The Twilight Zone Premiere

    (Now, 1991)
™ and ©1991 CBS Entertainment

Now Comics ushered in a new era of Twilight Zones with this one-shot premiere series. It hit newsstands with a regular edition, a polybagged version, and a special “premiere” edition, making for a somewhat confusing start to the new era.

Luckily, the content was top notch. After an introduction by writer Harlan Ellison, the comic proceeded into the classic Ellison tale “Crazy as a Soup Sandwich.” There, a hapless gambler makes a deal with a demon to pick the winning horses at a racetrack, and backs his bet with a large loan from a local “businessman.” As promised, the chosen horses all crossed the finish line first, but for a variety of reasons were all disqualified. The gambler lost everything he bet, leaving a demon after his soul, and a loan shark after his body. In the prestige edition, readers are also treated to a second text story by Ellison, Darkness Upon the Face of the Deep.
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  • 1
    #1
    Oct 1991
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Harlan Ellison  ·  A: Neal Adams
    NN; Introduction by Harlan Ellison
    9 copies from $0.99
  • 1/CS
    #1 Collector’s Set
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Harlan Ellison  ·  A: Neal Adams
    Collector’s Set (polybagged, gold logo); Introduction by Harlan Ellison; Not code approved
    1 copy for $5.00
  • 1/DM
    #1 Direct Market Edition
    Direct Market Edition with cover by Bill Sienkiewicz
    Nov 1990
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Don Glut, Harlan Ellison  ·  A: Eddy Newell, Neal Adams
    Introduction by Harlan Ellison
    11 copies from $1.25
  • 1/DM-2
    #1 Direct Market Edition - 2nd printing
    Direct Market Edition with cover by Bill Sienkiewicz
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Harlan Ellison  ·  A: Bill Sienkiewicz, Neal Adams
    Introduction by Harlan Ellison; Not code-approved
    2 copies from $9.99
  • 1/PR
    #1 Prestige Edition
    Nov 1990
    Cover: $4.95
    W: Harlan Ellison  ·  A: Neal Adams
    Introduction by Harlan Ellison
    9 copies from $0.99