The Twilight Zone #47 [15¢]

(January 1973)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Sears Free Spirit Bicycle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

And Where It Stops, Nobody Knows... (Table of Contents: 2)

The Twilight Zone / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein

Pencils

Rich Buckler

Inks

Sal Trapani

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Introducing Bret Paxton, a cheap second-story thief trying to work his way up in the world...

Feature Logo

The Twilight Zone [Two-tiered, elongated letters]

Genre

crime; fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; science fiction

Characters

Rod Serling (host); Bret Paxton; security guard; Zodak (alchemist); Zodak's people; lobby guard; police officer

Synopsis

On the run after killing a security guard, small-time thief Bret Paxton is intercepted by Zodak, an ancient alchemist who is traveling to the future. The encounter occurs in, of all places, a stalled office building elevator.

Reprints

• in Gespenster Geschichten (Bastei Verlag, 1974 series) #58

Keywords

alchemist; be-careful-what-you-wish-for; best-laid-plans; elevator; murder; thief; time travel

Indexer Notes

Script: Credit from interview with Len Wein (2002-12-06) on Tony Isabella's website "Tony's Online Tips" via Rodrigo Baeza (Per Sandell ed.)

Bret Paxton is later inconsistently referred-to as "Matt Paxton" in a narrative caption on page three/panel one. But, since Rod Serling's opening dialogue names the character as "Bret Paxton" - and a later narrative caption on page eight/panel one also concurs - the name "Bret Paxton" prevails.

Get These Dynamite Embroidered Cloth Patches That Tell It Like It Is! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Gandalf Embroidered Cloth Patches / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Golden Dreams (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Joe Certa (illustration)

Inks

Joe Certa (illustration)

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Two dreams, a disembodied voice and London Bridge -- and thereby hangs this true, hard-to-believe tale.

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

John Chapman (tinker); Charles (young apprentice); highwayman; serving maid

Synopsis

During the reign of Henry VII, a tinker dismisses the unusual dreams of his young apprentice, until they begin to come true.

Keywords

apprentice; dream sequence; dreams; England; historical setting; London Bridge; reversal of fortunes; robbery; tinker

Indexer Notes

© 1972, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Not officially a Twilight Zone story.

The Man Who Hated Mankind (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Sparling

Inks

Jack Sparling

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Morning... Bringing the promise of another miserable day in the life of Matthew Meens...

Genre

drama; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

Characters

Matthew Meens; teeming crowds of humanity; coffee shop counterman; newsdealer; bus driver; taxi driver

Synopsis

Matthew Meens, an unhappy city-dweller who hates people, longs to escape from the oppressive throngs of mankind. He gets his wish, but not in the way he imagined it.

Reprints

• in Gespenster Geschichten (Bastei Verlag, 1974 series) #55

Keywords

abounding oddities; be-careful-what-you-wish-for; bus; city life; coffee shop; frustration; loner; misanthrope; never satisfied; newsstand; taxi

Indexer Notes

© 1972, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Not officially a Twilight Zone story.

Wow! 88 Posters only 65 cents (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Gandalf Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Scary, Life Size Monster Ghost (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Monster Ghost / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Terrific Ten (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

NBC Saturday Cartoons / comics-form advertising / 2 pages (report information)

Something New in Town (Table of Contents: 9)

The Twilight Zone / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Sparling

Inks

Jack Sparling

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dale Jenks, salesman, is on a routine trip through familiar territory -- at least he thinks he is!

Feature Logo

The Twilight Zone [One tier, letters of even height]

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; science fiction

Characters

Rod Serling (host); Dale Jenks; Police Lt. Joe Ritter; Sam (officer); "street light" monsters; telephone operator

Synopsis

Man-eating creatures, who appear innocently in the form of metallic street light poles, invade a small town.

Reprints

• in Gespenster Geschichten (Bastei Verlag, 1974 series) #59

Keywords

man-eating creatures; monsters; one-character-desiring-another-as-a-meal; phone booth; police; small town; street light; terror; wrong-place-at-wrong-time

Indexer Notes

Cover story. A unusually horrific story for a Gold Key comic.

Dale Jenks is drawn to look like William Conrad of the TV series "Cannon". Lt. Joe Ritter is drawn to look like John McIntire of the TV series "Wagon Train". ...Subconscious casting?

Kids, Roach Designs Are Now Available as Iron-On Transfers! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Roach Designs Iron-on Transfers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Space Prize (Table of Contents: 11)

The Twilight Zone / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Celardo

Inks

John Celardo

Colors

Western Publishing Production Shop

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

It is a year not too far from this one! ...Two Russians are about to make man's ageless dream of interplanetary travel a reality!

Feature Logo

The Twilight Zone [One tier, letters of even height]

Genre

adventure; drama; science fiction; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Rod Serling (host); Serge (cosmonaut); Andrei (cosmonaut); Russian missile base commander; Russian missile base communications specialist

Synopsis

Two cosmonauts, one self-serving and cynical and one idealistic and patriotic, blast off on the first manned flight to Mars, using a revolutionary Russian-developed propulsion system. The two come to blows when the former resolves to defect and turns the craft toward a landing in United States territory, hoping to reap a rich reward for the great engineering and technological prize he will deliver to the US government.

Reprints

• in Gespenster Geschichten (Bastei Verlag, 1974 series) #57

Keywords

Cold War; conflicting ideologies; cosmonauts; deserter; outer space setting; patriot; Russia; spacecraft

Wind-Tunnel Tested! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Kenner Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

100 pc. Toy Soldier Set $1.25 (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

In Marksmanship Competition, a Boy Learns to Act Like a Man. (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Kenner Chip Away] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Kenner Toys / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)