Hi-School Romance #26

A record player spins and music notes float through the air as a young couple shares a passionate embrace at what looks like a teenage house party — all rendered in Al Avison's warm, expressive linework on this 1954 Harvey romance gem. In the background, a startled dark-haired girl and her bespectacled date react to the scene, while a "GHS" pennant and an Eddie Fisher record sleeve anchor the story in that era's teenage world. The cover teases the interior story "Rage of Night" with the tantalizing tagline "Afraid to say 'yes'… but even more afraid to say 'no'," promising exactly the kind of heartfelt drama that made Hi-School Romance a monthly must-read.