Ozzie and Babs #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeOzzie attempts to impress Babs by becoming a hypnotist after witnessing a stage hypnotist put her to sleep, hoping to win her romantic interest. He practices hypnotic techniques on his friend, successfully putting him under and suggesting he is a bird, then later attempts to hypnotize Babs herself during an evening encounter. After hypnotizing Babs, Ozzie's attempts at romance backfire when she attacks him with a stick and kicks him around, and he later finds himself short on money when he tries to borrow from his friend Chuck but is refused.
When Mr. Forester's boss invites the family to his birthday party in Riverdale with the promise of naming a new junior partner, Mr. Forester purchases an expensive Mercury statue as a gift—but a series of mix-ups at the train station leaves Ozzie Turner and Mr. Forester chasing each other across multiple trains with the wrong packages. As the chaos unfolds, the statue's fate hangs in the balance, along with Mr. Forester's hopes for that coveted promotion.
Willie the Wolf has an unconventional approach to romance—he deliberately picks fights with his girlfriend so they'll have the chance to reconcile with a kiss. When his friends question his peculiar method, Willie reveals the logic behind his madness in this quick-witted 1948 humor tale from Ozzie and Babs #2.
When Midge pines for a date, Babs hatches a plan to pair her with Damon (Dippy) Pythius Prattle by convincing Dippy that Midge is the most sought-after girl in Winkleville. Babs orchestrates an elaborate romantic campaign—complete with poetry, flowers, and cologne—to make Dippy think he's winning her heart, but the scheme spirals into increasingly absurd chaos as Babs pushes the scheme further and further.
Ozzie Turner catches the stage act of Magneto the Hypnotist and becomes so fascinated that he decides to master the art himself—armed with a mail-order hypnotism course and grand delusions of power. What follows is a hilarious parade of mishaps as Ozzie tests his newfound "abilities" on his parents, his friends, and anyone else unfortunate enough to cross his path, with decidedly mixed results.
When Babs takes a job as an assistant salesgirl at Bigibell's Department Store, she's determined to prove herself—until a series of mishaps in the pet department unleashes absolute chaos: escaped mice, a loose monkey, and battling customers all converge into mayhem that threatens to get her fired. As the bedlam spreads through the store, Babs discovers that sometimes the wildest accidents can produce the most unexpected results.
When Chuck's friend shows up laying on the charm and asking for a quarter, Chuck flatly refuses—but his pal won't take no for an answer, desperate for cash until his allowance arrives tomorrow. This 1948 humor tale plays out the timeless tug-of-war between a borrower and a reluctant lender.
When Babs can't convince her father to buy her a car, she and Ozzie pool their resources at Mr. Slitzel's junkyard to pick up a bargain jalopy—but Ozzie's overconfidence in his mechanical repair skills sets off a wild chain of disasters that spirals from a runaway hill drive into encounters with traffic, a policeman, and eventually a flour warehouse. As the chaos mounts and Babs finds herself facing the consequences, she learns that shortcuts and junkyard specials come with a steep price tag.
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Reprinted in TV Teens #14 [1] (1954), Sweethearts #28 (1955)
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