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*Brides in Love*
Brides in Love
	Cover to Brides in Love #1 (Aug. 1956).
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Publisher	Charlton Comics
Schedule	Bimonthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Romance;
Publication date	Aug. 1956 – Feb. 1965
No. of issues	45

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Brides in Love (cover title Stories of Brides in Love) is a comic book series in the romance comics genre. It was published by Charlton Comics in the 1950s and 1960s. With Brides in Love “Charlton checked out the strength of the romance market” (for the superhero market, Charlton introduced the comic Nature Boy).^[1]

One of Charlton's longest lasting series, Brides in Love was published from August 1956 to November 1965. At that point, the title was "split" into two ongoing comics, Hollywood Romances and Summer Love, both of which continued the numbering of Brides in Love.^[2]^[3] Hollywood Romances lasted 14 additional issues, publishing its final issue, #59, in June 1971. Summer Love only lasted three issues, publishing its final issue, #48, in Nov. 1968.

References

^ Mike Benton: The Comic Book in America. An Illustrated History. Taylor Pub., 1989, p. 55.
^ "Bridal" to "Bridgework," Michigan State University Libraries, Special Collections Division, Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection. Accessed April 4, 2011.
^ Brides in Love entry, ComicVine. Accessed April 4, 2011.

External links

Brides in Love at the Grand Comics Database
Hollywood Romances at the Grand Comics Database
Summer Love at the Grand Comics Database

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[1] Mike Benton: The Comic Book in America. An Illustrated History. Taylor Pub., 1989, p. 55.

[2] "Bridal" to "Bridgework," Michigan State University Libraries, Special Collections Division, Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection. Accessed April 4, 2011.

[3] Brides in Love entry, ComicVine. Accessed April 4, 2011.

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+'''''Brides in Love''''' (cover title '''''Stories of Brides in Love''''') is a [[comic book]] series in the [[Romance comics in the United States (1946–1975)|romance comics]] genre. It was published by [[Charlton Comics]] in the 1950s and 1960s. With ''Brides in Love'' “Charlton checked out the strength of the romance market” (for the superhero market, Charlton introduced the comic ''[[Nature Boy (comics)|Nature Boy]]'').<ref>Mike Benton: ''The Comic Book in America. An Illustrated History''. Taylor Pub., 1989, p. 55.</ref>
+One of Charlton's longest lasting series, ''Brides in Love'' was published from August [[1956 in comics|1956]] to November [[1965 in comics|1965]]. At that point, the title was "split" into two ongoing comics, '''''Hollywood Romances''''' and '''''Summer Love''''', both of which continued the numbering of ''Brides in Love''.<ref>[http://comics.lib.msu.edu/rri/brri/brid.htm "Bridal" to "Bridgework,"] Michigan State University Libraries, Special Collections Division, Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection. Accessed April 4, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.comicvine.com/brides-in-love/49-23325/ ''Brides in Love'' entry], ComicVine. Accessed April 4, 2011.</ref> ''Hollywood Romances'' lasted 14 additional issues, publishing its final issue, #59, in June 1971. ''Summer Love'' only lasted three issues, publishing its final issue, #48, in Nov. 1968.
-[[Image:BridesInLove1.jpg|225px|thumb|Cover to ''Brides in Love'' #1]]
-'''''Brides in Love''''' (cover title '''''Stories of Brides in Love''''') is a [[comic book]] series in the [[romance comics]] genre, published by [[Charlton Comics]] in the 1950s and 1960s.
-One of Charlton's longest lasting series, ''Brides in Love'' was published from August 1956 to November 1968. For the final three issues the title was changed to '''''Summer Love'''''.
 ==References==
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-*[http://www.comics.org/series.lasso?seriesid=11365 Grand Comics Database Project: Brides in Love]
-*[http://www.comics.org/series.lasso?seriesid=11468 Grand Comics Database Project: Summer Love]
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+*{{gcdb series|id=11454|title=''Hollywood Romances''}}
+*{{gcdb series|id=11468|title=''Summer Love''}}
 [[Category:Charlton Comics titles]]
 [[Category:Romance comics]]
+[[Category:1956 comics debuts]]
+[[Category:1965 comics endings]]
+[[Category:Golden Age comics titles]]
+{{comics-stub}}