[3] The series was penciled by Bob Wood, with Jerry Robinson and George Roussos providing inks, backgrounds, and letters during the early issues.

Roussos recalled "Bob was just starving at the time trying to meet his deadlines, so I used to stay up all night for 2 or 3 days in a row while everyone fell asleep, helping out.

[citation needed] Metallurgist and U.S. spy Niles Reed created the identity of the Target, using a bulletproof costume with a bullseye on the chest, to save the life of his brother Bill, who had been wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to be executed.

[3] Later, Niles' associates Dave Foster and Tom Brown[6], who had both been orphaned by criminals, became his wisecracking sidekicks The Targeteers.

[7] The characters all enlisted in the military to fight in World War II in Target Comics #29 (July 1942).