- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Certa
- Inks
- Joe Certa
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Orbiting 500,000,000 miles from the sun, the mighty planet Jupiter has a surface temperature of -200 degrees F.
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Illustrated text feature on the planets Jupiter and Saturn.
- Keywords
- astronomy; educational feature; environment; Jupiter; Saturn; surface conditions
Five illustrations of the planets Jupiter and Saturn with accompanying text. Focus is on the surface conditions of the two planets. Black and white on inside front cover. This feature is designated as "Twilight Zone", as opposed to those usually attributed to, and copyrighted by, Western Publishing Company.
This feature ties-in with the issue's first comic story "Perilous Journey".
- Script
- Leo Dorfman
- Pencils
- George Evans
- Inks
- Reed Crandall
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Two skiers, Larry Clark and Ron Harrison, caught in a bad snowstorm, are about to take the only way out -- a quick slide through The Twilight Zone!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
- Characters
- Rod Serling (host); Larry Clark; Ron Harrison; snowball-throwing kids, somber little girl [grown woman in mirror]; polar bear; Hal; Bob
- Synopsis
- While skiing, Larry Clark falls into a seemingly endless hole emerging in a most unusual place.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- abounding oddities; skiing
Dorfman script and Evans pencils per info from "A Comic Reader Extra", published in The Rockets Blast # 17, April 1963. Previous indexer credited Reed Crandall on pencils.
In accordance with the “Early Gold Key style”, this story has borderless panels with pastel panel gutters of alternating (by page) green and orange.
Breaking with the “Early Gold Key style”, this story has rounded dialogue balloons.
- Script
- Leo Dorfman
- Pencils
- George Evans
- Inks
- Mike Peppe
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Keeping one step ahead of the law is an old story for Mike Karras, a small-time hood!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mike Karras
- Synopsis
- Thief Mike Karras hides from pursuing police in a museum - but takes refuge in the wrong exhibit.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- fleeing criminal; historical setting; museum
Dorfman script, Evans pencils and Peppe inks per info from "A Comic Reader Extra", published in The Rockets Blast # 17, April 1963. Previous indexer credited Reed Crandall assisting on pencils and inking.
Rod Serling does not appear in this story. (Inventory, perhaps?) In accordance with the “Early Gold Key style”, this story has rectangular dialogue balloons and borderless panels with pastel panel gutters of pink and blue.
There is no copyright attribution to Western Publishing for this story, as there normally would be for specific stories in future issues that do not include the image and characterization of Rod Serling.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Certa
- Inks
- Joe Certa
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The tiny plane flew low over the jungle, barely missing a fringe of trees.
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Sy Jones; Ted Kramer; Ako; vampire owl
- Synopsis
- Two skeptical scientists have a dangerous encounter with a vampire owl.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- fear; jungle setting; scientists; vampire owl
- Script
- Leo Dorfman (sourced)
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall
- Inks
- Reed Crandall
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For Dan Harmon and Roy Corbett, this is no ordinary fishing trip! -- They are about to make the catch of their career -- in The Twilight Zone!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Rod Serling (host); Dan Harmon; Roy Corbett; Carlotta Morney; innkeeper; two constables
- Synopsis
- Fishermen Dan Harmon and Roy Corbett see a mysterious woman, in half-century old clothing, alone in a small sailboat ten miles out at sea. A fierce storm hits and the sailboat is swept into a towering reef. The sailboat and the woman disappear without a trace. Roy becomes increasingly obsessed with finding her.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- boats; fishermen; ghost; legend; obsession; reef; sea or island setting; storm
Dorfman script confirmed and Crandall inks per info from "A Comic Reader Extra", published in The Rockets Blast # 17, April 1963. Previous indexer credited Frank Frazetta on inks.
In accordance with the “Early Gold Key style”, this story has rectangular dialogue balloons and borderless panels with pastel panel gutters of alternating (by page) orange and green.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tom Gill
- Inks
- Tom Gill
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In 1876, Lieut. George Custer led five troops of the Seventh Cavalry in an attack on Indian hostiles camped on the Little Big Horn in Montana.
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Lieut. Col. George Custer; Comanche (horse)
- Synopsis
- Illustrated text feature on Custer's Last Stand.
- Keywords
- Custer; educational feature; history; Little Bighorn
Five illustrations of the Battle of the Little Bighorn and its aftermath with accompanying text. Black and white on inside back cover. This feature is designated as "Twilight Zone", as opposed to those usually attributed to, and copyrighted by, Western Publishing Company.
This feature ties-in with the issue's second comic story "Do Not Touch Exhibit".
- Pencils
- George Wilson (painting)
- Inks
- George Wilson (painting)
- Colors
- George Wilson (painting)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dan Harmon; Roy Corbett; Carlotta Morney
- Synopsis
- Fishermen Dan Harmon and Roy Corbett see a mysterious woman alone in a small sailboat, as a fierce storm hits.
- Keywords
- boats; fishermen; pin-up; reef; sea or island setting; storm
Color on back cover. Pin-up. The front cover image is repeated on the back cover, sans logo, the Rod Serling photo inset, and all cover copy.