Gwandanaland Comics #445 - Smilin' Jack Volume 1
([August] 2019)

Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 Series
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Price
44.99 USD
Pages
276
On-sale Date
2019-08-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Gwandanaland Comics
ISBN
978-1-0893-8688-9 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
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Editing
Lance Jones

Issue Notes

Reprints Four Color (Dell, 1939 series) #5 and #10, and Four Color (Dell, 1941 series) #4 and #14.

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Smilin' Jack / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack
Reprints

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Smilin' Jack / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]
Reprints

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Smilin' Jack / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]
Reprints

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Smilin' Jack / comic story / 64 pages (report information)

Script
Zack Mosley
Pencils
Zack Mosley
Inks
Zack Mosley
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We're depending on you to win this trans-continental speed dash for us, Jack!
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin Jack [Jack Martin]; Bonita Caliente; Dixie Lee; Don Pedro; Dude Duncan; Grandma Rupe; Nick; Officer O'Toole; Pinfeathers; Pop Hopper; Rufus; Sir Percy; Skipper Smith; Tony; Tootsie; Bat (villain); Count Marcel (villain); Rat (villain); Von Bosch (villain)
Reprints
  • US from Four Color (Dell, 1939 series) #5 - Smilin' Jack ([May 1940])
  • which is reprinted
    • from Smilin' Jack daily (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 19xx.xx.xx
    • from Smilin' Jack Sunday (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 19xx.xx.xx
  • from Smilin' Jack daily (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 19xx.xx.xx
  • from Smilin' Jack Sunday (Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc.) 19xx.xx.xx
Keywords
Bat's Bullet; Butte Airport; Colorado; L.O.F.P.; Legion of Forgotten Pilots; New Year's Eve; Rockdale; Smilin' Jack Flash; Stickville

Indexer Notes

"Copyright, 1936, 1937, by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate, Inc."
Story includes strips dated August 16, September 25, November 14, December 5, 1936 and January 1, January 6, January 23 and February 1, 1937.

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Smilin' Jack / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack
Reprints

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Smilin' Jack / comic story / 67 pages (report information)

Script
Zack Mosley
Pencils
Zack Mosley
Inks
Zack Mosley
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Donate generously or ze pilots' nerves...
Genre
adventure; aviation
Reprints

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Smilin' Jack / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack; Dixie Lee; Jill Martin
Reprints
Keywords
airplanes

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

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'm in love - I met the dashingest aviator today
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack; Jill Martin; Dixie Lee; Cotton Lee; Baron Bloodsoe; Slitz; Teekeela
Synopsis
Cotton Lee wrecks Jack's plane and Jack gets his pilot's license revoked. Jack's sister has a crush on Cotton and Jack needs to find a way to get her away to private school. When the sultry Teekeela offers him a job in Mexico flying gold, it seems like an answer to his problems. When he gets to Mexico he learns the true nature of the cargo he is flying.
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Indexer Notes

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

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

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
Well, Jack--You may know too much--but...
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Jill Martin; Dixie Lee; Cotton Lee; Baron Bloodsoe; Slitz; Teekeela; Old Man Mose
Synopsis
Jack refuses to smuggle munitions for Baron Bloodsoe. The Baron decides to have Jack pushed out of a plane without a parachute. However, when the henchman Slitz pushes Jack out the door, Jack grabs him and they both glide down on Slitz's parachute. Jack makes his way back to the States where he finds an old man who can clear Jack of the charges that cost him his pilot's license. Jack gets a job with the border patrol. Meanwhile the Baron has plans to hijack a $200,000 stratosphere airliner in order to smuggle aliens into the United States.
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Smilin' Jack / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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
The oxygen supply is great in this sealed cabin
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack; Dixie Lee; Baron Bloodsoe; Slitz; Teekeela
Synopsis
The Baron and Teekeela use a deadly gas to kill everyone on a stratosphere airliner--except for Dixie, who he is smitten with. Jack searches for the Baron's hideout with the border patrol. Dixie finds a way to take photographs of the cockpit instruments when the Baron goes on his next smuggling trip and the camera is found. The photos give the patrol a clue where the Baron's hideout is. The patrol finds the hideout, but the Baron takes off in the airliner and drops a bomb on his hideout, trapping Dixie inside.
Reprints

