Target Comics #v8#3 [81]
(May 1947)

Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 Series
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Volume
8
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
The Premium Group of Comics
Editing
Robert D. Wheeler (Editor & General Manager); Jane Spaulding Nye (Managing Editor); Mel Cummin (Art Director); Jesse C. Rogers, Jr. (Associate Editor); Jean Gibson Brundage (Editorial Assistant); Alfred V. Fago (Art Consultant)
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock
Newsprint
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
Was Ongoing Series

Issue Notes

Story first lines from a scan from http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Cadet / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Nina Albright (signed)
Inks
Nina Albright (signed)
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

On the 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 (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Kit Carter's surprise performance thrills the circus audience...
Genre
adventure

["When Gary decided to take a job with Zalo...] (Table of Contents: 3)

Gary Stark / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

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

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
I wonder why we have a thumb??
Genre
humor; children

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Q. Siege (signed)
Inks
Bob Q. Siege (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Charlie likes carnival fun...
Genre
humor

The Wrong Gun (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
W. Cuthbert
Pencils
E. J. Reeves (illustration)
Inks
E. J. Reeves (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
crime

The Case of the Smuggler's Bread (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Battefield
Inks
Ken Battefield
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Hearne ?
Inks
Jack Hearne ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In a mountain ghost town...
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

Have My Seat (Table of Contents: 9)

Timid Tim / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

[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
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm completely famished from hunger!
Genre
humor

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

Pete Stockbridge, The Chameleon / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
William Allison
Inks
William Allison
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The simple purchase of a few bags of cement...
Genre
adventure; spy

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

[Targetoons] / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer (signed)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
They say that exercise kills cold germs!
Genre
humor; children

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

Puzzle Play / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
A. W. Nugent (signed)
Pencils
A. W. Nugent (signed)
Inks
A. W. Nugent (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can you add the above seven numbers...

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Boitram the Boiglar / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Art Helfant (signed)
Pencils
Art Helfant (signed)
Inks
Art Helfant (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stick 'em up, big boy!
Genre
humor

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

Targetoons / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Milt Hammer (signed)
Pencils
Milt Hammer (signed)
Inks
Milt Hammer (signed)
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
'N why do we spell bank...
Genre
humor; children

Indexer Notes

On the inside back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Cadet
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Target Hits and Misses
  3. 2. ["Kit Carter's surprise performance thrills the circus audience..."]
    The Cadet
  4. 3. ["When Gary decided to take a job with Zalo...]
    Gary Stark
  5. 4. ["I wonder why we have a thumb??"]
    Targetoons
  6. 5. ["Charlie likes carnival fun..."]
    Candid Charlie
  7. 6. The Wrong Gun
  8. 7. The Case of the Smuggler's Bread
    Target and the Targeteers
  9. 8. ["In a mountain ghost town..."]
    Bull's-Eye Bill
  10. 9. Have My Seat
    Timid Tim
  11. 10. ["I'm completely famished from hunger!"]
    Heathcliff the Hobo
  12. 11. ["The simple purchase of a few bags of cement..."]
    Pete Stockbridge, The Chameleon
  13. 12. ["They say that exercise kills cold germs!"]
    [Targetoons]
  14. 13. ["Can you add the above seven numbers..."]
    Puzzle Play
  15. 14. ["Stick 'em up, big boy!"]
    Boitram the Boiglar
  16. 15. ["'N why do we spell bank..."]
    Targetoons
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