Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-07-31
Editing: David Adams (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Target Comics (Novelty / Premium / Curtis, 1940 series) #v1#8 [8] Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Calling 2-R / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; science fiction
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Novelty Press Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly
  • Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.

[The Attack of General Z: Part 2]
(Table of Contents: 1)

Calling 2-R / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; science fiction
Characters:
General Z (Villain); Z-Men (Villain)

The Vulture Men from the Void
(Table of Contents: 2)

Spacehawk / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:science fiction
Characters:
Vulture Men [Glak; Orad]; Chief Loodub; Moon People; Spacehawk
Synopsis:
Spacehawk discovers two Vulture Men hiding on Earth's moon, who plan to kill everyone on the planet so that their race can move in.
Reprints (3)

[The Menace of Dr. Death]
(Table of Contents: 3)

White Streak / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Dr. Death [Simms] (Villain; Intro); Messon (Villain; Intro); Bugsy (Villain; Intro); Scar (Villain; Intro); Raligor (Villain; Intro; Death)

Port of Missing Ships
(Table of Contents: 4)

Lucky Byrd / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:aviation

The Black Horde (Part 2)
(Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
? (illustration)
Inks:
? (illustration)
Colors:
? (illustration)
Letters:
typeset
Characters:
Spacehawk

Indexer Notes

illustrations not by Wolverton

[Spies of the Oriental Chop House]
(Table of Contents: 6)

The Chameleon / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bill Everett (signed)
Inks:
Bill Everett (signed)
Colors:
Letters:
Bill Everett (credited)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Chameleon [Peter Stockbridge] [also as Hans; Wong; Louis; Ralston]; Slim (Stockbrisge's chauffeur); Detective Parks; Senator Dodge; Pierre (Chop House owner); The Master [James Ralston](villain, politician, introduction); Hans (villain); Wong (villain); Louis (villain); Higgins (villain, Ralston's butler); George (villain)
Synopsis:
The Chameleon is blamed for the disappearance of vital plans for national fortifications. Through a series of unique impersonations, he traces the stolen plans to their location.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

The art was also signed "Everett" in the last panel.

[The Wildcat Cub and the Movie Cowboy: Part 1]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Bull's-Eye Bill / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
B. Holmes
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
B. Holmes
  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Tex O'Connor (Intro; Movie Cowboy)

Wedding Present
(Table of Contents: 8)

Fantastic Feature Films / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure

[The Money Order Robbery]
(Table of Contents: 9)

T-Men / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Craig (Villain; Intro)

Colossus, Famous Circus Gorilla At Large!!
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Dick Cole / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Calling 2-R
  2. [The Attack of General Z: Part 2]
    Calling 2-R
  3. The Vulture Men from the Void
    Spacehawk
  4. [The Menace of Dr. Death]
    White Streak
  5. Port of Missing Ships
    Lucky Byrd
  6. The Black Horde (Part 2)
  7. [Spies of the Oriental Chop House]
    The Chameleon
  8. [The Wildcat Cub and the Movie Cowboy: Part 1]
    Bull's-Eye Bill
  9. Wedding Present
    Fantastic Feature Films
  10. [The Money Order Robbery]
    T-Men
  11. Colossus, Famous Circus Gorilla At Large!!
    Dick Cole
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