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Issue: Target Comics #1 [1] Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1940
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Issues: #1 [1] of 105 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagNovelty / Premium / Curtis
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Novelty Press Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Bull's-Eye Bill
Character(s): Bull's-Eye Bill [Bill Target]; Dee Parsons
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Bill Everett Archives #1 published December 2011
as Target Comics v1#1 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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On the Trail of Travis Trent

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Bull's-Eye Bill
Character(s): "Bull's-Eye" Bill [Bill Target] (introduction); Quing (introduction, a cook); Dee Parsons (introduction); Steve Casey (introduction); un-named Sheriff; Travis Trent (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Bull's-Eye Bill protects his friend Steve from the Sheriff's posse after Steve uses a gun to settle a land dispute with his neighbor. This puts Bill in hot water with the law, but all is soon forgiven when cattle rustler Travis Trent strikes, and the Sheriff needs Bill's help to bring him in. Dee suffers an unrequited love for Bill, who has no time for women.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Also signed again as "Blake" on the final page.
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The Coming of Manowar

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): The White Streak [Manowar] (Intro; Origin); Simms (Intro); Ramon (Intro); Don Ruizen (Intro; Death; Villain)
Synopsis: Archeologists Simms and Ramon explore an erupting South American volcano. They discover, emerging from the devastation, the robot Manowar, who tells that he is the last servant of an ancient civilization. He was sent by his masters to bring the war mongers of the world to justice. He gets his first mission in the surrounding countryside, where Dictator Don Ruizen wages war for the benefit of corrupt oil companies.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The artist also signs - as "Burgos" - on the final page.
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Sabotage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Character(s): Lucky Byrd (Intro); Rocky Stone (Villain; Intro; Death)
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Pages: 7
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The Fifty-Year-Old Infants

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hi-Grass Twins
Character(s): Hi-Grass Twins [Moe; Joe] (Intro)
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Pages: 4
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The Case of the Black Widow Spider

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Subject Matter
Character(s): T-Man Turner (Origin; Intro); Dr. Black (Villain; Intro)
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Pages: 7
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The Clip-Ear Case

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Character(s): The City Editor (Intro); Pinky (Intro); Katie (Intro); Phil Manners (Intro); Joyce Bellamy (Intro)
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Pages: 6
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Bullseye Bill Gets His Moniker

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Bull's-Eye Bill
Character(s): Bull's-Eye Bill [Bill Target] (origin); Jess Barnard (general store owner); Steve Casey; un-named Sheriff
Synopsis: Bill is mystified by a stranger coming out of the general store who is packing a gun, but also is said to be heading out to the Veedor mining claim to have a shootout. To make matters worse, Bill's friend, Steve Casey, has not been seen at his mining claim in a week.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Bill Everett Archives #1 published December 2011
as Bullseye Bill Gets His Moniker [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text with 1/2 page spot illustration. The Archive edition reprints only the first page.
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The Turkey Whistle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Little Puppet Man
Character(s): The Puppet Man (Intro); Jerry (Intro); Jane (Intro); Jerry's Mother (Intro)
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Pages: 3
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The Redemption of Speck

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Calling 2R
Character(s): The Captain (Intro); The Skipper (Intro); V-Y (Intro); Speck (Intro); Other inhabitants of Boyville (Intro)
Synopsis: A scientist known only as The Captain runs a foundation called Boyville, whose mission is to train young men to be Rangers. With the assistance of the Skipper and Ranger V-Y, they take an errant trainee, Speck, into the field for some much-needed discipline. The training mission runs into unexpected complications when V-Y and Speck are captured by spies.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: 2R refers to the home base from which the Captain and the Skipper monitor the progress of their trainees.
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Rip Rory's Initiation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rip Rory
Character(s): Rip Rory (Intro); Bart (Villain; Intro); Anne Stuart (Intro)
Synopsis: Rip Rory is a freshman at State College, entering with a reputation as a star basketball player from high school. Upperclassman Bart decides to show up the freshman by taking him to the gym and making a fool of him on the basketball court. The plan backfires, as Rip's turns the tables on Bart. Bart's girlfriend Anne sees Bart's cruelty, and introduces herself to Rip.
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Pages: 5
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Introducing the Sapps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sapp Family
Character(s): Elmer Sapp (Intro); Ima Sapp (Intro); Junior Sapp (Intro)
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Pages: 3
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The Maskless Axeman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fantastic Feature Films
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Pages: 5

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