Four Color #149

(1947)

[Return Trip Without Sleep] (Table of Contents)

Smilin' Jack / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley

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Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Smilin' Jack; Fat Stuff; Joy Martin; Downwind Jaxon; Duchess Beaverduck

Synopsis:

After taking Jack Beaverduck on a business trip, Jack decides to make the return trip without resting. On the flight back he falls asleep and has to make a forced landing. He makes his way home only to find that Joy, his new bride, has the measles and is under quarantine. Joy's mother tries to take advantage of the situation to have the marriage annulled. Later Jack makes a daring landing on the Beaverduck Estate and he and Joy escape to start married life on their own.

Reprints:

• from Smilin' Jack (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from December 1940 to January 1941

Indexer Notes

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

[Downwind Decides to Get Married] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley

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Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff; Joy Martin

Synopsis:

After seeing how happy Jack and Joy are after their marriage, Downwind Jackson decides he should get married, too. The only problem is he can't decide who his bride should be.

Reprints:

• from Smilin' Jack (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from 1941.

[The Baby Bullet] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley

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Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Smilin' Jack; Joy Martin; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon

Synopsis:

Joy buys a midget racing plane and intends to set a non-stop record from New York to Rio de Janiero. Jack takes it on a test flight.

Reprints:

• from Smilin' Jack (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from 1941.

[Caught in a Tropical Storm] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley

Pencils:

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Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Smilin' Jack; Joy Martin; Downwind Jaxon

Synopsis:

Over Jack's objections, Joy takes off on her non-stop flight to Rio de Janiero. After she passes Cuba she gets caught in a tropical storm.

Reprints:

• from Smilin' Jack (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from 1941

[Crash into Ocean] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley

Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Smilin' Jack; Joy Martin; Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff

Synopsis:

Buffeted by the storm, Joy's plane goes out of control and she must bail out into the ocean. Later Jack and Downwind lead a search party that finds the wreckage of the plane. Jack returns home but is haunted by the memories of his wife.

Reprints:

• from Smilin' Jack (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from 1941

[Jack's Departure] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Zack Mosley

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Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Smilin' Jack; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon

Synopsis:

Grief-stricken, Jack decides to take solo flight out to sea.

Reprints:

• from Smilin' Jack (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from 1941.

Indexer Notes

Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color.