Four Color #14

(1942)

["Smilin' Jack, heartbroken because Dixie married Dr. Medic"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Pencils:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Inks:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; Aviation

Characters:

Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Powder]; Gull Wing; Inspector; Bunny; Nancy; Helen; Wally; The Ring [Gale Gibson (villain); Powder (villain); Laura (villain); The Head (villain); The Claw (villain)]

Synopsis:

Smilin' Jack infiltrates The Ring disguised as Powder.

Reprinted:

• from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

Indexer Notes

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

["Smilin' Jack disguised as "Powder""] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Pencils:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Inks:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; Aviation

Characters:

Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Powder]; Gull Wing; Inspector; Bunny Wing; Laura (villain); The Head (villain); The Claw (villain); The Ring (villains)

Synopsis:

The Head finds out Jack is Powder. Jack escapes.

Reprinted:

• from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

["Smilin' Jack alias "Powder" an agent for an international spy ring"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Pencils:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Inks:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; Aviation

Characters:

Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Powder]; Fat Stuff (first appearance); Boona Goo (first appearance); Taboo (first appearance); Chief (first appearance); Dixie (cameo, flashback); The Ring [The Head (villain); The Claw (villain)]

Synopsis:

Jack's plane crashes and he ends up on an island. It happens to be the island in which Powder is engaged to the Chief's daughter.

Reprinted:

• from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

["Gosh, Fat Stuff--"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Pencils:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Inks:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; Aviation

Characters:

Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Boona Goo; Fat Stuff; Chief; Sun Priest; Limehouse (first appearance)

Synopsis:

Smilin' Jack is still being mistaken as someone named Powder, and he is forced to marry Boona Goo. Jack escapes the island before consumating the marriage with Boona, but is captured by Limehouse, a prison guard who also mistakes him as Powder.

Reprinted:

• from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

Indexer Notes

This 8 page story was also reprinted in or from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #75 (May 1942).

["Before you completely lose your mind"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Pencils:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Inks:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; Aviation

Characters:

Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Limehouse; Le Meuix (first appearance); Slab (first appearance, villain); Lizard (first appearance, villain); The Ring [The Head (villain); The Claw (villain)]; Eagle Eye (first appearance, villain)

Synopsis:

Limehouse puts Jack and Fat Stuff in jail and to work in the sulphur mine. The Head and The Claw are revealed to be alive when they are put in the same prison as Jack.

Reprinted:

• from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

["Guard or no guard"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Pencils:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Inks:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; Aviation

Characters:

Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Limehouse; Boona Goo; The Ring [The Head (villain); The Claw (villain)]; Eagle Eye (villain)

Synopsis:

Smilin' Jack, Fat Stuff, The Head and The Claw escape from jail, but are eventually caught.

Reprinted:

• from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

["Gosh--a person never realizes what a bore he is..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Pencils:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Inks:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; Aviation

Characters:

Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Limehouse; Ringtail (a monkey); Laura (first appearance; Limehouse's daughter); Limehouse's wife (first appearance)

Synopsis:

Smilin' Jack escapes from prison again and it looks like he may be rescued.

Reprinted:

• from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

["Seeing the clipper turn back, Jack heads the glider away from the island"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Pencils:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Inks:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; Aviation

Characters:

Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Downwind Jaxon [also as George]; Fat Stuff; Ringtail (a monkey); Miss Murray; Dickie; Juanita; Mrs. Andrews

Synopsis:

Downwind rescues Jack from the island and brings him back to civilization.

Reprinted:

• from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

Indexer Notes

One of the ladies calls Downwind George, but he tells Jack that isn't his real name.

["Brakes do your stuff] (Table of Contents)

Smilin' Jack / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Pencils:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Inks:

Zack Mosley (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; Aviation

Characters:

Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon; Woo-Woo Bali (first appearance)

Reprinted:

• from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

Indexer Notes

Story continues on inside back cover and back cover. Inside front cover is in black, white and red.
3 pages of this story were also reprinted in or from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #80 (October 1942).