• Genre:non-fiction; math & science; fantasy-supernatural

• 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.
• Keywords:astronomy; educational feature; environment; Jupiter; Saturn; surface conditions

Synopsis:

Illustrated text feature on the planets Jupiter and Saturn.

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".

• Genre:fantasy-supernatural; science fiction

• Feature Logo:Twilight Zone [no leading article]
• 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!
• Keywords:abounding oddities; skiing

• Rod Serling

  (host)

Synopsis:

While skiing, Larry Clark falls into a seemingly endless hole emerging in a most unusual place.

Reprints (3)

• in The Twilight Zone Comic Album (World Distributors, 1964 series) #1
• in Mystery Comics Digest (Western, 1972 series) #3 (May 1972)
• in The Twilight Zone (Western, 1962 series) #92 (May 1982)

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.

• Genre:fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Keeping one step ahead of the law is an old story for Mike Karras, a small-time hood!
• Keywords:fleeing criminal; historical setting; museum

Synopsis:

Thief Mike Karras hides from pursuing police in a museum - but takes refuge in the wrong exhibit.

Reprints (3)

• in The Twilight Zone Comic Album (World Distributors, 1964 series) #1
• in Mystery Comics Digest (Western, 1972 series) #6 (August 1972)
• in The Twilight Zone (Western, 1962 series) #92 (May 1982)

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.

• Genre:horror-suspense

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:The tiny plane flew low over the jungle, barely missing a fringe of trees.
• Keywords:fear; jungle setting; scientists; vampire owl

Synopsis:

Two skeptical scientists have a dangerous encounter with a vampire owl.

Reprints (3)

• in The Twilight Zone Comic Album (World Distributors, 1964 series) #1
• in Mystery Comics Digest (Western, 1972 series) #6 (August 1972)
• in The Twilight Zone (Western, 1962 series) #92 (May 1982)

• Genre:fantasy-supernatural

• Feature Logo:Twilight Zone [no leading article]
• 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!
• Keywords:boats; fishermen; ghost; legend; obsession; reef; sea or island setting; storm

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 (3)

• in The Twilight Zone Comic Album (World Distributors, 1964 series) #1
• in Mystery Comics Digest (Western, 1972 series) #3 (May 1972)
• in The Twilight Zone (Western, 1962 series) #92 (May 1982)

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.

• Genre:non-fiction; history; fantasy-supernatural

• 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.
• Keywords:Custer; educational feature; history; Little Bighorn

Synopsis:

Illustrated text feature on Custer's Last Stand.

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".

• Genre:fantasy-supernatural

• Keywords:boats; fishermen; pin-up; reef; sea or island setting; storm

Synopsis:

Fishermen Dan Harmon and Roy Corbett see a mysterious woman alone in a small sailboat, as a fierce storm hits.

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.