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1173March-May 1961
$0.15

Four Color #1173

Dell · March-May 1961 · on sale 1960-12-29

First appearance: Rod Serling1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Four Color (Dell, 1942 series)
Issue
#1173
Issue title
The Twilight Zone
Publication date
March-May 1961
Key date
1961-03-00
On-sale date
1960-12-29
Indicia publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Rod Serling - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Phantom Lighthousecover1pencils: ? (painting); ? (photo); inks: ? (painting); ? (photo); colors: ? (painting); letters: typesetRod Serling (photo)
1-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: Rod Serling
2Specter of Youthcomic story10script: Leo Dorfman; pencils: Reed Crandall, George Evans; inks: George Evans, Reed Crandall; letters: Ben OdaRod Serling First
3The Phantom Lighthousecomic story12script: Paul S. Newman; pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall; letters: Ben OdaRod Serling (cameo)
4Doom by Predictioncomic story10script: Leo Dorfman; pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall, George Evans; letters: Ben OdaRod Serling (cameo)
5Journeys into the Twilight Zonecomic story1pencils: George Evans; inks: George Evans, Reed Crandall; letters: Ben Oda
6Travelers in the Twilight Zonetext article1pencils: George Evans; inks: George Evans, Reed Crandall; letters: Ben OdaNostradamus; Edgar Cayce; Shanti Devi; Peter Hurcos

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Twilight Zone #211967On eBay ›
The Twilight Zone #251968On eBay ›
The Twilight Zone #261968On eBay ›
The Twilight Zone #291969On eBay ›
Mystery Comics Digest #181974On eBay ›
Mystery Comics Digest #211975On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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