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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published January-March 1948
Frequency Quarterly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing George T. Delacorte, Jr. (president); Helen Meyer (vice-president); Margarita Delacorte (secretary)
Notes Licensed by Famous Artists Syndicate, Chicago.

Cover Details

Characters Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]; Cindy
Genre Adventure; Aviation

8 page Smilin' Jack story "Downwind, I hear you got my husband, Fat Stuff, a job in South America."

Characters Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff [also as Senor Mantecoso]; Woo-Woo Bali; Senor Lopez; Senor Caranza; Tarz
Genre Adventure; Aviation
Script Zack Mosley
Pencils Zack Mosley
Inks Zack Mosley
Notes Story begins on inside front cover, which is in black, white and red.
Reprinted from Smilin' Jack daily newspaper strip (News Syndicate Co., Inc.)

8 page Smilin' Jack story "Fat Stuff, we've gotta try to land"

Characters Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff; Woo-Woo Bali; Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Hammer-Head]; Snake-Bite; Cucaracha
Synopsis Smilin' Jack is revealed to be Hammer-Head.
Genre Adventure; Aviation
Script Zack Mosley
Pencils Zack Mosley
Inks Zack Mosley
Reprinted from Smilin' Jack daily newspaper strip (News Syndicate Co., Inc.)

8 page Smilin' Jack story "He knows us all right"

Characters Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff; Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Hammer-Head]; Snake-Bite; Seniorita Paprika; Seniorita Tamale; Toemain the Great (villain); Catize (villain)
Genre Adventure; Aviation
Script Zack Mosley
Pencils Zack Mosley
Inks Zack Mosley
Reprinted from Smilin' Jack daily newspaper strip (News Syndicate Co., Inc.)

8 page Smilin' Jack story "Downwind, pull this thing outta my arm!"

Characters Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Hammer-Head]; Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff; Snake-Bite; Cindy; Toemain the Great (villain); Catize (villain)
Genre Adventure; Aviation
Script Zack Mosley
Pencils Zack Mosley
Inks Zack Mosley
Notes This material was also reprinted in Popular Comics (Dell, 1946 series) #116 (October 1945), with different coloring and some of the strips modified (ie. enlarged or shrunk) so the story would fit in 7 pages instead of 8.
Reprinted from Smilin' Jack daily newspaper strip (News Syndicate Co., Inc.)

3 page Smilin' Jack story "Wait! We can't use this moth-eaten chute"

Characters Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin; also as Hammer-Head]; Cindy
Synopsis Jack's plane is sabotaged and he crashes.
Genre Adventure; Aviation
Script Zack Mosley
Pencils Zack Mosley
Inks Zack Mosley
Notes Story continues on inside back cover and back cover. Inside back cover is in black, white and red.
Reprinted from Smilin' Jack daily newspaper strip (News Syndicate Co., Inc.)