Twilight Zone literature
media adaptations of The Twilight Zone series
Twilight Zone literature is an umbrella term for the many books and comic books which concern or adapt The Twilight Zone television series.
Comics
Dell Comics published two "Twilight Zone" comics as issues #1173 (March–May 1961) and #1288 (February–April 1962) of the Four Color comics anthology. They then published two standalone issues, #01860-207 (May–July 1962) and #01-860-210 (August–October 1962).
Gold Key Comics published a long-running Twilight Zone comic that featured the likeness of Rod Serling introducing both original stories and occasional adaptations of episodes. The comic book series ran for 91 issues from November 1962 to April 1979. Issue #92 was published in May 1982 and reprinted the first issue. George Wilson drew several covers for the series. The Gold Key series continued for years after the television series's last original episode in June 1964 and Serling's death on June 28, 1975.
A later revival of Twilight Zone comics was published by Now Comics, spinning off of the 1980s revival of the show.
In 2008, The Savannah College of Art & Design and publisher Walker & Company collaborated to produce a series of graphic novel adaptations of episodes from the series that were written by Rod Serling.
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