| Issue | #80 |
| Published | 1945 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "SMILIN' JACK, No. 80." No code number. Copyright 1940 by News Snydicate Co., Inc. |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; The Eye; K-9 |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff; Dixie Lee; Joy Beaverduck; Woo Woo; Little Stuff; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas |
| 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. |
| Script | Zack Mosley |
| Pencils | Zack Mosley |
| Inks | Zack Mosley |
| Notes | Story begins on inside front cover in black, red, and white. |
| Reprinted | from Smilin' Jack (News-Tribune Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1940; from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #101 [comic book adaptation] |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Fat Stuff; Dixie Lee; Joy Beaverduck; Woo Woo; Little Stuff; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas; K-9 (villain); Q-T (villain); The Eye (villain); Tepid Fahrenheit |
| 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. |
| Script | Zack Mosley |
| Pencils | Zack Mosley |
| Inks | Zack Mosley |
| Notes | Code number "PC 102-448" for Popular Comics #102 is at bottom of first page. |
| Reprinted | from Smilin' Jack (News-Tribune Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1940; from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #102 [comic book adaptation] |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Joy Beaverduck; Fat Stuff; Little Stuff; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas; Tepid Fahrenheit; K-9 (villain); The Eye (villain) |
| Synopsis | Joy gets a job as a flight instructor and Downwind succeeds in getting Jack and Joy together. Later, spies capture Downwind. |
| Script | Zack Mosley |
| Pencils | Zack Mosley |
| Inks | Zack Mosley |
| Reprinted | from Smilin' Jack (News-Tribune Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1940; from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #103 [comic book adaptation] |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Tepid Fahrenheit; Joy Beaverduck; The Eye (villain); K-9 (villain); Fat Stuff; Woo Woo; Little Stuff; More Stuff; Skinnyatlas |
| 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. |
| Script | Zack Mosley |
| Pencils | Zack Mosley |
| Inks | Zack Mosley |
| Notes | Code number "P.C. 104-4410" for Popular Comics #104 is at bottom of first page. |
| Reprinted | from Smilin' Jack (News-Tribune Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1940; from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #104 [comic book adaptation] |
| Characters | Smilin' Jack; Downwind Jaxon; Joy Beaverduck; Mr. Beaverduck; Curly; Fat Stuff (cameo) |
| 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. |
| Script | Zack Mosley |
| Pencils | Zack Mosley |
| Inks | Zack Mosley |
| Notes | 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. |
| Reprinted | from Smilin' Jack (News-Tribune Syndicate) newspaper strips from 1940; from Popular Comics (Dell, 1936 series) #105 [comic book adaptation] |