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Issue: The Twilight Zone #27
Publication Date: December 1968
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Issues: #27 of 92 Issues (122 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagWestern
Brand: Gold KeyView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/24/1968
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Cover code: 10016-812.

On sale date of 1968-09-24 from newsdealer notation on the cover of indexer's copy. May or may not be completely accurate, but is reasonable given a cover date of December, 1968.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted From6
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Rod Serling (photo inset); Bruno Dane
First Line: A big game hunter searches for his greatest trophy --- in another world!
Synopsis: Ruthless trophy collector Bruno Dane is pictured as the hunter and the hunted.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #01-860-210 published August 1962
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Now you're old enough for "Matchbox". Here’s your driver’s license.

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Matchbox
First Line: Know who the best drivers on the block are? They're the ones with the real "MATCHBOX" models.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Matchbox model cars, with "Official 'Matchbox' Driver's License" (with an expiration date of 7/31/69) that you can cut out and carry. Color ad on inside front cover.
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The Ring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Rod Serling (host); Carl Miller; Gina (mannequin); Eve Fellows; Mr. Morton (boss); security guard
First Line: Meet Carl Miller, a drab little man who dresses windows for a prominent department store!
Synopsis: Lonely and backward department store window dresser Carl Miller “romances” a mannequin he calls “Gina”. When Carl’s attentions turn to new employee Eve Fellows, “Gina” begins acting jealously.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #01-860-210 published August 1962
was The Ring [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".

Dorfman and Frazetta credits from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/
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The House of Evil

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror
Character(s): Duncan MacBane; Edward Smith (1930s surveyor); tavern keeper
First Line: In the Scottish highlands of Inverness, the natives who live near Culloden often avoid a certain road leading across the moors.
Synopsis: Centuries ago, Duncan MacBane, "a man who dabbled in the black arts and who consorted with witches and sorcerers and held satanic revels", lived in a dark and foreboding mansion. One night, as a result of his activities, the mansion was mysteriously destroyed by fire leaving no sign of MacBane's remains. The mansion stood on the moors as a shunned hulk, until one night in the 1930s...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: New story. © 1968, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Not officially a Twilight Zone story.
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Unidentified Aircraft

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Stacey (Scottish military officer, rank unidentified in story); other members of the military
First Line: During WW II at an air base in Scotland...
Synopsis: In WW II era Scotland, a WW I era bomber returns to its airfield, or does it?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #18 published July 1974
as Unidentified Aircraft [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #5 published ?
as Der Geisterpilot [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: New story. © 1968, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Not officially a Twilight Zone story.
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Preview (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
Character(s): Mickey Mouse
First Line: Gold Key to Hold Surprise Party for Mickey Mouse
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A look at many of the Gold Key Comics on sale in October 1968, highlighting the 25-cent giant Mickey Mouse Surprise Party. Also focus blurbs on Doctor Solar Man of the Atom, Daniel Boone, Tarzan of the Apes, Turok Son of Stone, The Lone Ranger, The Jetsons, The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Hanna-Barbera Super TV Heroes, Huckleberry Hound, and Walt Disney Comics Digest. No issue numbers are given. The image of Mickey Mouse used in this promo does not look as if it originated with Western Publishing. It is more likely that it was supplied by the Walt Disney Studios - and appears to have been drawn by Floyd Gottfredson, who was still drawing the Mickey Mouse daily newspaper strip, as he had since 1930. Gottfredson was also known for character publicity artwork such as this. The figure of Mickey is drawn in the style with which Gottfredson drew the character in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Gold Key Comics Club News

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Reader's Page Airplanes

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawings of various airplanes submitted by readers.
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Gold Key Comics Club Reader's Page: Airplanes

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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World's Fastest Train

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): General Mills; Cheerios; Cheerios Kid
Character(s): Cheerios Kid
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Facts about the “New Tokaido” train running between Tokyo and Osaka, Japan - and some words on behalf of Cheerios breakfast cereal.
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Cheerios

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Jokes on You

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
Character(s): Gold Key Kid
First Line: Where are the largest diamonds in the world kept?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Jokes and riddles submitted by readers.
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Gold Key Comics Club: Jokes on You

Filler  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Scrapfaggot Witch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): tank crew; citizens
First Line: In June 1944, as Allied tanks pour through the English village of Great Leighs...
Synopsis: In WW II era England, an Allied army tank crew moves the tombstone of a witch's burial site, and unexplained phenomena begin to occur until the stone is replaced.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystery Comics Digest #18 published July 1974
as The Scapfaggot Witch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #8 published ?
as Hexenterror [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: New story. © 1968, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Not officially a Twilight Zone story. A Google search reveals this to be an established legend, from which the unusual story title has been taken, but one that has been called into question as a hoax in later years.
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The Collector

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Rod Serling (host); Bruno Dane; Hassan (guide); Goren (guide)
First Line: For Bruno Dane, all living creatures are divided into two classes: the hunter and the hunted!
Synopsis: Ruthless big-game trophy hunter Bruno Dane stalks the biggest-game of them all.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #2 published January 1974
as Duell mit dem Schatten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe Twilight Zone #01-860-210 published August 1962
was The Collector [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: "Reprinted by popular demand".

Cover story. Dorfman credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/
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Cat on Canvas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club Mini-Comics
Character(s): yowling cat
First Line: Meoow!
Synopsis: A night-yowling cat on a fence shields himself from thrown shoes, books, and alarm clocks by safely hiding behind a canvas painting of a yowling cat.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #122 published November 1968
was Cat Painting [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Top half of page.
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Sure Shot Fish Lure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club Mini-Comics
Character(s): fisherman
Synopsis: An impatient fisherman drops a whole bottle of a miracle fish lure into the water, when only one drop is recommended.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #122 published November 1968
was Sure Shot Fish Lure [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Pantomime. Lower half of page.
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Dinosauria Pteranodon

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Gold Key Comics Club
First Line: Before the evolution of birds, reptiles flew in the sky.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDonald Duck #122 published November 1968
was Pteranodon [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated text article on the Pteranodon. Copyright 1968 by Western Publishing Company, Inc.

Gaylord Du Bois script credit for Pteranodon as per page 174, "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books, Sorted by Title, compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott." Gaylord Du Bois script identification confirmed by David Porta, April, 2016.

Previous indexer credited Jack Sparling on pencils and inks.
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Win $1,000.00 College Scholarship

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Sales Club of America
First Line: Or other grand prize awards
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Junior Sales Club of America, offering prizes or money for the sales of "all occasion cards". Color ad on inside back cover.
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Junior Sales Club of America

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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American Specialty Co.

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Make Money Get Prizes

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Specialty Company
First Line: with fast selling 75-cent Christmas Packs
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for American Specialty Company, offering prizes or money for the sales of Christmas card packs. Six kids with quotes endorsing this enterprise are seen in black and white photos. Color ad on back cover.

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