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The 'banner' headline on the cover gave it away. Target, published by Polystyle Publications, was really nothing more than a resurrected TV Action, but a much cheaper, slapdash version that was, frankly, uninspiring. It lasted 19 issues before being merged into TV Comic, and it's a surprise that it even survived for so long. The title was presumably inspired by Patrick Mower's TV show, but there had been another periodical called Target, published by New English Library, a few years before.
Harry North's black and white art on Hazell was the best thing about the comic, and if the colouring on some of the other strips had been better, and other artists' work tighter, the publication may have stood a greater chance of success. I can no longer recall whether I stayed with Target for its entire short run or jumped ship after #3, but I do remember giving the first three issues to a pal in the late '70s, possibly the start of the '80s, and I thought that was the last I'd ever see of them.
Around 33-odd years later, though, he gave me them back, along with some other comics I'd given him, which I've now 're-owned' for around 7 years or thereabouts, so I thought I'd share the entire first issue with you here on Crivens. If you bought Target back in the '70s, what did you think of it? Or if you're seeing it here for the very first time, does it look like a comic you'd have been interested in? Share your thoughts in our ever-lovin' comments section if you'd be so good.
And, below, is the earlier NEL title of the same name, but which was a very different type of publication.
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