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18 Men and a Boat

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): John Morrill; Target (inset)

First Line: If that Jap sees us, our goose is cooked [sic]

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Pages: 1

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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First Line: Dear Gang: The real-life, honest-to-gosh, heroic adventure story that you've been...

Synopsis: Editor's page with some reader's letters printed.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Found on the inside front cover.

Bad Dream

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): George Kapitan

Penciller(s): John Jordan

Inker(s): John Jordan

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): The Cadet featuring Kit Carter

Character(s): Kit Carter; Dan Merry; Dick Mann

First Line: Dan Merry's curiosity explained quite a few things for him, but he was...

Synopsis: Kit and Dan, as they traipse through the woods, encounter a well-known writer and are invited to his cabin. While in the cabin, Dan trips over a bearskin rug, is knocked unconscious, and has a nightmare.

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In Content Item: Flag

Four-Most Boys Comics #39 published March 1950
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Pages: 10

Notes: Creative credits hidden in bush in bottom panel of first page. First line, "Dan Merry's curiosity explained quite a few things for him..."

18 Men and a Boat

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Tom Gill ?

Penciller(s): Tom Gill [as T. Gill] (signed)

Inker(s): Tom Gill [as T. Gill] (signed)

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Genres: biography, informational

Feature(s): John Morrill

Character(s): John Morrill [1st appearance]; Taylor; Steele; Meeker; Richardson

First Line: On December 10, 1941, the Pacific war struck at the Philippines.

Synopsis: John Morrill and his crew begin a harrowing journey on a 36-foot diesel boat from the Philippines to Australia after they are ordered to scuttle their mine sweeper.

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Pages: 7

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Milt Hammer

Penciller(s): Milt Hammer (signed)

Inker(s): Milt Hammer (signed)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Targetoons

First Line: There goes one of those lightning bugs...

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The Black Market

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Penciller(s): John Daly ?

Inker(s): John Daly ?

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Genres: western

Feature(s): Bull's-Eye Bill

Character(s): Bill; Black Market Gang; Ike; Mr. Hand; Brad

First Line: The Black Market strikes at Target Ranch and only ends when Bill gets home and...

Synopsis: Bill returns home on special duty from the military to help break up a cattle rustling operation.

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Pages: 6

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Story on Interior Page(s)

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Penciller(s): B. Gordon Guth (signed)

Inker(s): B. Gordon Guth (signed)

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Candid Charlie, Wizard of the Lens

Character(s): Candid Charlie [Charles Click] (intro); Mrs. Click (Charlie's mother); Miss Van Gilt; Reggie; Mr. Van Gilt; Clarence Grey

First Line: Hi ya, fellas...

Synopsis: Charlie inadvertantly stumbles across a missing heiress and helps free her from kidnappers.

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Pages: 6

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Milt Hammer

Penciller(s): Milt Hammer (signed)

Inker(s): Milt Hammer (signed)

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Targetoons

Character(s): Tony

First Line: Tony - ya certainly kin take it!

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Pages: 1

River Rising

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: adventure

Character(s): Tommy Burke; Jake Ingle; Mr. Burke; Mrs. Burke

First Line: Young Tommy Burke pedalled his bike frantically down the hard road toward...

Synopsis: Tommy, despite several obstacles, rescues his parents from a raging flood.

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Pages: 2

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Text Article on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Eugene L. Pollock (signed)

Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: informational

Feature(s): Adventures in Stamps

Character(s): Archer Harman

First Line: Have you heard that the Japs overprinted two stamps to celebrate the anniversary of...

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: First half of this page are classified ads for stamps.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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First Line: 16 Pan American sets - 10¢

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Ads for a variety of stamps.

Lumberjack Adventure

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Edward Ryan ?

Inker(s): Edward Ryan ?

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Dan'l Flannel

Character(s): Dan'l Flannel; Uncle Dud; Gug; Brickhead

First Line: A new kind of rustling goes on in the woods beyond Homespun Center---when a change of...

Synopsis: Dan'l and Dud take jobs as lumberjacks. They then try hard to win the bonus for cutting the most trees in a week; however, they fail to win and later discover that they were cheated.

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Pages: 6

Notes: First line, "A new kind of rustling goes on in the woods..."

On the Beam!

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Genres: superhero

Character(s): The Target [Niles Reed]; The Targeteers [Dave Brown; Tom Foster]; unnamed army intelligence major; Dan McCunn; Steff (villain); Nazi spies (villains)

First Line: The reat pleat and the stuffed cuff get mixed into a spy-chasing story that ends with a spy-chasing story that ends with the criminals doing a jitter-bug dance of desperation [...]

Synopsis: Military Intelligence sends Niles to a local night club to see if he can garner information on suspicious-looking men that have regularly been hanging out there. He discovers that a comdeian's valet is linked with Nazi spies, and the Targeteers go to town on them, learning that the spies were using purported fan mail to relay U.S. naval secrets back to Germany.

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Pages: 7

Organizing the French Resistence

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Bill Allison

Inker(s): Bill Allison

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Genres: war

Feature(s): Pete Stockbridge, the Chameleon

Character(s): Pete Stockbridge (the Chameleon); Karl; Hans; the Gestapo; Chief Ratter; Frank; Jon

First Line: At an underground meeting of the Free French---Chameleon is helping the men to...

Synopsis: French resistance fighters are captured by the Gestapo and the Chameleon embarks upon a daring plan to free the arrested resistance fighters.

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Pages: 8

Notes: First line, "At an underground meeting of the Free French..."

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Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Ray Gill

Inker(s): Ray Gill

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Targetoons

Character(s): Hennessy

First Line: Hey Hennessy - they're packing our camouflage!

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Pages: 0.67

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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Feature(s): Junior Sales Club

Character(s): Peter Pan; Humpty Dumpty; Little Bo Peep; Red Riding Hood; Jack; Jill

First Line: Boys - Girls! Solve this puzzle

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Pages: 0.33

Notes: The ad is presented with a scrambled word puzzle. Ad to become a member of the Junior Sales Club.

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Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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First Line: Action - that's what counts!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover. Ad to sell Collier's Weekly to earn money or prizes.

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First Line: Be a commanding general!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover. Ad for scale model kits of military vehicles.