Four Color #36

When Jack prepares to marry Mary, his past resurfaces in the form of Dixie Lee, now widowed and blind, stirring up old feelings and new complications. Meanwhile, Downwind finds himself tangled in a web of romantic promises, while Fat Stuff pursues a courtship with the South Sea islander Woo Woo.

In this 1944 adventure from Four Color #36, Mary and Jack take their friend Dixie on a flight to see a specialist about her eyes—only for her to leap from the plane, unwilling to stand in their way. When she stumbles into a mysterious building with a wind tunnel, Jack and Mary follow, only to find themselves trapped inside as the fan roars to life.

In the aftermath of a harrowing wind tunnel rescue, Jack faces a painful recovery—his legs burned by a steam pipe—while his roommate Downwind grapples with the fallout of his own romantic misadventures. As Dixie and Mary each vanish, convinced Jack favors the other, Downwind rallies Jack to start a pilot training school, hoping to steer him toward something new.

In "null," Jack runs his pilot training program for college students, but one of his pupils struggles with a deep fear of flying—despite Jack’s patience and persistence, the student shows no sign of progress.

In the 1944 adventure tale "null," Madam Mongoose assembles a dangerous crew with criminal pasts for a scheme targeting pilot training instructors, aiming to break their spirit and undermine their students. With tensions rising, she must first confront a traitor from a previous operation, setting the stage for a tense game of loyalty and deception.

In a 1944 adventure from Four Color #36, Madam Mongoose targets Jack, sabotaging his plane during a flight demonstration—only for the accident to claim another instructor, Bill, when he takes the controls. When her next scheme involves drugging Jack with sleep-inducing gum, it’s his student who must take the wheel and bring the plane down safely.

In the 1944 adventure "null," Jack and Downwind are drawn into a high-stakes game at the Diplomats' Ball when the enigmatic Madam Mongoose abducts them, leading to a chilling confrontation with her mysterious ally, The Head. Trapped in a frigid, unpressurized plane soaring into the stratosphere, they face a desperate fight for survival—only to crash and find themselves stranded, with Madam Mongoose vanishing into the wilderness while Jack races to summon help.

In "null," Madam Mongoose flees after sabotaging a military plane, yet can't tear herself away from the wreckage of her own handiwork—her final act of defiance ends in a sudden, tragic collision when the plane crashes. The story unfolds with tense, swift momentum, capturing a moment of high stakes and fatal consequence.