The Target
and The Targeteers
- Vol. 2 -

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Contents:

Case of the Cartoon Crimes
Target Comics
Vol. 2 No. 4
June 1941

The Evil Genuis*
Target Comics
Vol. 2 No. 11
January 1942

Introducing the Tiny Targets!
4-Most Comics
Vol. 1 No. 2
Spring 1942

The Movieland Murders
Target Comics
Vol. 3 No. 2
April 1942

The Hard-Hitting Trio*
Target Comics
Vol. 4 No. 7
November 1943

Grand Prize for the Allies*
Target Comics
Vol. 6 No. 4
June 1945

The Hallowed Soil of Bataan*
Target Comics
Vol. 6 No. 9
December 1945-January 1946

The K-9 Corps*
Target Comics
Vol. 7 No. 2
April 1946

Forest Fires*
Target Comics
Vol. 7 No. 3
May 1946

The Jinxed Bridge*
Target Comics
Vol. 7 No. 6
August 1946

The Effigy of Death
Target Comics
Vol. 7 No. 12
February 1947

Holiday of Horror
Target Comics
Vol. 8 No. 2
April 1947

The Case of the Smugglers' Bread
Target Comics
Vol. 8 No. 3
May 1947

The Mystery of the Spotted Vase
Target Comics
Vol. 8 No. 7
September 1947

The Prison Adventure*
Target Comics
Vol. 8 No. 8
October 1947

The Fur Thieves*
Target Comics
Vol. 8 No. 11
January 1948

Sign Sabotage*
Target Comics
Vol. 9 No. 1
March 1948

Speedboat Trouble*
Target Comics
Vol. 9 No. 3
May 1948

Cheap Skates
Blue Bolt Comics
No. 102
November-December 1949

Feud Against Crime*
Blue Bolt Comics
No. 103
January-February 1950

Bonus Material
Covers and more

*Stories originally untitled. Titles provided for reader reference.

TARGET LOGO

Welcome to the second volume of Pure Excitement Comics' reprint series focusing on the Target and the Targeteers.

This CD-ROM features 18 great stories which have never previously appeared in the pages of Pure Excitement Comics, as well as higher-quality versions of two additional Target stories which were featured on the web site. The 20 tales were published over a period of almost a decade (January 1941 to January 1950), and give readers a clear picture of the evolution of the feature throughout its existence.

The following is a short biography of the Target and the Targeteers which first appeared in issue 2 of Pure Excitement Comics:

The Target was Niles Reed, a metallurgist who developed a flexible and bulletproof metal material which he used to create his yellow Target costume. In his first appearance, he became the Target to help his brother, who was being framed for murder. However, his brother was killed in the story, leaving the Target wanted by the police.

From his second appearance on, the Target was assisted by two partners known as the Targeteers. They were Tom Brown and Dave Foster. Dave and Tom wore red and blue versions of the Target costume, but who wore which actually varies from story to story, probably depending on how closely the colorist was paying attention. The Target himself occasionally ends up in a miscolored costume!

The trio were often assisted by their secretary, Tina, who figures prominently in a few of the stories reprinted here.

The Target appeared in almost 100 issues of Target Comics, beginning with Vol. 1 No. 10 and running, with some gaps at the end, through Vol. 10 No. 1. The feature also appeared in three issues of 4 Most Comics and Blue Bolt Comics 102-105 & 110.

The stories in Blue Bolt may be reprints from earlier issues of Target Comics. The two reprinted here are placed in chronological order based on the publication dates of the Blue Bolt issues. The last story is taken from the unauthorized 1957 "Accepted Publications" reprint of Blue Bolt No. 103. The publication date listed in the column to the left is for the original "Star Publications" printing.

The Target
The Targeteers
Tina

To begin reading the stories, just click on one of the titles in the column to the left. To see the cover for each issue, be sure to check out the Bonus Material section. Please do not duplicate or redistribute this CD-ROM or its contents in any way, including, but not limited to, posting the images contained within onto the internet or usenet. Feel free, however, to let your friends borrow the disk, just don't make them a copy -- it's cheap enough that they can buy their own! For more great Golden Age reprints, be sure to check out the Pure Excitement Comics web site. For more information about this CD-ROM and about other disks in this series, please write to williamnolan@yahoo.com.

Enjoy!

All stories are believed to be in the public domain. Pure Excitement Comics does not claim the copyright to any of these stories or characters. Information for this page was found in Howard Keltner's Index to Golden Age Comic Books. Information was also obtained from Bill Black's The Official Golden-Age Hero & Heroine Directory.