Indicia title is "SMILIN' JACK, No. 80." No code number. Copyright 1940 by News Snydicate Co., Inc.
Cover
1 page
Genre
Adventure
Characters
The Eye; K-9
Story
Smilin' Jack (6 pages)
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.
Genre
Adventure; Aviation
Characters
Dixie Lee; Joy Beaverduck; Woo Woo; Little Stuff; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas
Now that we've finished our cotton dusting contracts...
Notes
Story begins on inside front cover in black, red, and white.
Story
Smilin' Jack (8 pages)
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.
Genre
Adventure; Aviation
Characters
Dixie Lee; Joy Beaverduck; Woo Woo; Little Stuff; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas; K-9 (villain); Q-T (villain); The Eye (villain); Tepid Fahrenheit
Joy, I'm sorry I had to leave you and Jack last evening...
Story
Smilin' Jack (7 pages)
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.
Genre
Adventure
Characters
Tepid Fahrenheit; Joy Beaverduck; The Eye (villain); K-9 (villain); Woo Woo; Little Stuff; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas
There won't be enough of you left to suck up with an eye-dropper!
Notes
Code number "P.C. 104-4410" for Popular Comics #104 is at bottom of first page.
Story
Smilin' Jack (6 pages)
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.
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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