Hi-School Romance #34

Right on the gridiron sidelines, this December 1954 Harvey romance finds a young woman tenderly cradling a battered football player — number 10, bandaged forehead and all — while his teammates carry on in the background. Al Avison's cover art captures that push-and-pull of longing with real warmth, and the tagline teases the featured story "Second-String Sweetheart": "She loved him so long… wanted him so badly… how could she resist the temptation of having him… even as his Second-String Sweetheart?" A sweet slice of mid-fifties teen romance for anyone who ever rooted for both the underdog and the girl in the stands.