The Outer Limits

    (Dell, 1964-1969)
™ and ©1964 Daystar-Villa Di Stefano-United Artists Television

The Outer Limits was an intelligent and thought-provoking science–fiction television show during the 1960s, featuring half-hour dramas of future societies, alien invasions, and supernatural occurrences, usually in the form of fables with shock endings to drive home the point. The format was similar to The Twilight Zone, but with a harder science-fiction edge. It inspired many imitators and a series revival in the mid–1990s.

Dell published comic book adaptations of The Outer Limits from 1964–1969. The stories were either based on the original television screenplays or stuck very close to their style, and the artwork was typical of Dell’s no-nonsense approach to television and movie–inspired comics, which they cranked out by the carload from the 1940s through the 1970s.
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  • 1
    #1
    Jan 1964
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    A: Jack Sparling
    1 copy for $30.00
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    #7
    Jul 1965
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    A: Jack Sparling
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    #8
    Dec 1965
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    A: Jack Sparling
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    #9
    Jul 1966
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    A: Jack Sparling
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    #10
    Oct 1966
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    A: Jack Sparling
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    #11
    Jan 1967
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    A: Jack Sparling
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    #12
    Apr 1967
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    W: Joe Gill  ·  A: Jack Sparling
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    #13
    May 1967
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    A: Jack Sparling
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    #14
    Jul 1967
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    A: Chic Stone
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    #15
    Sep 1967
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    #16
    Nov 1967
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  • 17
    #17
    Oct 1968
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    A: Jack Sparling
    Reprint of #1
    2 copies from $19.00
  • 18
    #18
    Oct 1969
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    W: Paul S. Newman  ·  A: Jack Sparling
    Final Issue; Reprint of #2
    2 copies from $9.59