| Issue | #149 |
| Published | 1947 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "SMILIN' JACK, No. 149." No code number. Copyright 1940, 1941, 1947 by News Syndicate Co. Inc. |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack; Joy Martin; Fat Stuff; Jack Beaverduck; Widdle; Downwind Jaxon |
| Genre | adventure |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack; Fat Stuff; Joy Martin; Downwind Jaxon; Duchess Beaverduck |
| Synopsis | After taking Jack Beaverduck on a business trip, Jack decides to make the return trip without resting. On the flight back he falls asleep and has to make a forced landing. He makes his way home only to find that Joy, his new bride, has the measles and is under quarantine. Joy's mother tries to take advantage of the situation to have the marriage annulled. Later Jack makes a daring landing on the Beaverduck Estate and he and Joy escape to start married life on their own. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Zack Mosley |
| Notes | Story starts on inside front cover in black, red, and white. |
| Reprinted | from Smilin' Jack (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from December 1940 to January 1941 |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff; Joy Martin |
| Synopsis | After seeing how happy Jack and Joy are after their marriage, Downwind Jackson decides he should get married, too. The only problem is he can't decide who his bride should be. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Zack Mosley |
| Reprinted | from Smilin' Jack (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from 1941. |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack; Joy Martin; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon |
| Synopsis | Joy buys a midget racing plane and intends to set a non-stop record from New York to Rio de Janiero. Jack takes it on a test flight. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Zack Mosley |
| Reprinted | from Smilin' Jack (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from 1941. |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack; Joy Martin; Downwind Jaxon |
| Synopsis | Over Jack's objections, Joy takes off on her non-stop flight to Rio de Janiero. After she passes Cuba she gets caught in a tropical storm. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Zack Mosley |
| Reprinted | from Smilin' Jack (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from 1941 |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack; Joy Martin; Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff |
| Synopsis | Buffeted by the storm, Joy's plane goes out of control and she must bail out into the ocean. Later Jack and Downwind lead a search party that finds the wreckage of the plane. Jack returns home but is haunted by the memories of his wife. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Zack Mosley |
| Reprinted | from Smilin' Jack (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from 1941 |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack; Fat Stuff; Downwind Jaxon |
| Synopsis | Grief-stricken, Jack decides to take solo flight out to sea. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Zack Mosley |
| Notes | Story continues on inside back cover in black, red, and white and concludes on the back cover in color. |
| Reprinted | from Smilin' Jack (News Syndicate Co.) newspaper strips from 1941. |