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Issue: Target Comics #8 [86] Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1947
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Issues: #8 [86] of 105 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagNovelty / Premium / Curtis
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: The Premium Group of Comics
On Sale Date: 1947
Volume: 8
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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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
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Cover, Front
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Stamp over masthead.
 
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Target Hits and Misses
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Placed on inside front cover. Letters of comment from Carmen DeLa Cruz, Kendell Jones, Gerald David Curry, Joe Garcia, Virginia Warsachi, Sally Foos, Kenny Barney and Gene Reinhardt.
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The Harvest Barn Dance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Kit Carter; Dan Merry; Lulu Scott (first appearance); Cadet Babbly; Ginny; Jim Stonefort
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Targetoons
First Line: If you put your hand in your pocket
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Top half of page is an ad for Kellogg's Krumbles cereal.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Gary Stark
Character(s): Gary Stark; Komar (villain); Carlo (villain); Chico (first appearance)
First Line: Abducted by Komar as a slave laborer...
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story line continued from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Candid Charlie
Character(s): Candid Charlie; Mirkin; Mrs. Darter (first appearance); Dr. Mindoo (villain, first appearance); Sikes (villain)
First Line: A strange adventure starts for Charlie when he tries to help a neighbor...
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Pages: 6
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Targetoons
First Line: Keep swingin' at him
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Eight one-panel gag cartoons with an advertisement for stamps and cowboy pictures taking up a ninth panel.
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Young Buckskin

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: western
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with masthead illustration.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Targetoons
First Line: What's the difference between the north and south poles?
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Four one-panel gag cartoons. Balance of page has an advertisement for Bendix bicycle brakes.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime
Character(s): Pete Stockbridge [The Chameleon]; Ragsy; Lily; Killey (villain); Cigarface Al Cornpone (villain)
First Line: Someone once said there is no such thing as a really bad boy...
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Heathcliff the Hobo
First Line: I wish I could see that ball game...
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Dan'l's Midnight Ride

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dan'l Flannel; Safecracker Mac (first appearance; villain); Gus the Mooch (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Targeteers: Tom, Dick, Niles; Warden Bill Brockton (first appearance)
First Line: The Targeteers visit a prison...
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Pages: 6
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The Race Against the River!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Panel art ad for Fisk Bike Tires.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Targetoons
First Line: What's an usher, huh?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover and in black and white.

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