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Character(s): The Target & The Targeteers
Publication: Target Comics Vol. 9 No. 8
Publication Date: Oct. 1948
Publisher: The Premium Group of 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 Dave Brown
and Tom 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. I even have one issue where the Target himself is
wearing the red costume!
The trio were often assisted by their
secretary, Tina, who figures prominently in the story reprinted here.
The Target appeared in almost 100 issues of Target Comics, beginning with Vol. 1 No. 10.
The feature also appeared in three issues of 4 Most Comics.
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here to read the story!
Information for this column was found in Howard Keltner's Index to Golden Age
Comic Books and Bill Black's The Official Golden-Age Hero & Heroine Directory.
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