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Monica and her friends Maggy, Smudge, and J-Five had a great beach vacation...until Tony crashed their party and made things awkward between Monica and

J-Five - whose childhood rivalry has evolved to crush status. Now back at school again, the four friends want to catch a new movie together but money is tight for the teens. Lacking a MoviePass, they have to fi nd ways to raise some cash. Monica will

try dog walking, Maggy will be a cat sitter, and J-Five and Smudge will try to sell their old comics. Will Monica and J-Five have their romantic moment at the cinema?

MONICA is a marketing giant in Brazil with hundreds of licensed products (from ceiling fans to packaged apples), cartoons, shorts, amusement parks, and three live

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#1 “Who Can Afford the Price of Friendship Today?!”Characters, Story, and Illustration created by Mauricio de SousaMAURICIO DE SOUSA, MARINA TAKEDA E SOUSA, FLÁVIO TEIXEIRA DE JESUS—Script JOSÉ APARECIDO CAVALCANTE, LINO PAES, ROBERTO M. PEREIRA—PencilsMAURO SOUZA, ZAZO AGUILAR—Illustrations CRISTINA H. ANDO, JAIME PODAVIN, TATIANA M. SANTOS, VIVIANE YAMABUCHI—InksCARLOS KINA—LetteringA. MAURICIO SOUSA NETO, ANTÔNIO R. F. GUEDES, KAIO RENATO BRUDER—FinishesJAE HYUNG WOO, MARCELO KINA, MARIA JÚLIA S. BELLUCCI—ColoristsMARIA DE FÁTIMA A. CLARO—Art CoordinationSANDRO ANTONIO DA SILVA—Script SupervisorALICE K. TAKEDA—Executive DirectorSIDNEY GUSMAN—Editorial PlannerÍVANA MELLO—Original editor

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© 2019 Mauricio de Sousa Editora – All Rights reserved. Originally published as Monica Teen #3 by Panini Comics. ©MSP- Brasil/2012

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CHAPTER 1 - FLASHBACKYEP... WE’RE BACK FROM VACATION...

YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT: EVEN DURING OUR whole VACATION,

THE WHOLE GANG STuck TOGETHER! IT’S ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY... goofing AROUND,

PLAYING, HANGING OUT, LAUGHING...

ALWAYS TOGETHER, UNITED...

AW... I’M a bit SENTIMENTAL

TODAY...

IT’S LIKE I’VE COME BACK FROM VACATION A DIFFERENT PERSON!

NO, YOU haveN’T! YOU’RE STILL THE

SAME OLD MONICA as ALWAYS!

HEy! STOP SPYING

on ME ON TWIDDER!

COME ON!

CALM DOWN! I’M JUST

FOLLOWING YOU! GEEZ, PARANOID MUCH!

FOLLOWING ME? ON

TWIDDER?

PEEP PEEP

Click click

bEEP BEEP

Click click

4

Y-YEAH! BUT I WAS JUST TWYING TO TELL YOU THAT CLASS IS ABOUT

TO BEGIN!

DID YOU JUST GET A LITTLE NERVOUS?

M-ME?! NO!

YOU’RE JUST WEALLY

CLOSE... AND YOU’RE JUST talking funny again!

HEY! GUYS! CAN YOU take A LITTLE TIME OUT ON THE DATING THING?

CLASS IS ABOUTTO BEGIN!

DATING?! W-WHO IS DATING?!

WHAT! I WISH... I MEAN... WE’RE JUST REALLY

GOOD FRIENDS!

5

LET’S JUST GET TO IT! YOU KNOW HOW NUTS THE PROFESSOR

GETS WHEN WE ARE LATE!

NOOO!!! I MUST BE! NUTS ABOUT

FOOTBALL, SKATING, APPLE

JUICE...

NUTS? ! I AM NOT

NUTS!

YEAH, YEAH... I KNOW!

<HUMPH> I AM NOT NUTS! I AM

ECCENTRIC!

VERY WELL! NOW, OPEN

YOUR BOOKS TO PAGE 30!

30... YES... THE YEAR OF THE FIRST WORLD

CUP...

