| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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). |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |