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Issue Details

Issue	#1288
Published	February-April 1962
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?
Notes	Indicia title is "THE TWILIGHT ZONE, No. 1288." Code number is T.T.ZONE O.S. #1288-621. Copyright 1961 by Cayuga Productions, Inc. Based on "The Twilight Zone" TV series. Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

Cover Details

Characters	Rod Serling (photo)
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	George Wilson (painting); ? (photo)
Inks	George Wilson (painting); ? (photo)
Colors	George Wilson (painting)
Notes	Indicia title is "THE TWILIGHT ZONE, No. 1288." Code number is T.T.ZONE O.S. #1288-621. Copyright 1961 by Cayuga Productions, Inc. Based on "The Twilight Zone" TV series. Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Reprinted	in Twilight Zone (Gold Key, 1962 series) #26

1 page The Twilight Zone foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Bridegroom / Secret Weapon / The Joiner"

Synopsis	Previews of three stories in the issue.
Pencils	George Evans; Reed Crandall
Inks	George Evans; Reed Crandall
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover; black and white. Two-panel previews of the stories in the issue.

10 page The Twilight Zone story "The Bridegroom"

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.
Pencils	George Evans; Reed Crandall
Inks	George Evans; Reed Crandall
Letters	Ben Oda
Notes	Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Reprinted	in Twilight Zone (Gold Key, 1962 series) #26; in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #3; Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #18; Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #24

10 page The Twilight Zone story "The Secret Weapon"

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.
Pencils	Reed Crandall; George Evans
Inks	George Evans; Reed Crandall
Letters	Ben Oda
Notes	Pencils; inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).

2 page The Twilight Zone filler "Voices From the Twilight Zone"

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.
Pencils	George Evans; Reed Crandall
Inks	George Evans; Reed Crandall
Letters	Ben Oda
Notes	Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Reprinted	in Twilight Zone (Gold Key, 1962 series) #25; in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #3; in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #18

10 page The Twilight Zone story "The Joiner"

Characters	Rod Serling (cameo)
Synopsis	Mild-mannered Alvah Petty escapes his unpleasant home life by joining the "Knights of the Galaxy."
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Reed Crandall; George Evans
Inks	George Evans; Reed Crandall
Letters	Ben Oda
Notes	Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)
Reprinted	in Twilight Zone (Gold Key, 1962 series) #26

1 page The Twilight Zone filler "Voyage into the Twilight Zone"

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.
Genre	fact
Pencils	George Evans; Reed Crandall
Inks	George Evans; Reed Crandall
Letters	Ben Oda
Notes	Inside back cover; black and white.
Reprinted	in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #6

1 page The Twilight Zone filler "Calling the Twilight Zone"

Pencils	George Evans; Reed Crandall
Inks	George Evans; Reed Crandall
Letters	Ben Oda
Notes	Back cover. This sequence is replaced by an ad on some copies. See Sequence 8.
Reprinted	in Twilight Zone (Gold Key, 1962 series) #33; in Mystery Comics Digest (Gold Key, 1972 series) #3

1 page Daisy Manufacturing advertisement "Announcing the all-new Daisy B-B Gun"

Pencils	? (painting)
Inks	? (painting)
Colors	? (painting)
Letters	typeset
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.