Dates
- Cover date
- March 1944
- On sale
- January 28, 1944
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Untitled · 8 pages
After Jack spurns her advances, Joy decides to set a new altitude record for gliding. Despite Jack and Downwind's warnings, she dives into a thunderhead and her glider is torn apart. She parachutes down, but lands hard and is injured. Jack has to fly her to the hospital, despite not having a pilot's license. Joy needs a blood transfusion and the only one with her blood type is Dixie Lee.
- "Protection" Racket · 6 pages
Jewish tailors are targeted to pay. They won't cooperate with police. Detective Murdock goes undercover as "Sam Moskowitz," Dry Cleaners proprietor. The mobsters and their boss fight it out with the law. They all die, except the boss, who survives to stand trial, but as a hopeless cripple.
- The Jailbird and Bonnie Lass · 2 pages
Beth Walsh pleads with Tom to stay home, fearing that Puglio, having broken jail and sworn to get even with Tom for putting him in jail, may harm Baby Rose, but Tom trusts Bonnie Lass, their snow white Collie will be protection enough, and heads out to the station house. Puglio kidnaps Baby Rose. Tom and Bonnie Lass give pursuit. Cornered, Puglio threatens the baby, Tom drops his gun, Puglio pulls his, but Bonnie Lass charges in the nick of time, biting Puglio, who drops the baby and his gun before falling down the ravine to his death.
- Untitled · 4 pages
Toots and Casper scheme to break up Cousin Johnny and Stella Clinker before she can steal all his money.
- Smilin' Jack to the Rescue · 0.67 pages
Jack scolds Fat Stuff for burning newspapers and old cartoons instead of recycling them for the war effort.
Characters
Reprinted in
Four Color (1942)