XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Four Color #58
Publication Date: January 1944
Previous Base Issue Previous Issue Variant Next Issue Variant Next Base Issue
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #58 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: Smilin' Jack
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: A Dell BookView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "SMILIN' JACK, No. 58." No code number; Copyright 1940 by News Syndicate Co., Inc.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
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:  
Disclose Reprinted In0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
Disclose Reprinted From7
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets0
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (8 total)
Disclose Issue Images
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Smilin' Jack
Character(s): Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Dixie Lee
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Zack Mosley
Penciller(s): Zack Mosley
Inker(s): Zack Mosley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Boody Rogers
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Smilin' Jack
Character(s): Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Downwind Jaxon; Dixie Lee; Mr. Beaverduck; Joy Beaverduck; Fat Stuff
First Line: You say you want to hire a pilot? Well, here's two good boys...
Synopsis: Jack takes a job with Beaverduck family and has to contend with Beaverduck's screwball daughter, Joy, who is a terrible pilot.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #93 published November 1943
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]reprints pages 3-8
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story begins on the inside front cover in black, red, and white.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Zack Mosley
Penciller(s): Zack Mosley
Inker(s): Zack Mosley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Boody Rogers
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Smilin' Jack
Character(s): Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Joy Beaverduck; Fat Stuff; Woo Woo Bali; Dixie Lee; Mr. Beaverduck
First Line: No! I got us into this mess an' little Joy isn't the kind of person...
Synopsis: Jack continues to have problems with his rich, spoiled, scatter-brained girl boss, who keeps getting him into tough spots while he's flying her and her friends around.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #94 published December 1943
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Zack Mosley
Penciller(s): Zack Mosley
Inker(s): Zack Mosley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Boody Rogers
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Smilin' Jack
Character(s): Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Joy Beaverduck; Mr. Beaverduck; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon; Bottles
First Line: I wish Joy would fall for a man like Jack instead of those...
Synopsis: Joy's father puts Jack in charge of her aviation activities. Joy tries a little romance on Jack, but he spurns her because he's still in love with Dixie. Since Dixie won't marry Jack until she regains her sight, Joy comes up with a plot to make Jack lose his pilot's license and keep him from raising money for Dixie's operation.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #95 published January 1944
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Zack Mosley
Penciller(s): Zack Mosley
Inker(s): Zack Mosley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Boody Rogers
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Smilin' Jack
Character(s): Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Joy Beaverduck; Bottles; Downwind Jaxon; Dixie Lee; Fat Stuff
First Line: When Jack comes to and lands he's gonna be in one fine pickle!
Synopsis: The small-time hoodlum that Joy hired to make Jack lose his license does his job and frames Jack for buzzing airliners and flying drunk. Joy tries to stay close to Jack by hiring him to drive the tow car for her glider.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #96 published February 1944
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Zack Mosley
Penciller(s): Zack Mosley
Inker(s): Zack Mosley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Boody Rogers
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Smilin' Jack
Character(s): Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Joy Beaverduck; Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff; Dixie Lee
First Line: Jack, th' whole world seems suddenly changed--
Synopsis: After Jack spurns her advances, Joy decides to set a new altitude record for gliding. Despite Jack and Downwind's warnings, she dives into a thunderhead and her glider is torn apart. She parachutes down, but lands hard and is injured. Jack has to fly her to the hospital, despite not having a pilot's license. Joy needs a blood transfusion and the only one with her blood type is Dixie Lee.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #97 published March 1944
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]comic book adaptation
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Code number "P.C. 97-442" for Popular Comics #97 is on the first page.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Zack Mosley
Penciller(s): Zack Mosley
Inker(s): Zack Mosley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Boody Rogers
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Smilin' Jack
Character(s): Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Joy Beaverduck; Downwind Jaxon; Dixie Lee; Fat Stuff; Sweet Dreams; Gumbo Grabber
First Line: Miss Dixie, you've done a noble thing...
Synopsis: While the blood transfusion is being set up, Joy, raving in delirium, tells everyone how she set up Jack to lose his license to keep Dixie from getting her sight back. After the transfusion, Joy is ashamed of her actions and decides to pay for Dixie's operation, but secretly. Dixie goes by ship to Europe for the operation. Jack gets his pilot's license back and he and Downwind get a job Down South as cotton crop-dusters.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #98 published April 1944
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]comic book adaptation
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Code number "P.C. 98-444" for Popular Comics #98 is on the first page. Only three tiers of panels per page instead of the usual four.
Disclose
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Zack Mosley
Penciller(s): Zack Mosley
Inker(s): Zack Mosley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Boody Rogers
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Smilin' Jack
Character(s): Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Downwind Jaxon; Joy Beaverduck; Gumbo Grabber; Sweet Dreams
First Line: Jack, have you stumbled onto any clues as to what kind of a scheme...
Synopsis: Jack and Downwind have been threatened by a rival crop-dusting outfit owned by Gumbo Grabber, who happens to be Joy Beaverduck's uncle. (Joy is recuperating from her accident at his plantation.) Two men have disappeared and Jack does some investigating. He gets caught by Grabber, who plans to get rid of him in a cotton baler. Joy comes along while Grabber and Jack are fighting and accidentally beans Jack with a crowbar. Grabber comes after Joy, but she nails him with the crowbar and he falls into the baler and is crushed.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPopular Comics #100 published June 1944
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]minus last page
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story continues on the inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Code number "P.C. 100-446" for Popular Comics #100 at bottom of first page. Original comic book adaptation is eight pages, this issue has the last page omitted and the dialogue in the last panel changed.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2024. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.