the Pepsi-Cola Cop
  5. 4. ["Jewel thieves, kids, an old theatre and loot from a robbery..."]
    The Chameleon
  6. 5. Dental Dig
  7. 6. ["What's going on here?"]
    Speck, Spot and Sis
  8. 7. ["La-dees an' gen'men - our referee had a sudden attack of indigestion..."]
    Two-Ton O'Toole
  9. 8. ["Another fire!" "That's the fourth one in three weeks!"]
    The Target and the Targeteers
  10. 9. ["Wot d'ya mean yer teacher doesn't know how to spell, huh???"]
  11. 10. ["Ah, sniff, sniff, what aromatic ecstacy!"]
    Heathcliff the Hobo
  12. 11. ["Dan'l learns that it pays to fight and not run away, as he shows..."]
    Dan'l Flannel
  13. 12. ["Do you think th' Aleutians suffer from Aleutianations??"]
    Targettoons
  14. 13. ["Just think, all beautiful silk is made by little worms."]
    Merkin Gerkin
  15. 14. The Boy Hunt
  16. 15. ["The mighty guns are silenced, the smoke of battle has cleared..."]
    Gary Stark
  17. 16. The Right Spirit
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Richard Smith
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)