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| Date | | Number: v4 9 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Notes | January 1944; paper; my scan; Missing pages 35-36, 43-44, 53-54, 61-62 (all ads) No art or text stories are affected (the pages had been physically removed from my paper copy). Huge scans. Correction: The book is complete, for some reason books around this time dealt with the paper rationing in this way. There is more information about this book at the bottom of the page | |||
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| Additional Information | |
| Name | Target Comics v4 9 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 60 | Frequency: monthly from November to June inclusive; bi-monthly July to October inclusive |
| Notes | The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 1. |
| Cover | 18 Men and a Boat / 1 page |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | John Morrill; Target (inset) |
| Pencils | Tom Gill (signed) |
| Inks | Tom Gill (signed) |
| First Line | If that Jap sees us, our goose is cooked [sic] |
| Letters Page | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Editor's page with some reader's letters printed. |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Dear Gang: The real-life, honest-to-gosh, heroic adventure story that you've been... |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover. Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Letters by Rhoda Zimet and Arthur Ginsberg. |
| Comic Story | Bad Dream / The Cadet (10 pages) |
| 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. The Cadet featuring Kit Carter |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Kit Carter; Dan Merry; Dick Mann |
| Script | George Kapitan |
| Pencils | John Jordan |
| Inks | John Jordan |
| First Line | Dan Merry's curiosity explained quite a few things for him, but he was... |
| Notes | Story title and genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Creative credits hidden in bush in bottom panel of first page noted by Gary Watson, May 2008. |
| Comic Story | 18 Men and a Boat, Part One / John Morrill (7 pages) |
| 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. |
| Genre | Biography; War |
| Characters | John Morrill [1st appearance]; Taylor; Steele; Meeker; Richardson |
| Script | Tom Gill ? |
| Pencils | Tom Gill (illustrated by) |
| Inks | Tom Gill (illustrated by) |
| First Line | On December 10, 1941, the Pacific war struck at the Philippines. |
| Notes | Story title placement, feature, genre, credits and synopsis added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Based on the true story of Lt. Commander John Morrill, U.S.N., in collaboration with Pete Martin. |
| Story | Targetoons (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Milt Hammer |
| Pencils | Milt Hammer (signed) |
| Inks | Milt Hammer (signed) |
| First Line | There goes one of those lightning bugs... |
| Notes | Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). |
| Comic Story | The Black Market / Bull's-Eye Bill (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bill returns home on special duty from the military to help break up a cattle rustling operation. |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Bill; Black Market Gang; Ike; Mr. Hand; Brad |
| Pencils | John Daly ? |
| Inks | John Daly ? |
| First Line | The Black Market strikes at Target Ranch and only ends when Bill gets home and... |
| Notes | Story title and genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). |
| Story | Candid Charlie (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Charlie inadvertently stumbles across a missing heiress and helps free her from kidnappers. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Candid Charlie [Charles Click] (intro); Mrs. Click (Charlie's mother); Miss Van Gilt; Reggie; Mr. Van Gilt; Clarence Grey |
| Pencils | Gordon Guth |
| Inks | Gordon Guth |
| First Line | Hi ya, fellas... |
| Notes | Feature revision and genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). |
| Story | Targetoons (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Tony |
| Script | Milt Hammer |
| Pencils | Milt Hammer |
| Inks | Milt Hammer |
| First Line | Tony - ya certainly kin take it! |
| Notes | Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). |
| Text Story | River Rising (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tommy, despite several obstacles, rescues his parents from a raging flood. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Tommy Burke; Jake Ingle; Mr. Burke; Mrs. Burke |
| First Line | Young Tommy Burke pedalled his bike frantically down the hard road toward... |
| Notes | Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). |
| Text Article | No Title |
| Feature | Adventures in Stamps |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Characters | Archer Harman |
| Script | Eugene Pollock |
| First Line | Have you heard that the Japs overprinted two stamps to celebrate the anniversary of... |
| Notes | First half of this page are classified ads for stamps. |
| Advertisement | Roberts Stamps |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Comic Story | Lumberjack Adventure / Dan'l Flannel (6 pages) |
| 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. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Dan'l Flannel; Uncle Dud; Gug; Brickhead |
| Pencils | Edward Ryan ? |
| Inks | Edward Ryan ? |
| First Line | A new kind of rustling goes on in the woods beyond Homespun Center---when a change of... |
| Notes | Story title and genre added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). |
| Comic Story | On the Beam! / The Target (7 pages) |
| 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. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Target [Niles Reed]; The Targeteers [Dave Brown; Tom Foster]; unnamed army intelligence major; Dan McCunn; Steff (villain); Nazi spies (villains) |
| Script | George Kapitan |
| Pencils | Bill Allison |
| Inks | Bill Allison |
| 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 [...] |
| Notes | Script credit suggested by the Who's Who. |
| Comic Story | Organizing the French Resistance / The Chameleon (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | French resistance fighters are captured by the Gestapo and the Chameleon embarks upon a daring plan to free the arrested resistance fighters. |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Pete Stockbridge (the Chameleon); Karl; Hans; the Gestapo; Chief Ratter; Frank; Jon |
| Pencils | Bill Allison |
| Inks | Bill Allison |
| First Line | At an underground meeting of the Free French---Chameleon is helping the men to... |
| Notes | Story title and genre added by Craig Delich, February 2006. Art credits changed by Gary Watson, June 2009. Original indexer had "John Meditz?" |
| Story | Targetoons |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Hennessy |
| Pencils | Ray Gill |
| Inks | Ray Gill |
| First Line | Hey Hennessy - they're packing our camouflage! |
| Notes | Entire sequence added by Craig Delich (Feb. 2006). Art credits from Gary Watson, May 2008. Formerly credited as "Milt Hammer?" |
| Advertisement | Boys-Girls! Solve This Puzzle! / Junior Sales Club |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Peter Pan; Humpty Dumpty; Little Bo Peep; Red Riding Hood; Jack; Jill |
| Notes | The ad is presented with a scrambled word puzzle. Ad to become a member of the Junior Sales Club 209. |
| Advertisement | Action - That's What Counts! / Crowell / Crowell-Collier Publishing Company Magazines (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. Ad to sell Collier's Weekly to earn money or prizes. |
| Advertisement | Junior Air Raid Warden Kit (1 page) |
| Script | ? (ad copy) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Be a commanding general! |
| Notes | Back cover. Ad for scale model kits of military vehicles. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
