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Issue: Target Comics #5 [17] Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1941
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Issues: #5 [17] of 105 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagNovelty / Premium / Curtis
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/30/1941
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): David Adams
Disclose Notes: Additional information and corrected story sequences provided by Steve Rogers

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. 3.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Target
Character(s): Target [Niles Reed]; Targeteers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Case of the Amazing Dr. Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Wood
Penciller(s): Bob Wood
Inker(s): Bob Wood
Colorist(s): Bob Wood?
Letterer(s): George Roussos ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Target and the Targeteers
Character(s): Villain: Dr. Time
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Bob Wood takes jabs at Jerry Robinson and George Roussos in two small newspaper headlines: "JERRY ROBINSON, FAMOUS ETCHER, FINISHES FIRST JOB IN 3 YEARS" and "INKY ROUSSOS FINALLY MEETS DEADLINE - ENTIRE PUBLISHING WORLD AMAZED – POPULAR YOUNG CARTOONIST ENROUTE TO SARANAC..."

This has been observed elsewhere as looking very much like a Batman story of this vintage. The letters look like those Roussos was doing on the Batman strip, which might account for the playful jibe noted above. It is, however, difficult to see any evidence of possible Robinson input.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Davis (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Davis (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Davis (signed)
Colorist(s): Bob Davis?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Chameleon
First Line: Washington, D. C. The Chameleon, master of disguise, is attending a conference of FBI officials...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: This is the final part of the Defense Council story
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ned Carter; Bull Sorokin; Slugger Rossous
First Line: It's the day before the big spring prom at Daunton Military School...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill
Penciller(s): Emil Gershwin
Inker(s): Emil Gershwin
Colorist(s): Ray Gill?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): White Streak
First Line: Arson, sabotage, and violent labor trouble...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Continued next issue.
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How the Targeteers Met

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray Gill (credited)
Penciller(s): Bob Wood (signed) (spot illustration)
Inker(s): Bob Wood (signed) (spot illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Target and the Targeteers
Synopsis: A text story detailing how Tommy Brown and Dave Foster (The Targeteers) met before they met Niles Reed (The Target)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Missing Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Warren
Penciller(s): Jack Warren [as Vincent]
Inker(s): Jack Warren [as Vincent]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Warren
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Speck, Spot, and Sis
First Line: 25...30...40...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Introduction: Spec, Spot, and Sis
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Daly?
Inker(s): John Daly?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Bull’s-Eye Bill
First Line: Best horse trainer I ever saw, Sergeant!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Treasure Island [Part 4]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harold DeLay (signed)
Inker(s): Harold DeLay (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): Fantastic Feature Films
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In Content Item: FlagCatholic Comics v3 #4 published January 1949
as Treasure Island [part 4] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Submarine Attack

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Basil Wolverton (signed)
Penciller(s): Basil Wolverton (signed)
Inker(s): Basil Wolverton (signed)
Colorist(s): Basil Wolverton
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Spacehawk
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSpacehawk #[nn] published July 1978
as Spacehawk vs. the Submarines [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBasil Wolverton's Fantastic Fables #1 published October 1993
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSpacehawk #[nn] published December 2012
as Spacehawk and the Attack of the Submarine Carrier [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8

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