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Issue: Four Color #1288
Publication Date: February 1962
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Issues: #1288 of 1331 Issues (1412 Printings)
Title: The Twilight Zone
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDell
Brand: Dell [stamp]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/14/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bill Harris
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "THE TWILIGHT ZONE, No. 1288." Code number is T.T.ZONE O.S. #1288-621. Copyright 1961 by Cayuga Productions, Inc. Based on "The Twilight Zone" TV series. On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date. Continues as The Twilight Zone #01-860-207 (May-July 1962).

Harris confirmed as editor per his biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics!, Vol 29, No.5, May 2018.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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The Joiner

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): George Wilson (painting); ? (photo)
Inker(s): George Wilson (painting); ? (photo)
Colorist(s): George Wilson (painting)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Twilight Zone
Character(s): Rod Serling (photo)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #26 published July 1968
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagFantomet #7-8/2010 published March 2010
as Det ukjente [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Bridegroom / Secret Weapon / The Joiner

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Evans; Reed Crandall
Inker(s): George Evans; Reed Crandall
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Twilight Zone
Synopsis: Previews of three stories in the issue.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover; black and white. Two-panel previews of the stories in the issue.
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The Bridegroom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Dorfman
Penciller(s): George Evans; Reed Crandall
Inker(s): George Evans; Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Twilight Zone
Character(s): Rod Serling (cameo)
Synopsis: Milo Dean makes a career of fleecing gullible women. While hiding out from his latest caper, he and his accomplice come across a strange house where Milo finds a beautiful wealthy woman who he intends to marry.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #26 published July 1968
as The Bridegroom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #3 published May 1972
as The Bridegroom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #18 published July 1974
as The Bridegroom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #24 published July 1975
as The Bridegroom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Secret Weapon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Dorfman
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall; George Evans
Inker(s): George Evans; Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Twilight Zone
Character(s): Rod Serling (cameo); Adolph Hitler (cameo)
Synopsis: After World War II, Hunt Mallard tracks former Nazi officers in Germany. He finds a former atomic scientist, who has become a wood carver, with a very special set of figurines.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Voices from the Twilight Zone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul S. Newman
Penciller(s): George Evans; Reed Crandall
Inker(s): George Evans; Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, historical, non-fiction
Feature(s): The Twilight Zone
Character(s): Abraham Lincoln
Synopsis: Accounts of a seance in the White House before Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation and of a vision Lincoln had of lying in state after his assassination.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #25 published April 1968
as Voices from the Twilight Zone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #3 published May 1972
as Voices from the Twilight Zone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #18 published July 1974
as Voices from the Twilight Zone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Joiner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul S. Newman
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall; George Evans
Inker(s): George Evans; Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Twilight Zone
Character(s): Rod Serling (cameo)
Synopsis: Mild-mannered Alvah Petty escapes his unpleasant home life by joining the "Knights of the Galaxy."
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #26 published July 1968
as The Joiner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Newman's record book.
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Voyage into the Twilight Zone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Evans; Reed Crandall
Inker(s): George Evans; Reed Crandall
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): The Twilight Zone
Synopsis: The mystery of the Mary Celeste, a ship found on the high seas in 1812, with her cargo intact and ample supplies of food and water, but with no signs of the fate of her crew.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #6 published August 1972
as Voyage Into the Twilight Zone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover; black and white.
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Calling the Twilight Zone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Evans; Reed Crandall
Inker(s): George Evans; Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, science and technology
Feature(s): The Twilight Zone
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #33 published June 1970
as Calling the Twilight Zone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #3 published May 1972
as Calling the Twilight Zone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. This sequence is replaced by an ad on some copies. See Sequence 8.
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Announcing the all-new Daisy B-B Gun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (painting)
Inker(s): ? (painting)
Colorist(s): ? (painting)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Illustrated ad for Daisy B-B guns. Featured model is the "Spittin' Image" of the Model 94 Winchester. Cost is $12.95. Daisy Manufacturing. This ad replaces Sequence 7 in some copies.

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