Price: 0.15 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1972-11
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[Monster Street Lights]
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The Twilight Zone / cover / 1 page

Script:
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Pencils:
George Wilson (painting)
Inks:
George Wilson (painting)
Colors:
George Wilson (painting)
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; science fiction
Characters:
Police Lt. Joe Ritter; Sam (officer); "street light" monsters
Synopsis:
Two small town lawmen are imperiled by a quartet of man-eating creatures in the form of street light poles.

Indexer Notes

Art credit by Alberto Becattini.

This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Cover code: 90016-301. Edited out of Western Publishing's New York offices.

Publication date is derived from the cover code. On sale date (month and year) is derived from the issue code appearing in the bottom tier of page one.

First issue of this title to be published after Western Publishing ceased offering mail subscriptions. No subscriptions offered in indicia.

[no title indexed]
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Sears Free Spirit Bicycle / advertisement / 1 page

And Where It Stops, Nobody Knows...
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The Twilight Zone / comic story / 8 pages

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  • 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.
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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!
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Gandalf Embroidered Cloth Patches / advertisement / 1 page

Golden Dreams
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text story / 1 page

Script:
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Pencils:
Joe Certa (illustration)
Inks:
Joe Certa (illustration)
Colors:
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typeset
  • 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.

Indexer Notes

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

The Man Who Hated Mankind
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comic story / 4 pages

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  • 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.
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Indexer Notes

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

Wow! 88 Posters only 65 cents
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88 Poster Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page

Scary, Life Size Monster Ghost
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Monster Ghost / U-Control Ghost / advertisement / 0.5 page

The Terrific Ten
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NBC Saturday Cartoons / comics-form advertising / 2 pages

Something New in Town
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The Twilight Zone / comic story / 6 pages

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  • 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.
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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!
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Roach Designs Iron-on Transfers / advertisement / 1 page

The Space Prize
(Table of Contents: 11)

The Twilight Zone / comic story / 6 pages

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  • 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.
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Wind-Tunnel Tested!
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Kenner Toys / advertisement / 1 page

100 pc. Toy Soldier Set $1.25
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100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page

In Marksmanship Competition, a Boy Learns to Act Like a Man.
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

[Kenner Chip Away]
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Kenner Toys / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [Monster Street Lights]
    The Twilight Zone
  2. ["The new Free Spirit. It looks like it's moving even when it's standing still."]
    Sears Free Spirit Bicycle
  3. And Where It Stops, Nobody Knows...
    The Twilight Zone
  4. Get These Dynamite Embroidered Cloth Patches That Tell It Like It Is!
    Gandalf Embroidered Cloth Patches
  5. Golden Dreams
  6. The Man Who Hated Mankind
  7. Wow! 88 Posters only 65 cents
    88 Poster Stamps
  8. Scary, Life Size Monster Ghost
    Monster Ghost / U-Control Ghost
  9. The Terrific Ten
    NBC Saturday Cartoons
  10. Something New in Town
    The Twilight Zone
  11. Kids, Roach Designs Are Now Available as Iron-On Transfers!
    Roach Designs Iron-on Transfers
  12. The Space Prize
    The Twilight Zone
  13. Wind-Tunnel Tested!
    Kenner Toys
  14. 100 pc. Toy Soldier Set $1.25
    100 Toy Soldiers
  15. In Marksmanship Competition, a Boy Learns to Act Like a Man.
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  16. [Kenner Chip Away]
    Kenner Toys
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  • Peter Croome
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Joe Torcivia
  • Jim Van Dore
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