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

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
Cotton, won't you please try to find a job
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack; Jill Martin; Dixie Lee; Cotton Lee; Baron Bloodsoe; Slitz; Teekeela
Synopsis
Dixie comes home to find that Cotton, who had eloped with Jack's sister Jill, has left her. Lured by promises of easy money, Cotton gets a job as a pilot for the Baron. When the Baron's plane is spotted by the border patrol, the human "cargo" is dumped to remove any evidence. Jack uses a special pressure suit to fly high enough to intercept the airliner. He strafes the airline with a machine gun, setting the engines on fire.
Reprints

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

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
Slitz! A motor's on fire! Get out the parachutes...
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack; Jill Martin; Dixie Lee; Cotton Lee; Baron Bloodsoe; Slitz; Teekeela
Synopsis
Cotton is deserted by the smugglers, but he manages to ride the plane down and survive. Jack lands in his plane, but Cotton tricks him and steals his plane and returns to the gang's hideout. Jack eventually tracks him to the hideout and gets the drop on the gang. Cotton tries to escape and in chasing him Jack accidentally shoots him.
Reprints

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

Script
Zack Mosley (signed)
Pencils
Zack Mosley (signed); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Inks
Zack Mosley (signed); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Colors
?
Letters
Boody Rogers

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How can I ever face Dixie and Jill again!!
Genre
adventure; drama; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack; Jill Martin; Dixie Lee; Baron Bloodsoe; Slitz; Teekeela; Rufus; Dr. Gordon Medic
Synopsis
Jack returns with the smugglers, but is spurned by Dixie and Jill when they learn he was the one who killed Cotton. He tries to get the scar on his face fixed, but the doctor is in love with Dixie, and finds out on the operating table that Jack wants to get Dixie back.
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Keywords
soap opera

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

Script
Zack Mosley (signed)
Pencils
Zack Mosley (signed)
Inks
Zack Mosley (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, Dixie---You've made me the happiest person...
Genre
drama; aviation; adventure
Characters
Smilin' Jack; Dixie Lee; Dr. Gordon Medic; Rufus
Synopsis
While recuperating from the surgery, Jack finds out that Dr. Medic is madly in love with Dixie. Later Dixie tells Jack that she's going to marry the doctor. Trying to forget her, Jack accepts a job as a test pilot for the X-13. Later, Jack is best man at Dr. Medic's and Dixie's wedding.
Reprints
Keywords
soap opera

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Smilin' Jack / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Zack Mosley
Pencils
Zack Mosley
Inks
Zack Mosley
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jack, I'm shore sorry Dixie got wed!
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack; Rufus; Gale Gibson; Happy Hill; Bunny Wing; Gull Wing
Synopsis
Jack takes a job as a test pilot to forget women; but is instantly the target of two women's affection. Jack takes the X-13 on a test flight, but blacks out during a 9-G power dive.
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Smilin' Jack / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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, Happy---What's wrong? Jack's plane is in a crazy dive!
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack; Gale Gibson; Happy Hill; Bunny Wing; Gull Wing
Synopsis
Jack recovers from blacking out in the test flight and pulls out of the power dive safely. Jack is going to do one more test flight, but that night saboteurs rig a bomb into the plane. Both Gale and Bunny try to get Jack to give the flight to another pilot, but he refuses. Jack is abducted and Happy Hill is given the flight. The bomb goes off, but Hill manages to get free of the wreckage. He parachutes down, but hits hard and is badly injured. Jack tries to figure out who the saboteur is.
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Indexer Notes

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

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Smilin' Jack / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Powder]
Reprints

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

Script
Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils
Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Inks
Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Colors
?
Letters
Boody Rogers

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Smilin' Jack, heartbroken because Dixie married Dr. Medic
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.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

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

Script
Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils
Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Inks
Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Colors
?
Letters
Boody Rogers

First Line of Dialogue or Text
"Head," are you really gonna let th' chef dangle from that tuna rod all night?
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.
Reprints

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

Script
Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils
Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Inks
Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Colors
?
Letters
Boody Rogers

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, 'Head,' why don't you dust 'Powder' off
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Powder]; Fat Stuff (introduction); Boona Goo (introduction); Taboo (introduction); Chief (introduction); Dixie Lee (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.
Reprints
Keywords
phonograph; typhoon

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

Script
Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils
Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Inks
Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Colors
?
Letters
Boody Rogers

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh, Fat Stuff--
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Powder]; Boona Goo; Fat Stuff; Chief; Sun Priest; Limehouse (introduction)
Synopsis
Smilin' Jack is still being mistaken as someone named Powder, and he is forced to marry Boona Goo. Jack escapes the island before consummating the marriage with Boona, but is captured by Limehouse, a prison guard who also mistakes him as Powder.
Reprints

