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Issue: Target Comics #12 [12] Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1941
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Issues: #12 [12] of 105 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagNovelty / Premium / Curtis
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/27/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
No managing editor, according to the Statement of Ownership.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Target
Character(s): The Target [Niles Reed]; The Targeteers [Dave Brown; Tom Foster]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Action Trio

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Wood
Penciller(s): Bob Wood
Inker(s): Bob Wood
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bob Wood
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Target
Character(s): The Target [Niles Reed]; The Targeteers [Dave Brown; Tom Foster]; Pat (introduction, revealed next issue); Hammerfist, the Mighty Mite (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Treachery of Smebar

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Basil Wolverton
Penciller(s): Basil Wolverton
Inker(s): Basil Wolverton
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Basil Wolverton
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Spacehawk
Character(s): Spacehawk; Queen Haba (introduction); Smebar (villain, introduction, death)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSpacehawk #4 published October 1992
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #84 published January 2011
as The Treachery of Smebar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSpacehawk #[nn] published December 2012
as Spacehawk and the Treachery of Smebar [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The White Streak Smashes the Green Tie Society

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Inker(s): Carl Burgos (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Carl Burgos
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The White Streak
Character(s): The White Streak [Danny Sanders]; Agent Hook (of the FBI); Dr. Sears; Green Tie Society (villains); Korn (villain, introduction); Rensen [also spelled Renson] (villain, death); Jackson (villain, introduction); Captain Jenkins (villain, Captain of the "Jenny Lynn")
Synopsis: The White Streak, on the trail of Fifth Columnists and saboteurs, realizes that his face is known to the criminal element, so he asks Agent Hook to provide a means of giving him a new face. Once that is accomplished, the Streak joins the Green Tie Society in order to learn how best to stop the group's unpatriotic activities.
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In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #91 published January 2013
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Burgos also signed this strip as "Burgos".
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The Scarlet Squadron

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Campbell
Penciller(s): Harry Campbell
Inker(s): Harry Campbell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Harry Campbell
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Lucky Byrd
Character(s): Lucky Byrd; The Scarlet Squadron (villains, introduction for all)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Ghost of Venus Chapter II

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Steve Raymond (ace detective for Interspace Intelligence)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): R. E. MacNeal (credited as treasurer)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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Christmas At the Target Dude Ranch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): L. Kennerly
Inker(s): L. Kennerly
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Bull's-Eye Bill
Character(s): Bull's-Eye Bill [Bill Target]; Blimp (introduction); Tex O'Connor (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Satan's Colors

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tarpe Mills
Penciller(s): Tarpe Mills
Inker(s): Tarpe Mills
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Tarpe Mills
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Fantastic Feature Films
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Rescue of Robert Gray

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Doug Allen
Penciller(s): Bob Davis
Inker(s): Bob Davis
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Doug Allen
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Chameleon
Character(s): The Chameleon [Pete Stockbridge]; Robert Grey (introduction); Miss Grey (introduction); Lew Doyle (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Showdown With General Z

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Warren
Penciller(s): Jack Warren
Inker(s): Jack Warren
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Warren
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Calling 2-R
Character(s): General Z (villain); The Black Horde (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8

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