Publishers / Dell / Four Color (1939) / #5
5[May 1940]
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Four Color #5

Dell · [May 1940]

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Identification plate

Series
Four Color (Dell, 1939 series)
Issue
#5
Issue title
Smilin' Jack
Publication date
[May 1940]
Key date
1940-05-00
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Company Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Smilin' Jack [Jack Martin]
2-comic story64script: Zack Mosley; pencils: Zack Mosley; inks: Zack MosleySmilin Jack [Jack Martin]; Bonita Caliente; Dixie Lee; Don Pedro; Dude Duncan; Grandma Rupe; Nick; Officer O'Toole; Pinfeathers; Pop Hopper; Rufus; Sir Percy; Skipper Smith; Tony; Tootsie; Bat (villain); Count Marcel (villain); Rat (villain); Von Bosch (villain)

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
Smilin' Jack Volume 1
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