Four Color #80

(1945)

["Now that we've finished our cotton dusting contracts..."] (Table of Contents)

Smilin' Jack / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley

Pencils:

Zack Mosley

Inks:

Zack Mosley

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff; Dixie Lee; Joy Beaverduck; Woo Woo; Little Stuff; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas

Synopsis:

Dixie returns from the war zone and she and Jack plan on getting married. Fat Stuff shows off his new triplets. Dixie faints when she gets a telegram saying her husband is alive.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #101 (July 1944) [First 1.8 pages not included in reprint]
which is reprinted
• from Smilin' Jack daily (News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1940.xx.xx
• from Smilin' Jack (News-Tribune Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1940

Indexer Notes

Story begins on inside front cover in black, red, and white.

["--But, Dixie--The survivors of the medical expedition..."] (Table of Contents)

Smilin' Jack / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley

Pencils:

Zack Mosley

Inks:

Zack Mosley

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff; Dixie Lee; Joy Beaverduck; Woo Woo; Little Stuff; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas; K-9 (villain); Q-T (villain); The Eye (villain); Tepid Fahrenheit

Synopsis:

Dixie leaves to see her husband, who is in the hospital, and Jack is broken-hearted. Downwind organizes a group of young ladies as "Sixth Columnists" to fight "Fifth Columnists." Enemy spy "The Eye" targets Downwind and sends Miss Fahrenheit to lure him to his headquarters.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #102 (August 1944) [comic book adaptation]
which is reprinted
• from Smilin' Jack daily (News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1940.xx.xx
• from Smilin' Jack (News-Tribune Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1940

Indexer Notes

Code number "PC 102-448" for Popular Comics #102 is at bottom of first page.

["Joy, I'm sorry I had to leave you and Jack last evening..."] (Table of Contents)

Smilin' Jack / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley

Pencils:

Zack Mosley

Inks:

Zack Mosley

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Joy Beaverduck; Fat Stuff; Little Stuff; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas; Tepid Fahrenheit; K-9 (villain); The Eye (villain)

Synopsis:

Joy gets a job as a flight instructor and Downwind succeeds in getting Jack and Joy together. Later, spies capture Downwind.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #103 (September 1944) [comic book adaptation]
• from Smilin' Jack (News-Tribune Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1940

["There won't be enough of you left to suck up with an eye-dropper!"] (Table of Contents)

Smilin' Jack / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley

Pencils:

Zack Mosley

Inks:

Zack Mosley

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Tepid Fahrenheit; Joy Beaverduck; The Eye (villain); K-9 (villain); Fat Stuff; Woo Woo; Little Stuff; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas

Synopsis:

The Eye and K-9 tie up Downwind in the hold of a target ship that is to be used for practice bombing. Tepid Fahrenheit, a former associate of the Eye, learns of the plot and tells Joy. Joy breaks up the bombing formation then lands her plane in the water and saves Downwind. Later Tepid and Downwind capture the Eye and K-9. After getting Jack and Joy together, Downwind realizes he loves Joy. Trying to take his mind off his lost love, Downwind goes into the plane salvage business.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #104 (October 1944) [comic book adaptation]
• from Smilin' Jack (News-Tribune Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1940

Indexer Notes

Code number "P.C. 104-4410" for Popular Comics #104 is at bottom of first page.

["Yes, sir, Downwind--Joy said she'd marry me-"] (Table of Contents)

Smilin' Jack / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley

Pencils:

Zack Mosley

Inks:

Zack Mosley

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Joy Beaverduck; Mr. Beaverduck; Curly; Fat Stuff (cameo)

Synopsis:

When the stress of a big wedding gets to be too much, Jack and Joy decide to elope. Downwind, who was secretly in love with Joy, crashes his plane right before the elopement. After the interrupted ceremony is over, Jack leaves Joy to search for Downwind.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #105 (November 1944) [comic book adaptation]
• from Smilin' Jack (News-Tribune Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1940

Indexer Notes

Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes in color on the back cover. Code number "P.C. 105-4411" for Popular Comics #105 is at bottom of first page.