Girls' Love Stories was a romance comic book published by DC Comics

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 in the United States

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. Started in 1949 as DC's first romance title, it ran for 180 issues, ending with the Nov-Dec 1973 issue. The stories covered such topics as girls worrying about getting a man, or marrying out of pressure, not love. Some of the early covers were photographs. The book's initial tagline

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 was "True to Life!"

Writers for the title included Bob Kanigher and George Kashdan

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. Notable artists for Girls' Love Stories included Tony Abruzzo, Vince Colletta

Vince Colletta

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, Bill Draut, Frank Giacoia

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, Gil Kane

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, Bob Oksner

Bob Oksner

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, Art Peddy, Jay Scott Pike

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, John Romita, Sr.

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, Joe Rosen

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, John Rosenberger

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, Bernard Sachs, and Mike Sekowsky

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