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Issue: Target Comics #2 [26] Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1942
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Issues: #2 [26] of 105 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagNovelty / Premium / Curtis
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/28/1942
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The cover lists the feature Al T. Tude as starting in this issue, it actually doesn't begin until the next issue.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Chameleon [Pete Stockbridge]; Ragsy Murphy [Kid Tyrant]
First Line: The Chameleon burst into the cellar like a ball of fury to save Ragsy's life!
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Pages: 1
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Editors Page
First Line: Dear Readers: The editors think the beginning of the New Year...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letter from Our Readers
First Line: Dear Sirs: It certainly looks like Target Comics is on the road to success.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Daunton Night at the Carnival

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Jordan
Inker(s): John Jordan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Cadet [Kit Carter]; Bob Norton; Mr. Hipple; Colosso; Obediah; Flip
First Line: What nerve!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Movieland Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Target [Niles Reed]; Targeteers [Dave Brown; Tommy Foster]; Blackstone; Frank Hawkins Gregg; Archer
First Line: Hollywood producers are being threatened by an extortion gang.
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Pages: 9
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Bull's-Eye Bill; Rawhide Ike; Dee; Pancho; Hank
First Line: So long, folks, and thanks for everything!
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In Content Item: FlagDick Cole #8 published February 1950
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Adventures In Stamps
Character(s): Robert Irwin; Christopher Columbus
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for various stamps.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Warren [as Vincent]
Inker(s): Jack Warren [as Vincent]
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Speck; Sis; Tony; Spot (dog)
First Line: Speck, I betcha can't go eighty miles an hour...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Secret of the Wreck!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Hal Williams; Sgt. McCabe
First Line: The gloom of the courthouse made the slight figure of the little man...
Synopsis: Hal Williams suspects that an auto wreck contains the evidence which would help convict a murderer.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Script ID by inclusion in PRIMAL SPILLANE; see https://www.boldventurepress.com/primal-spillane-early-stories-1941-1942-ebook/
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Who Is Kid Tyrant?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Chameleon [Pete Stockbridge]; Ragsy Murphy [Kid Tyrant]; The Hood [Felix Dort]; Pussy Jones
First Line: I'll get to the store just as they do...
Synopsis: The Hood organizes a campaign to ruin the Daily Star.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Kid Tyrant's identity is exposed by a gang of boys.
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The Ghost of Lucky Byrd

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Lucky Byrd; Col. Clive; Fritz; Smitty
First Line: Here's the field where those ferry planes for England have been crashing!
Synopsis: Lucky hunts down an agent who is sabotaging planes at an airfield.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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The Last of the Mohicans [Part 3]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, historical
Character(s): Alice; Cora; Hawkeye; Chingachgook; Duncan; Uncas; Magua; Hurons
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In Content Item: FlagWhite Rider and Super Horse #6 published March 1951
as The Last of the Mohicans (Part 3) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Case of the Black Avenger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Spacehawk; Dork; Troland
First Line: The dread shadow of the Black Avengers, a secret band of alien saboteurs, crosses a great power dam...
Synopsis: Spacehawk thwarts a plot to bomb the Thunder Mountain dam.
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In Content Item: FlagBlue Bolt #109 published May 1951
as The Case of the Black Avenger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSpacehawk #[nn] published December 2012
as Spacehawk and the Case of the Black Avenger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mr. Beezerton
First Line: I'll admit it doesn't look much like you now...
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Were these in your Christmas stocking?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad by Novelty Press, Inc. for various mail order items.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Red Ryder; Gene Autry (photo)
First Line: Prizes for all!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad by the American Seed Co.

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