Tippy Teen #15

Tippy's parents disapprove of her latest fashion craze—mini-skirts—so they devise a clever scheme to teach her a lesson by imposing "mini" versions of everything from dinner to her allowance. When their plan backfires and Tippy threatens to wear her mother's outdated wardrobe instead, the teens and their folks reach an unexpected understanding about generational style differences.

When Tommy Trippit's terrible handwriting lands him in hot water with his teacher, he discovers that his sloppy penmanship might just have unexpected consequences. A one-page humor story that proves sometimes your worst trait can lead to surprising places.

Doug Crane hatches a scheme to win over Tippy by impersonating her at a fortune teller's booth, banking on a mystical prediction to turn her head—but when the swami reveals a vision of the man Tippy's secretly meant to be with, things spiral into hilarious chaos that nobody saw coming. This 1967 humor story from Tippy Teen #15 proves that meddling in matters of the heart, even with the best intentions, rarely goes according to plan.

Cocky swimmer Tommy bets the farm on winning the school's big free-style race against his rival Ashley Hartburn, but when Tommy comes down with a cold the night before, his genius pal Egghead steps in with a secret weapon—a transistorized outboard motor hidden in his swimming trunks. Things don't go quite according to plan when the contraption falls off at the starting line, leaving Egghead to discover something surprising about what he's actually capable of.

Tippy and her fellow cheerleaders at Centerville High need to craft the perfect new cheer for tomorrow's big game, but their efforts keep falling flat—until a quick-witted suggestion from an unexpected source strikes inspiration. When the girls put their new creation to the test, they discover it might be a little too effective at psyching out the opposition. A lighthearted romp through the trials and errors of school spirit, "Cheer Genius" captures the competitive spirit (and competitive ribbing) that comes with the cheerleading squad.

Tommy Trippet's attempt to send Tippy a sweet Valentine backfires spectacularly when he accidentally swaps envelopes and ends up sending her an insulting card instead. With Tippy determined to unmask the culprit at a party by comparing handwriting in her guest book, Tommy desperately tries every scheme imaginable to avoid signing it—but fate has other plans.