...AS IN THE sameWORLD THAT one

NAPOLEON WANTED TO CONQUER SOME-

TIME BEFORE OR AFTER THE 18TH

CENTURY!

AS IN 18... WHEN I WAS

18 YEARS OLD, I... NUTS AS

CRAZY GETS!

SMUDGE! HUSH! DON’T BWING THAT

UP!

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“BWING,” HUH? I THINK YOU

MEANT TO SAY BRING!

BLAaHHH!

HEe-HeE! JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, WE WERE ALL ON THE BEACH, ON

VACATION! THE WHOLE GANG...

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN...

MON! I’M GOING TO GET AN ICE CREAM!

YOU WANT ONE?

are YOU SURE YOU’ll only have

one, maggy?

YES! I NEED TO

MAINTAIN MY SILHOUETTE,

girl!

MY OVER-EATER DAYS ARE IN THE PAST!

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OR IN THE PAST EDITIONS OF SOME GREAT

STORIES!

CUTIES! ALL THAT BLAH-BLAH

BLAH-BLAH IS STARTING TO MESS UP MY WAVE-LISTENING

ZEN ZONE! NOT TO MENTION MY READING!

QUANTUM PHYSICS?!

I’VE TOLD YOU ALL

HOW well-read I AM!

AND, HIDDEN HERE, A GOSSIP

MAGAZINE!AW, COME ON! LEAVE ME BE!

BLAH-BLAH IS STARTING TO

Denise?!

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I’M ON VACATION!

MY NEURONS ARE IN SOME

DISTANT FRENCH RIVIERA!

HEY, J-FIVE! DO ME A FAVOR?!

CAN YOU CALL MAGGY OVER TO PUT SUNSCREEN

ON ME?SUNSCWEE... SUNSCWEE... SUNSCWEE...

POFF

SUNSCREEN, TIGER!

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YEAH! I’M

GOING! UGH!

WHERE are YOU GOING

JAY-FI?

2 ton tony?

MY NAME IS justTONY NOW!

DON’T YOU KNOWANYTHING?!

JIMMY FIVE! ARE YOU OKAY?

T-TONY?!

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HEY! EXCUSE ME?!

GET LOST!

MONICA, MY GODDESS! AFTER ALL WAS SAID AND DONE I REALIZED THAT YOU ARE

THE GIRL OF MY DREAMS...

IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU?

CONQUEROR MODE, ON

TONY...

YES...

I WANT YOU TO CLEAN YOUR EARS

OUT!

i CALLED J-FIVE

OVER, NOT YOU!

FLICK

YES!

TUH-DUM TUH-DUM

bruis

ed

EGO RATS!

I WON’T LET IT END LIKE THIS!

I THINK I HEARD A

‘YES’!

Y-YEAH, MAYBE!

HEe-HeE!

WELL... AT LEAST THINGS

ARE A BIT MORE CALM NOW!

T-TWUE !

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HEEEY!

MY BAD, OL’ DUDE! CAN I GET THE

BALL BACK?

“OL’ DUDE”? !

I WAS YOUR AGE ONCE

AND I NEVER CALLED ANYONE

“OL’ DUDE”!

CHILL OUT! CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME THE BALL

BACK?

<HUMPH!> FIRST, TELL

THE LADY THAT YOU’RE SORRY!

AW... it’S ALRIGHT, J-FIVE!

WHAT LADY? THAT “TOOTHY”

ONE OVER THERE?

WHAT?!

SHE IS NOT “TOOTHY”!

here! TAKE THIS BALL AND BE CAREFUL!

KIDS...NARLY!

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AWWW! J-FIVE! HOW SWEET! YOU

DEFENDED ME!

YEAH...

AND THERE’S MORE... ONLY I CAN CALL YOU

ANYTHING CLOSE TO “TOOTHY”!

YEAH... I KNOW...

I KNOW...

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<SIGH>...

WHAT’S THAT DEEP SIGH FOR,

HUH, LITTLE MONICA?!

AHHH ! WHERE DIDHE COME

FROM? IS HEA NINJA?

<DEEP SIGH>... WHAT A

TOOTHACHE! just. copy. notes.

ALMOST! THE CORRECT ANSWER IS EERIE LAKE!