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Four Color 1173 |
| Item: |
Four Color #1173 Universal |
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CGC 9.2 |
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1073257001
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Owner Comments
Twilight Zone (#1) 3-5/61 Based on "The Twilight Zone" TV series.
Painted cover with photo: Rod Serling (photo)
Script: Leo Dorfman and Rod Serling
Pencils: Reed Crandall and George Evans
Inks: Reed Crandall ; George Evans
Letters: Ben Oda
This is the third best of 19 copies graded to date. Two issues are tied on top at 9.4. 05/13. I bought this graded, as is, via Comic Link.
Table of Contents
1. 0. [The Phantom Lighthouse]
The Twilight Zone
2. 1. [There is a Fifth Dimension...]
The Twilight Zone
3. 2. Specter of Youth
The Twilight Zone
4. 3. The Phantom Lighthouse
The Twilight Zone
5. 4. Doom By Prediction
The Twilight Zone
6. 5. Journeys in the Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone This is a single page alternate back cover on the back of some copies of the issue.
7. 6. Travelers in the Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
8. 7. Junior Sales Club AD on back. Also the back cover of this copy.
Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license. http://www.comics.org/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
http://www.comics.org/issue/16579/
This was without a doubt on of my favorite series on TV growing up, even though it was already in reruns when I first saw in the mid 1960’s. I still catch reruns to this day. Wikipedia provides some brief introductory material to the show that spawned this comic book:
The Twilight Zone is an American science-fiction[1]/fantasy[2] anthology television series created by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. The series consists of unrelated stories depicting paranormal, futuristic, kafkaesque, or otherwise disturbing or unusual events; each story typically features some sort of plot twist and a moral.
The series is notable for featuring both established stars (Joan Blondell, Ann Blyth, Buster Keaton, Burgess Meredith, Ed Wynn) and younger actors who became famous later on (Veronica Cartwright, Bill Bixby, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Duvall, Mariette Hartley, Burt Reynolds, Dennis Hopper, Robert Redford). Rod Serling served as executive producer and head writer; he wrote or co-wrote 92 of the show's 156 episodes. He was also the show's host and narrator, delivering monologues at the beginning and end of each episode. Serling's opening and closing narrations usually summarize the episode's events encapsulating how and why the main character(s) had entered the Twilight Zone. The Twilight Zone itself is not presented as being a tangible plane, but a metaphor for the strange circumstances befalling the protagonists.[citation needed]
In 1997, the episodes "To Serve Man" and "It's a Good Life" were respectively ranked at 11 and 31 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time;[3] Serling himself stated that his favorite episodes of the series were "The Invaders" and "Time Enough at Last". [4] In 2002, The Twilight Zone was ranked No. 26 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.[5]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series)
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Four Color 1288 |
| Item: |
Four Color #1288 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.2 |
| Cert #: |
1073257002
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Owner Comments
The Twilight Zone 2-4/62 Based on "The Twilight Zone" TV series. Continues as The Twilight Zone #01-860-207 (May-July 1962).
Painted Cover Portion: George Wilson
Photo Cover Portion: Rod Serling (photo)
Script: Leo Dorfman and Paul S. Newman
Pencils & Inks: George Evans; Reed Crandall
Table of Contents
1. 0. [The Joiner]
The Twilight Zone
2. 1. The Bridegroom / Secret Weapon / The Joiner
The Twilight Zone
3. 2. The Bridegroom
The Twilight Zone
4. 3. The Secret Weapon
The Twilight Zone
5. 4. Voices From the Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
6. 5. The Joiner
The Twilight Zone
7. 6. Voyage into the Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
8. 7. Calling the Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
9. 8. Announcing the all-new Daisy B-B Gun
Daisy Manufacturing
This copy has the Daisy BB Gun Ad on the back cover. Other versions of this issue have a cartoon back on the back cover.
Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license. http://www.comics.org/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
http://www.comics.org/issue/17345/
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| Slot: |
Twilight Zone nn (8/62) |
| Item: |
Twilight Zone #nn Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.6 |
| Cert #: |
0911638018
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Owner Comments
This would be the missing Four Color
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