Jonesy #8

Jonesy gets roped into entering the school track meet to win a loving cup for Carol Lynne—only to end up as water boy after his tryout with Coach Hurdle goes hilariously wrong. When a swarm of hornets chases him across the field during the competition, Jonesy's desperate flight becomes an accidental winning streak, breaking records in event after event while Carol watches from the stands, none the wiser about his real job.

When Jonesy picks up Carol Lynne for the Junior Chamber of Commerce dance, her evening gown is pristine and her hair-do is flawless—she's been ready since midnight, just waiting for dramatic effect. But their night takes a muddy turn when the car gets stuck on the way, forcing both of them into the muck to push it free. Now covered in dirt and racing against the clock, Jonesy and Carol Lynne have to figure out how to salvage what's left of their evening.

When Jonesy spots Carol with another boy one too many times, he hatches a scheme to make her jealous using a signed photo from movie star Lulu Lushess—conveniently ignoring that he requested it as a child just days before. His plan snowballs when Carol learns Lulu is actually in town, forcing Jonesy to face the actress and confess the whole charade, but his tangled web of fibs takes a hilarious turn when Carol misreads the situation entirely. This five-page humor story from Jonesy #8 captures the delightful chaos of teenage schemes gone wonderfully wrong.

When Algy Duckworth and his pal Gabby tackle a leaky roof job at Principal Duckworth's garage, what should be a simple repair quickly spirals into hilarious chaos—complete with tar, feathers, and a very confused Officer Mulligan. As the two teens try to salvage the situation, they discover that fixing the roof might be the least of their problems.

Jonesy's car breaks down just as he's racing to meet Carol Lynne at the sweet shop, so he grabs his old roller skates to make it on time—and arrives in spectacularly clumsy fashion. The improvised transportation catches on with the whole town's teenagers, sparking a genuine safety craze that impresses even Mayor Fogbound, though Jonesy's newfound celebrity status comes with some decidedly un-heroic consequences when his father nearly becomes a casualty of his own creation.