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Issue: Four Color #1288
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Variant: unnamed
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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.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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The Joiner

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
George Wilson (painting); ? (photo)
George Wilson (painting); ? (photo)
George Wilson (painting)
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
The Twilight Zone
Rod Serling (photo)
Reprinting
FlagThe Twilight Zone #26 published July 1968
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagFantomet #7-8/2010 published March 2010
as Det ukjente [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Bridegroom / Secret Weapon / The Joiner

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Leo Dorfman
George Evans; Reed Crandall
George Evans; Reed Crandall
?
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
horror
The Twilight Zone
Rod Serling (cameo)
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
FlagThe Twilight Zone #26 published July 1968
as The Bridegroom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMystery Comics Digest #3 published May 1972
as The Bridegroom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMystery Comics Digest #18 published July 1974
as The Bridegroom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMystery Comics Digest #24 published July 1975
as The Bridegroom [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
Secret Weapon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Leo Dorfman
Reed Crandall; George Evans
George Evans; Reed Crandall
?
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
science fiction
The Twilight Zone
Rod Serling (cameo); Adolph Hitler (cameo)
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.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
10
Voices from the Twilight Zone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul S. Newman
George Evans; Reed Crandall
George Evans; Reed Crandall
?
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
fantasy, historical, non-fiction
The Twilight Zone
Abraham Lincoln
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
FlagThe Twilight Zone #25 published April 1968
as Voices from the Twilight Zone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMystery Comics Digest #3 published May 1972
as Voices from the Twilight Zone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMystery Comics Digest #18 published July 1974
as Voices from the Twilight Zone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Joiner

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Evans; Reed Crandall
George Evans; Reed Crandall
Ben Oda
Subject Matter
informational
The Twilight Zone
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
FlagMystery Comics Digest #6 published August 1972
as Voyage Into the Twilight Zone [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover; black and white.
Calling the Twilight Zone

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

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (painting)
? (painting)
? (painting)
typeset
Subject Matter
Daisy Manufacturing
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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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