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Issue: Four Color #80
Publication Date: January 1945
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Issues: #80 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Smilin' Jack
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "SMILIN' JACK, No. 80." No code number. Copyright 1940 by News Snydicate Co., Inc.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Images2
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Original Artwork
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smilin' Jack
Character(s): Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; The Eye; K-9
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Zack Mosley
Penciller(s): Zack Mosley (signed); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Inker(s): Zack Mosley (signed); Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Boody Rogers
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Smilin' Jack
Character(s): Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff; Dixie Lee; Joy Beaverduck; Woo Woo; Little Stuff; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas
First Line: Now that we've finished our cotton dusting contracts...
Synopsis: Dixie returns from the war zone and she and Jack plan on getting married. Fat Stuff shows off his new triplets. Dixie faints when she gets a telegram saying her husband is alive.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #101 published July 1944
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]First 1.8 pages not included in reprint
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story begins on inside front cover in black, red, and white.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Zack Mosley
Penciller(s): Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Inker(s): Zack Mosley; Boody Rogers (art assistant)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Boody Rogers
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Smilin' Jack
Character(s): Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff; Dixie Lee; Joy Beaverduck; Woo Woo; Little Stuff; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas; K-9 (villain); Q-T (villain); The Eye (villain); Tepid Fahrenheit
First Line: --But, Dixie--The survivors of the medical expedition...
Synopsis: Dixie leaves to see her husband, who is in the hospital, and Jack is broken-hearted. Downwind organizes a group of young ladies as "Sixth Columnists" to fight "Fifth Columnists." Enemy spy "The Eye" targets Downwind and sends Miss Fahrenheit to lure him to his headquarters.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #102 published August 1944
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]comic book adaptation
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Code number "PC 102-448" for Popular Comics #102 is at bottom of first page.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Zack Mosley
Penciller(s): Boody Rogers [as Zack Mosley] (signed)
Inker(s): Boody Rogers [as Zack Mosley] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Boody Rogers
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Smilin' Jack
Character(s): Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Joy Beaverduck; Fat Stuff; Little Stuff; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas; Tepid Fahrenheit; K-9 (villain); The Eye (villain)
First Line: Joy, I'm sorry I had to leave you and Jack last evening...
Synopsis: Joy gets a job as a flight instructor and Downwind succeeds in getting Jack and Joy together. Later, spies capture Downwind.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #103 published September 1944
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]comic book adaptation
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Zack Mosley
Penciller(s): Boody Rogers [as Zack Mosley] (signed)
Inker(s): Boody Rogers [as Zack Mosley] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Boody Rogers
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smilin' Jack
Character(s): Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Tepid Fahrenheit; Joy Beaverduck; The Eye (villain); K-9 (villain); Fat Stuff; Woo Woo; Little Stuff; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas
First Line: There won't be enough of you left to suck up with an eye-dropper!
Synopsis: The Eye and K-9 tie up Downwind in the hold of a target ship that is to be used for practice bombing. Tepid Fahrenheit, a former associate of the Eye, learns of the plot and tells Joy. Joy breaks up the bombing formation then lands her plane in the water and saves Downwind. Later Tepid and Downwind capture the Eye and K-9. After getting Jack and Joy together, Downwind realizes he loves Joy. Trying to take his mind off his lost love, Downwind goes into the plane salvage business.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #104 published October 1944
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]comic book adaptation
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Code number "P.C. 104-4410" for Popular Comics #104 is at bottom of first page.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Zack Mosley
Penciller(s): Boody Rogers
Inker(s): Zack Mosley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Boody Rogers
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smilin' Jack
Character(s): Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Joy Beaverduck; Mr. Beaverduck; Curly; Fat Stuff (cameo)
First Line: Yes, sir, Downwind--Joy said she'd marry me-
Synopsis: When the stress of a big wedding gets to be too much, Jack and Joy decide to elope. Downwind, who was secretly in love with Joy, crashes his plane right before the elopement. After the interrupted ceremony is over, Jack leaves Joy to search for Downwind.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #105 published November 1944
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]comic book adaptation
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes in color on the back cover. Code number "P.C. 105-4411" for Popular Comics #105 is at bottom of first page.

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