A very attractive cover on the third book introduces the Twilight Zone to the Mystery Comics Digest series. Also it has a pretty common theme in the entire series, Egyptology.
Here are the table of contents;
One thing that is noticeable is that within a Digest, often the same artist is featured throughout. We see that with the following stories; "The Last Sixty Seconds";"Experiment in Purple";"The Last Battle", and "The Ordeal of Bluebird Three". In all four you will see the same faces. I think the artist either was a narcissist or kept drawing his favorite uncle or something like that. Strange. See what you think:
There are a couple of text only stories, "Palace of Knossos", "Strange Sleep"; and The Bewitched Baroness". These are just two pages long.
Also there are some short segments similar to the Ripley's short segments, a collection of single pictures with some text; "Calling The Twilight Zone"; "Lost in the Twilight Zone"; "Voices From The Twilight Zone" (about Abe Lincoln); and "Time Travel into the Twilight Zone".
There are also two stories that look like the "Doctor Spector" artist did them; "Tales of the Macabre : Secret of the Jungle Lord"; and "Midnight Mysteries : Cry of the Dire Wolf". I have to say I've never been a fan of the art or the stories. However the artist does have an appreciation of female beauty, and pretty girls are featured throughout these style of comics.
Generally the stories in this Digest are quite good. A mix of artistic styles, the best stories are "The Bridegroom", about a couple of scammers and heartbreakers who get pulled into the Twilight Zone. There is a similar story called "Voyage to Nowhere", as pathos and a desire to help a beautiful woman has the same result. "The Secret of the Key" is quite good, with an historical switcheroo.
The final story is tied to the cover art, "The Queen is Dead-Long Live the Queen", where a long dead Queen is revived and demands a sacrifice. Long before Katy Perry, there's a throne room scene that is reminisent of her video.
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