High School Confidential Diary #11

Charlton's teen romance series delivers another dose of heartfelt drama with this 1962 installment, its cover — penciled by Charles Nicholas and inked by Sal Trapani — depicting a tuxedoed young man whispering declarations of love to a dark-haired young woman in a red dress beneath a moonlit sky, while her thought balloon quietly wonders if he truly means what he says. The featured story, "All Those Lies," promises the kind of bittersweet romantic tension that made High School Confidential Diary a staple of early-'60s teen comics. As a bonus, the issue teases a contest offering a free trip to Hollywood to watch American-International's Off on a Comet being made — a genuinely fun extra for young readers of the era.