Four Color #1288

(February-April 1962)

The Bridegroom / Secret Weapon / The Joiner (Table of Contents)

The Twilight Zone / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Evans; Reed Crandall

Inks:

George Evans; Reed Crandall

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Previews of three stories in the issue.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Two-panel previews of the stories in the issue.

The Bridegroom (Table of Contents)

The Twilight Zone / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Leo Dorfman

Pencils:

George Evans; Reed Crandall

Inks:

George Evans; Reed Crandall

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Characters:

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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Twilight Zone (Gold Key, 1962 series) #26 (July 1968)
• in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #3 (May 1972)
• in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #18 (July 1974)
• in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #24 (July 1975)

Indexer Notes

Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007); Dorfman credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/

The Secret Weapon (Table of Contents)

The Twilight Zone / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Leo Dorfman

Pencils:

Reed Crandall; George Evans

Inks:

George Evans; Reed Crandall

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Characters:

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.

Indexer Notes

Pencils; inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).; Dorfman credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/

Voices From the Twilight Zone (Table of Contents)

The Twilight Zone / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Evans; Reed Crandall

Inks:

George Evans; Reed Crandall

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Characters:

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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Twilight Zone (Gold Key, 1962 series) #25 (April 1968)
• in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #3 (May 1972)
• in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #18 (July 1974)

Indexer Notes

Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

The Joiner (Table of Contents)

The Twilight Zone / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Leo Dorfman

Pencils:

Reed Crandall; George Evans

Inks:

George Evans; Reed Crandall

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Rod Serling (cameo)

Synopsis:

Mild-mannered Alvah Petty escapes his unpleasant home life by joining the "Knights of the Galaxy."

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Twilight Zone (Gold Key, 1962 series) #26 (July 1968)

Indexer Notes

Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007); Dorfman credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/

Voyage into the Twilight Zone (Table of Contents)

The Twilight Zone / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Evans; Reed Crandall

Inks:

George Evans; Reed Crandall

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

fact

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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #6 (August 1972)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover; black and white.

Calling the Twilight Zone (Table of Contents)

The Twilight Zone / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Evans; Reed Crandall

Inks:

George Evans; Reed Crandall

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Twilight Zone (Gold Key, 1962 series) #33 (June 1970)
• in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #3 (May 1972)

Indexer Notes

Back cover. This sequence is replaced by an ad on some copies. See Sequence 8.

Announcing the all-new Daisy B-B Gun (Table of Contents)

Daisy Manufacturing / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (painting)

Inks:

? (painting)

Colors:

? (painting)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer 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.