Roger Dodger #5

Roger Dodger gets roped into a double date after his pal Cosmo convinces him to take his visiting cousin Iris to the movies—but Roger already has plans with another girl named Mabel the same night. When Roger tries to sneak off and juggle both dates at the theater by sitting with each girl at different times, his carefully laid scheme unravels in spectacular fashion. A classic case of a scheme that seemed clever right up until the moment it all fell apart.

When Dink Stevens gifts Ginny Tyler a toy kangaroo named Mortimer, a clumsy accident causes her mother's valuable diamond ring to go missing—and Ginny suspects the mechanical hopper's pouch is the culprit. As she and Dink chase Mortimer through town, the search spirals into increasingly wild complications involving construction sites, skeptical police, and a very confused doctor. A hilarious romp about a mislaid treasure and the misunderstandings that follow.

When Leroy Loomis accidentally knocks out the school boxing champion during a hallway scuffle over a girl, he's drafted into training for the inter-scholastic championship—whether he likes it or not. With his cousin Tillie coaching him through some unconventional conditioning methods, Leroy finds himself facing down a tough opponent in the ring, all while hoping to win over Janie and keep his head intact. It's a wild ride of slapstick mishaps and misplaced confidence as this teen discovers that sometimes the best wins come from the most unlikely training.

Roger Dodger stumbles onto what he thinks is juicy gossip when he overhears Miss Luella Flutter and Mr. Percival Krank rehearsing a love scene for a school play—but his column stirs up real trouble when the two teachers deny everything and threaten legal action. As Roger chases the story across town (and into a fountain and a library), his relentless snooping sets off a chain of events that spirals into something far bigger than he bargained for.

Randolph tries repeatedly to ask Betty to the school dance, but keeps getting interrupted—until he discovers she's heading to the eye doctor for a driver's license test, and decides that's his perfect moment to finally pop the question. This lighthearted two-pager captures all the fumbling charm of a teen trying to catch his crush at just the right time.