Four Color
#149 - Smilin' Jack
([May] 1947)
Dell,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 1947-04-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
A Dell Magazine [circle]
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "SMILIN' JACK, No. 149." No code number. Copyright 1940, 1941, 1947 by News Syndicate Co. Inc. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1947 Pamphlets, page 197.
[no title indexed]
Smilin' Jack / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Smilin' Jack; Joy Martin; Fat Stuff; Jack Beaverduck; Widdle; Downwind Jaxon
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Smilin' Jack / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Zack Mosley
- Pencils
- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
- Inks
- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Boody Rogers
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh! What a trip
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- 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.
- Reprints
-
from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #106 (December 1944) which is reprinted - from Smilin' Jack daily (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1940-12-xx - 194X-XX-XX
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Indexer Notes
Story starts on inside front cover in black, red, and white.
[no title indexed]
Smilin' Jack / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Zack Mosley
- Pencils
- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
- Inks
- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Boody Rogers
- Job Number
- P.C. 107-451
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jack, you're crazy to try to steal your bride
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Downwind Jaxon; Duchess Beaverduck; Fat Stuff; Hawkins; Harry; Joy Martin; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas; Young Stuff
- Synopsis
- Jack makes a daring landing on the Beaverduck Estate and he and Joy escape to start married life on their own.
- Reprints
- from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #107 (January 1945) which is reprinted
- from Smilin' Jack daily (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate Co., Inc.) 1941-01-XX - 1941-01-XX
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- Keywords
- New Year's Eve
Indexer Notes
"Copr. 1941, by News Syndicate Co. Inc."
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Smilin' Jack / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Zack Mosley
- Pencils
- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
- Inks
- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Boody Rogers
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I know more cute li'l redheads and blonds there
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff; Joy Martin; Jaxon family
- Synopsis
- After seeing how happy Jack and Joy are after their marriage, Downwind Jaxon decides he should get married, too. The only problem is he can't decide who his bride should be.
- Reprints
- from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #108 (February 1945) which is reprinted
- from Smilin' Jack daily (Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate) 1941-01-XX - 1941-02-04
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Indexer Notes
Downwind Jaxon's supremely handsome face was never shown to the readers. One panel in this story shows Downwind's parents and siblings; their faces are also turned away from the readers.
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Smilin' Jack / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Zack Mosley
- Pencils
- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
- Inks
- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Boody Rogers
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come in, Joy--er---Mrs. Martin, I should say!
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- 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 Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #109 (March 1945) which is reprinted
- from Smilin' Jack (Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate) 1941-02-05? - 1941-xx-xx
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Smilin' Jack / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Full-featherin' props!
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- 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 Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #110 (April 1945) which is reprinted
- from Smilin' Jack daily (Chicago Tribune - N.Y. News Syndicate) 1941-XX-XX - 1941-XX-XX
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Smilin' Jack / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jack, you hear-um anything from Miss Joy, yet?
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Beretta; Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff; Ike; Joy Martin (death); More Stuff; Skinnyatlas; Young Stuff; Zeke
- 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 Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #111 (May 1945) which is reprinted
- from Smilin' Jack (Chicago Tribune - N.Y. News Syndicate) 1941-XX-XX - 1941-XX-XX
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Indexer Notes
In this 1941 story, Joy Martin is last seen sinking beneath the waves of the Caribbean with no boat or plane nearby. Many miles away Jack is immediately struck with the feeling that "the whole world has dropped out" from under him. In 1943, Zack Mosley had her re-appear as a Pacific Island Coral Princess with amnesia. It was never explained how she was saved, or how she got to the Pacific.
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Smilin' Jack / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Poor Jack.. him stare at ocean for hours
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Smilin' Jack; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon
- Synopsis
- Grief-stricken, Jack decides to take solo flight out to sea.
- Reprints
- from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #112 (June 1945) [pages 1-3] which is reprinted
- from Smilin' Jack (Chicago Tribune - N.Y. News Syndicate) 1941-XX-XX - 1941-XX-XX
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Indexer Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
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Smilin' Jack -
1.
["Oh! What a trip"]
Smilin' Jack -
2.
["Jack, you're crazy to try to steal your bride"]
Smilin' Jack -
3.
["I know more cute li'l redheads and blonds there"]
Smilin' Jack -
4.
["Come in, Joy--er---Mrs. Martin, I should say!"]
Smilin' Jack -
5.
["Full-featherin' props!"]
Smilin' Jack -
6.
["Jack, you hear-um anything from Miss Joy, yet?"]
Smilin' Jack -
7.
["Poor Jack.. him stare at ocean for hours"]
Smilin' Jack
This issue was modified by, among others
- Pat Conolly
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mark Q
- Jim Van Dore
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