Hi-School Romance #46
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeA charming slice of mid-1950s teen romance, this December issue of Hi-School Romance features a bright-eyed, freckled redhead in a yellow sun hat and polka-dot blouse beaming front and center — her expression caught somewhere between hope and longing. Behind her, a smiling young man looks on while another couple shares a tender moment nearby, with an older figure watching in the background, all rendered in Al Avison's warm, expressive linework. The cover's teasing question — "He was young and handsome. Must he always remain… The Stranger in My Life?" — sets the mood perfectly for the issue's story, "Newspaper Stranger.
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Kay dates Stan Dryden, a much older man who her friend warns is not the marrying kind. The two date against her parents’ wishes and face her father's wrath when they arrive home. Stan temporarily calms the father down but soon keeps Kay out too late and is forbidden from seeing her. That night Kay sneaks out of the house as the couple race across state lines where Kay expects to be married. Stan tells her he has no such intentions and her screams draw the attention of a state trooper. Kay lies to avoid Stan being arrested and in gratitude Stan proposes but Kay has learned her lesson.
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