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Issue Details

Issue #14
Published 1942
Frequency [none]
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title: Smilin' Jack. No. 14. Copyright, 1938, by Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.

Cover Details

Characters Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Powder]
Genre Adventure; Aviation

8 page Smilin' Jack story "Smilin' Jack, heartbroken because Dixie married Dr. Medic"

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.
Genre Adventure; Aviation
Script Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils Zack Mosley (credited)
Inks Zack Mosley (credited)
Notes Story begins on inside front cover. Inside front cover is in black, white and red.
Reprinted from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

8 page Smilin' Jack story "Smilin' Jack disguised as "Powder""

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.
Genre Adventure; Aviation
Script Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils Zack Mosley (credited)
Inks Zack Mosley (credited)
Reprinted from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

8 page Smilin' Jack story "Smilin' Jack alias "Powder" an agent for an international spy ring"

Characters Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Powder]; Fat Stuff (first appearance); Boona Goo (first appearance); Taboo (first appearance); Chief (first appearance); Dixie (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.
Genre Adventure; Aviation
Script Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils Zack Mosley (credited)
Inks Zack Mosley (credited)
Reprinted from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

8 page Smilin' Jack story "Gosh, Fat Stuff--"

Characters Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Boona Goo; Fat Stuff; Chief; Sun Priest; Limehouse (first appearance)
Synopsis Smilin' Jack is still being mistaken as someone named Powder, and he is forced to marry Boona Goo. Jack escapes the island before consumating the marriage with Boona, but is captured by Limehouse, a prison guard who also mistakes him as Powder.
Genre Adventure; Aviation
Script Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils Zack Mosley (credited)
Inks Zack Mosley (credited)
Notes This 8 page story was also reprinted in or from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #75 (May 1942).
Reprinted from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

8 page Smilin' Jack story "Before you completely lose your mind"

Characters Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Limehouse; Le Meuix (first appearance); Slab (first appearance, villain); Lizard (first appearance, villain); The Ring [The Head (villain); The Claw (villain)]; Eagle Eye (first appearance, 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.
Genre Adventure; Aviation
Script Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils Zack Mosley (credited)
Inks Zack Mosley (credited)
Reprinted from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

8 page Smilin' Jack story "Guard or no guard"

Characters Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Limehouse; Boona Goo; The Ring [The Head (villain); The Claw (villain)]; Eagle Eye (villain)
Synopsis Smilin' Jack, Fat Stuff, The Head and The Claw escape from jail, but are eventually caught.
Genre Adventure; Aviation
Script Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils Zack Mosley (credited)
Inks Zack Mosley (credited)
Reprinted from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

8 page Smilin' Jack story "Gosh--a person never realizes what a bore he is..."

Characters Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Limehouse; Ringtail (a monkey); Laura (first appearance; Limehouse's daughter); Limehouse's wife (first appearance)
Synopsis Smilin' Jack escapes from prison again and it looks like he may be rescued.
Genre Adventure; Aviation
Script Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils Zack Mosley (credited)
Inks Zack Mosley (credited)
Reprinted from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

8 page Smilin' Jack story "Seeing the clipper turn back, Jack heads the glider away from the island"

Characters Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Downwind Jaxon [also as George]; Fat Stuff; Ringtail (a monkey); Miss Murray; Dickie; Juanita; Mrs. Andrews
Synopsis Downwind rescues Jack from the island and brings him back to civilization.
Genre Adventure; Aviation
Script Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils Zack Mosley (credited)
Inks Zack Mosley (credited)
Notes One of the ladies calls Downwind George, but he tells Jack that isn't his real name.
Reprinted from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)

3 page Smilin' Jack story "Brakes do your stuff

Characters Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon; Woo-Woo Bali (first appearance)
Genre Adventure; Aviation
Script Zack Mosley (credited)
Pencils Zack Mosley (credited)
Inks Zack Mosley (credited)
Notes Story continues on inside back cover and back cover. Inside front cover is in black, white and red. 3 pages of this story were also reprinted in or from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #80 (October 1942).
Reprinted from Smilin' Jack newspaper strip (Chicago Tribune-N. Y. News Syndicate, Inc.)