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[A Charmed Life]
[A Charmed Life]
The Twilight Zone
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The Twilight Zone
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| Script: | ? |
| Pencils: | George Wilson (painting) |
| Inks: | George Wilson (painting) |
| Colors: | George Wilson (painting) |
| Letters: | typeset |
- Genre:crime; detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:He bought himself a charmed life... but he forgot to ask the price!
- Keywords:assassin; broken glass; charm bracelet; gangster; store window; tommy-gun
Characters:
Rod Serling (photo inset); Big Tony Martel (gangster); gangland assassin
- Synopsis:
- Big Tony Martel is impervious to an assassin's tommy-gun.
Reprints (1)
from Indexer Notes
Art credit by Alberto Becattini.
This issue has 1 variant
Issue Data
- Publisher's Brand:
Gold Key
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Western Publishing Company Inc.
- Indicia Frequency: monthly except February, April, June, October, and December
- Dell/Western Eight-Digit Code: 90016-609
- Printer: ?
Indexer Notes
Edited out of Western Publishing's New York offices. All reprint issue. Cover and comic contents are all reprint.
On sale date from the Comic Reader #132.
A Charmed Life
A Charmed Life
The Twilight Zone
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comic story /
8
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The Twilight Zone
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comic story /
8
pages
- Genre:crime; detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Feature Logo:The Twilight Zone [One tier, letters of staggered heights]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:Okay, Big Tony, you've had it!
- Keywords:ambition; be-careful-what-you-wish-for; buyer beware; charm bracelet; crime; gangsters; living-up-to-one's-word; tommy-guns
Characters:
Rod Serling (host); Big Tony Martel (gangster); Benny (gangland assassin); The Devil; Morton (Devil's chauffeur); Legs Barton (gangster boss); Simpson (ambitious assistant D.A.); various police; various gangsters
- Synopsis:
- Ambitious gangster Big Tony Martel makes a deal with the devil. Those never turn out well.
Reprints (1)
Indexer Notes
Cover story. The the identity of the devil is reveled on page two of the story, lest anyone fear a "spoiler" is leaked in the synopsis. The names of real-life gangsters Al Capone and Dutch Schultz are invoked as those Big Tony could overcome with the help of the Devil.
Door to Oblivion
Door to Oblivion
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text story /
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- Genre:fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:For the Ashton family the horror began on a fall night in October, 1876.
- Keywords:disappearance; fear; mysterious voices; panic; well
Characters:
Charlotte Ashton; the Ashton family
- Synopsis:
- Teen-age Charlotte Ashton vanishes while on her way to get water from the family well. Her voice is heard emanating from trees and rocks, calling for help.
Reprints (1)
Indexer Notes
© 1971, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Not officially a Twilight Zone story.
Premonition
Premonition
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comic story /
4
pages
- Genre:fantasy-supernatural
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:The evening is strangely hot and sticky as Fred Harris, a young professor in the small town of Midville, returns home...
- Keywords:abounding oddities; doppelgangers; invisibility; lightning; unwelcome surprise
Characters:
Fred Harris; Peter Dewey; Mrs. O'Brien
- Synopsis:
- A strange phenomenon allows Fred Harris to escape death.
Reprints (1)
Indexer Notes
© 1971, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Not officially a Twilight Zone story.
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The Missing Link
The Missing Link
The Twilight Zone
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comic story /
6
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The Twilight Zone
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comic story /
6
pages
- Genre:fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Feature Logo:The Twilight Zone [One tier, letters of staggered heights]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sometimes you can ride a hobby-horse too far!
- Keywords:anthropology; devolution; evolution; jungle setting; missing link; obsession
Characters:
Rod Serling (host); Professor Harding; skeptical reporters; hunter; hunting dogs; hyena; lion; large bird; saber-toothed tiger
- Synopsis:
- Harsh circumstances and deprivation force Professor Harding on a journey of devolution, over which be becomes the "missing link" he so desires to discover.
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The Last Voyage
The Last Voyage
The Twilight Zone
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comic story /
6
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The Twilight Zone
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6
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- Genre:fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Feature Logo:The Twilight Zone [One tier, letters of staggered heights]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:Meet Zack Bosley and Lucas Byrne, men without conscience -- to whom murder is as natural an act as breathing --
- Keywords:best-laid-plans; historical setting; pirate ship; pirates; rowboat; sea or island setting; treasure; unwelcome surprise
Characters:
Rod Serling (host); Zack Bosley; Lucas Byrne
- Synopsis:
- Murderous renegade pirates Zack Bosley and Lucas Byrne meet their individual fates while adrift at sea.
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Indexer Notes
Writer credit from Len Wein, via Tony Isabella's "Tony's Online Tips" column, via the GCD Errors List.
Editing
Table of Contents
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[A Charmed Life]
The Twilight Zone -
The Incredible Hulk Vs. The Green Frog
Hostess Twinkies; Hulk -
A Charmed Life
The Twilight Zone -
Fun Tricks Free Things!
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Door to Oblivion
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Premonition
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- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Brian Dobbelaere
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Darrel McCann
- Donald Dale Milne
- Richard Thomson
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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