Tippy Teen #4

Go-Go borrows her father Harry's car to start a carpooling venture with her friends, but her complete lack of driving experience quickly turns the streets into chaos as she and her passenger Tippy navigate traffic with hilariously disastrous results. Between ignoring traffic signs, attempting a one-way street in the wrong direction, and discovering the mysteries of the brake pedal the hard way, Go-Go's maiden voyage tests everyone's patience—especially Harry's, who races after her in a taxi determined to prevent disaster.

When Tippy and Tommy head to a weenie roast with Animal in tow, they're determined to make it there before dark—but a mysterious saboteur has other plans, leaving the group stranded on the roadside with hot dogs and no way to cook them. With resourcefulness and a little automotive creativity, the gang finds an unconventional solution to turn their disaster into a memorable meal. This 1966 teen humor story proves that sometimes the best picnics are the ones that don't go according to plan.

Tippy takes on a challenge to transform the hopeless Animal into a smooth operator on the dating scene, coaching him through the finer points of impressing girls—from conversation starters to proper appearance. When a makeover and some new threads finally seem to work their magic, Tippy discovers her student has become a little too successful for her own taste. A six-page romp through the trials and errors of teenage romance, where good intentions meet hilariously mixed signals.

Tippy tries to sabotage Tommy's budding romance with the newly arrived Mary Lou Leech by enlisting Elmo's help—and a mysterious love potion—to throw a wrench in their plans. When the concoction proves far more potent than anyone expected, the scheme spirals hilariously out of control, leaving everyone scrambling to manage the chaos they've created. It's a wild ride of teenage scheming and unexpected consequences in this 1966 humor story from Tippy Teen #4.

Tippy discovers that Archer Phelps carved their names together on a tree as a romantic gesture—but when Go-Go reveals his fickle history with other girls, the tree becomes the real battleground. When a park department worker arrives to chop down the diseased tree, Tippy and Go-Go must find a way to save it, leading to an emotional performance and an unexpected revelation carved into the bark.

Tippy and Go-Go recruit Tommy to join the school cheering squad, but the enthusiastic recruit quickly discovers that mastering jumps, cartwheels, and back flips is far tougher than memorizing cheer routines. When athletic mishaps pile up faster than his confidence, Tommy has to decide whether the squad is really his calling.

Animal races against the clock to find a front-page story for tomorrow's edition of the Central High Lowdown, but a chance assignment covering a prize fight between Rocky Maraschino and Sonny Siedupp turns chaotic when Animal's ringside commentary gets a little too honest. Editor Go-Go West may finally get that headline story, though perhaps not quite in the way anyone expected.