Popular Teen-Agers #6
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis anthology issue contains multiple stories including "Costume Ball," in which judges award a grand prize to a person in a gorilla suit at a costume party who turns out to be an escaped ape from the zoo. "The Showoff Showdown" features a character named Rookie confronting a woman who is showing off and boasting about a reserved bench. "Midge Martin Mixes Men in a Masquerade Melee" follows Midge Martin, a high school reporter from Glenview High, as she prepares to cover a masquerade party, and involves plot elements with a bus and concerns about what to wear to the event. A fourth story titled "Borrowing" depicts a woman named Eve and her aunt Adeline caught in a nighttime canal adventure involving a bed drifter and attempts to escape through windows and doors.
In a spirited high school baseball showdown, Jo, a determined new student, earns her spot on the team by impressing Coach with her pitching—much to the shock of the male players who’ve never seen a girl take the mound. As the game unfolds, Jo’s unexpected talent sparks both rivalry and reluctant respect, especially from a once-dismissive teammate who’s now scrambling to keep up.
In the humor-filled "Masquerade Melee," Midge Martin, a determined teen reporter, disguises herself as a jungle creature to interview the reclusive explorer Hercule Hunter at a school masquerade—only to accidentally spark a romantic misunderstanding with her crush, Charlie, and a surprising twist involving the real explorer’s mysterious fiancée, Constance. As chaos unfolds with mistaken identities and playful chases, Midge’s scheme leads to an unexpected double scoop—both a scoop and a surprise romance.
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Reprinted in Mr. Monster's Super Duper Special #7 (1987), Popular Teen-Agers #6
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