Teen-Age Love #76 for Sale - First Appearance of Jonnie Love - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Teen-Age Love (Charlton, 1958 series)
Issue: #76
Publication date: May 1971
Key date: 1971-05-00
On-sale date: 1971
Price: $0.15
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Jonnie Love - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Stranger in the Night	cover	1	pencils: José Luis García-López; inks: José Luis García-López	Jonnie Love First
1	Only the Lovely Are Loved	comic story	8
2	Imperfect Love	comic story	8	letters: typeset
3	-	letters page	0.8	script: Harold Gluck
4	-	statement of ownership	0.2	script: John Santangelo Jr.
5	Stranger in the Night	comic story	9	pencils: José Luis García-López; inks: José Luis García-López	Jonnie Love First

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #7573 of 93#77 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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