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

Script
Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils
Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Inks
Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Colors
?
Letters
Boody Rogers

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Before you completely lose your mind
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Powder; also as Ghost Killer]; Fat Stuff; Fergus; Leonard; Limehouse; Le Meuix (introduction); Slab (introduction, villain); Lizard (introduction, villain); The Ring [The Head (villain); The Claw (villain)]; Eagle Eye (introduction, 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.
Reprints
Keywords
Death Rock

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

Script
Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils
Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Inks
Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Colors
?
Letters
Boody Rogers

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Guard or no guard
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Powder]; Boona Goo; Fat Stuff; Limehouse; The Ring [The Head (villain); The Claw (villain)]; Eagle Eye (villain); Slab (villain, death)
Synopsis
Smilin' Jack, Fat Stuff, The Head and The Claw escape from jail, but are eventually caught. Jack is put in solitary confinement.
Reprints
Keywords
Death Rock

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

Script
Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils
Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Inks
Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Colors
?
Letters
Boody Rogers

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh--a person never realizes what a bore he is till he's alone with himself
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Limehouse; Ringtail (a monkey); Laura (introduction; Limehouse's daughter); Limehouse's wife (introduction)
Synopsis
Smilin' Jack escapes from prison again and it looks like he may be rescued.
Reprints
Keywords
Death Rock

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

Script
Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils
Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Inks
Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Colors
?
Letters
Boody Rogers

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Seeing the clipper turn back, Jack heads the glider away from the island
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Alberta; Birteel; Dickie; Downwind Jaxon [also as George]; Fat Stuff; Mary Smith (voice only); Ringtail (a monkey); Miss Murray; Juanita; Mrs. Andrews
Synopsis
Downwind rescues Jack from the island and brings him back to civilization.
Reprints
Keywords
Death Rock

Indexer Notes

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

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

Script
Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils
Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Inks
Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Colors
?
Letters
Boody Rogers

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Brakes do your stuff
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon; Woo-Woo Bali (introduction)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues on inside back cover and back cover. Inside back cover is in black, white and red.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Smilin' Jack
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Smilin' Jack
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Smilin' Jack
  4. 3. ["We're depending on you to win this trans-continental speed dash for us, Jack!"]
    Smilin' Jack
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Smilin' Jack
  6. 5. ["Donate generously or ze pilots' nerves..."]
    Smilin' Jack
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Smilin' Jack
  8. 7. ["I'm in love - I met the dashingest aviator today"]
    Smilin' Jack
  9. 8. ["Well, Jack--You may know too much--but..."]
    Smilin' Jack
  10. 9. ["The oxygen supply is great in this sealed cabin"]
    Smilin' Jack
  11. 10. ["Cotton, won't you please try to find a job"]
    Smilin' Jack
  12. 11. ["Slitz! A motor's on fire! Get out the parachutes..."]
    Smilin' Jack
  13. 12. ["How can I ever face Dixie and Jill again!!"]
    Smilin' Jack
  14. 13. ["Oh, Dixie---You've made me the happiest person..."]
    Smilin' Jack
  15. 14. ["Jack, I'm shore sorry Dixie got wed!"]
    Smilin' Jack
  16. 15. ["Oh, Happy---What's wrong? Jack's plane is in a crazy dive!"]
    Smilin' Jack
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Smilin' Jack
  18. 17. ["Smilin' Jack, heartbroken because Dixie married Dr. Medic"]
    Smilin' Jack
  19. 18. [""Head," are you really gonna let th' chef dangle from that tuna rod all night?"]
    Smilin' Jack
  20. 19. ["Well, 'Head,' why don't you dust 'Powder' off"]
    Smilin' Jack
  21. 20. ["Gosh, Fat Stuff--"]
    Smilin' Jack
  22. 21. ["Before you completely lose your mind"]
    Smilin' Jack
  23. 22. ["Guard or no guard"]
    Smilin' Jack
  24. 23. ["Gosh--a person never realizes what a bore he is till he's alone with himself"]
    Smilin' Jack
  25. 24. ["Seeing the clipper turn back, Jack heads the glider away from the island"]
    Smilin' Jack
  26. 25. ["Brakes do your stuff"]
    Smilin' Jack
This issue was modified by
  • Dwayne Best
  • Mark Q