Gabby #9
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeGabby is determined to win first prize in a scavenger hunt after learning that her rival Pamela has a new car on the way. When Gabby attempts to use a love potion on Taffy to make him her compliant partner, the concoction backfires spectacularly, causing chaos at a nightclub. In "Treasure Bent," Gabby joins a scavenger hunt competition where her competitive nature and desperation to beat Ashley Hartburn lead to comedic complications, though she ultimately learns that winning Taffy's affection through genuine means is more valuable than any prize.
Gabby Hyatt finds himself competing against rival Philip Smedley for a chance to spend the day alone with Taffy O'Toole, starting with a shooting gallery challenge and escalating through electric car racing and archery contests. Each competition ends in unexpected chaos as Smedley's schemes backfire and Gabby's luck—or cunning—keeps him in the running. Will either boy actually manage to claim victory and his prize?
When Jitters Jones sees a radio contest offering a flashy red convertible as the prize, he and his pal Bugs jump at the chance to win—especially if it means impressing Pamela Prunelle. After solving a dot-to-dot puzzle from a Fluffo Soap entry blank, Jitters confidently mails it in and starts planning his victory lap around Ed's Fizz Shoppe. But when the big reveal arrives, Jitters discovers that personality alone won't get him out of this one—the contest had a catch he completely missed.
When Philip Smedley sabotages Gabby Hyatt and his High Hatters' sheet music before the big school dance—hoping to ruin the band and clear the way to dance with Taffy O'Toole—his scheme backfires in the most unexpected way. What was meant to be a disaster becomes a wild success, leaving Gabby free to join the fun on the dance floor while an angry Smedley finds himself stuck keeping the beat.
Taffy is heartbroken when she spots her boyfriend Gabby getting charmed by the newly arrived Mary Lou Lee, so she and Rusty turn to their pal Charlie for help—and he whips up a "love potion" guaranteed to solve her romantic troubles. When Gabby accidentally doses himself with Charlie's concoction before his date with Mary Lou, the results are hilariously unexpected and completely derail his plans to impress the newcomer.
Candy O'Connor and Ted Dawson team up for a scavenger hunt where they race to collect an outlandish list of items before their rivals do. But when Cornelia Clyde and Ashley Hartburn play a sneaky trick to sabotage the competition, the tables turn in the most hilariously chaotic way possible.
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↩ Reprints Candy #16 (1950), Gabby #11 [1] (1953)
Reprinted in Candy #64 (1956)
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