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- adventure; aviation
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- Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]
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- adventure; aviation
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- Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]
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- Zack Mosley
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- Zack Mosley
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- Zack Mosley
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- 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
- 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
"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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- adventure; aviation
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- Smilin' Jack
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- Zack Mosley
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- Zack Mosley
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- Zack Mosley
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- Donate generously or ze pilots' nerves...
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
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- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Smilin' Jack; Dixie Lee; Jill Martin
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- Keywords
- airplanes
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- Zack Mosley
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Boody Rogers
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- 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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Story starts on the inside front cover in black, red, and white.
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- Zack Mosley
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Boody Rogers
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- 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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- Zack Mosley
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Boody Rogers
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- 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.
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- Zack Mosley
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Boody Rogers
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- 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.
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- Zack Mosley
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Boody Rogers
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- 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.
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- Zack Mosley (signed)
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- Zack Mosley (signed); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Zack Mosley (signed); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Boody Rogers
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- 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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- soap opera
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- Zack Mosley (signed)
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- Zack Mosley (signed)
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- Zack Mosley (signed)
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- 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.
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- soap opera
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- Zack Mosley
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- Zack Mosley
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- 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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- Zack Mosley
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Boody Rogers
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- 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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Story continues on the inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color.
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- adventure; aviation
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- Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Powder]
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- Zack Mosley (credited)
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- Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- 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.
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Story begins on inside front cover. Inside front cover is in black, white and red.
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- Zack Mosley (credited)
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- Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- "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.
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- Zack Mosley (credited)
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- Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Boody Rogers
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- 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)]
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- 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.
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- phonograph; typhoon
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- Zack Mosley (credited)
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- Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Boody Rogers
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- 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.
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- Zack Mosley (credited)
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- Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- 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)
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- 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.
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- Death Rock
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- Zack Mosley (credited)
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- Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- 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.
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- Death Rock
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- Zack Mosley (credited)
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- Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Boody Rogers
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- Gosh--a person never realizes what a bore he is till he's alone with himself
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
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- 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.
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- Death Rock
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- Zack Mosley (credited)
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- Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- 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.
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- Death Rock
One of the ladies calls Downwind George, but he tells Jack that isn't his real name.
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- Zack Mosley (credited)
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- Zack Mosley (credited); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
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- Brakes do your stuff
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon; Woo-Woo Bali (introduction)
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Story continues on inside back cover and back cover. Inside back cover is in black, white and red.