The Twilight Zone 1962 #40 - back issue - $3.00

Big Tony Martel is impervious to an assassin's tommy-gun.

Ambitious gangster Big Tony Martel makes a deal with the devil. Those never turn out well.

Teen-age Charlotte Ashton vanishes while on her way to get water from the family well. Her voice is heard emanating from trees and rocks, calling for help

A strange phenomenon allows Fred Harris to escape death.

Harsh circumstances and deprivation force Professor Harding on a journey of devolution, over which be becomes the "missing link" he so desires to discover.

Murderous renegade pirates Zack Bosley and Lucas Byrne meet their individual fates while adrift at sea.

Edited out of Western Publishing's New York offices. On sale date of 1971-09-30 from newsdealer notation on the cover of indexer's copy. May or may not be completely accurate, but is reasonable given a cover date of November, 1971.

• A Charmed Life - credit from Alberto Becattini
• Giant Play Zoo Animal Collection - Ad offering 20 figures of zoo animals, made of "rubbery washable plastic", for one dollar. Color ad on inside front cover.
• A Charmed Life - Cover story. The the identity of the devil is reveled on page two of the story, lest anyone fear a "spoiler" is leaked in the synopsis. The names of real-life gangsters Al Capone and Dutch Schultz are invoked as those Big Tony could overcome with the help of the Devil.
• - Ad for military emblem rings and other products from Mark Jewelers. Between pages 4 and 5 of previous story.
• Door to Oblivion - ? 1971, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Not officially a Twilight Zone story.
• Premonition - Newman script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol.32, No.8 August 2021. ? 1971, Western Publishing Company, Inc. Not officially a Twilight Zone story.
• Scary, Life Size Monster Ghost - Black and white ad (over a yellow borderless background) offering a 7 foot polyethylene ghost for $1.00, with free "Peeping Skeleton Hands" included in each order. Sold by Melton Co. Between pages 1 and 2 of previous story. Top half of page.
• Enter the Amazing World of Live Sea-Monkeys - Ad for Sea-Monkeys sold by Nature House. Between pages 1 and 2 of previous story. Lower half of page.
• Any 14 of These Hit Records For Only $2.86 - Two-page ad offering membership in the Columbia Record Club. Comprises the issue's centerfold.
• The Missing Link - Newman script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol.32, No.8 August 2021.
• Own Your Own - Ad for ?The Kodak Instamatic 44 Camera?, with flashcube. Between pages 3 and 4 of the previous story.
• The Last Voyage - Script: Credit from interview with Len Wein (2002-12-06) on Tony Isabella's website "Tony's Online Tips" via Rodrigo Baeza (Per Sandell ed.)
• Monster S-I-Z-E Monsters - Ad offering seven-foot polyethylene monster novelties with glow in the dark eyes, from Honor House. Choose from Frankenstein's Monster and Boney the Skeleton. Between pages 3 and 4 of previous story. Top half of page.
• Polaris Nuclear Sub - Illustrated ad for seven foot long fiberboard submarine from Honor House Prod. Corp, Lynbrook, NY. Lower half of page.
• Hey Kids... Get Your Free Bike Whiz Ring! - Ad for ?Beich?s Chew? taffy caramel candies and ?Whiz? candy bar, offering a free ?Whiz Ring? for 50 one-cent Beich Taffy Caramel wrappers, or 10 wrappers from Beich?s Whiz candy bar. Sold by Paul F. Beich Co. Per the illustration, the ?Whiz Ring? appears to be a plastic disc that looks like a ?Frisbee?, but with a large donut hole in the middle. In the ad?s opening title quote, it is referred to as a ?Bike Whiz Ring?. After that, it is called simply a ?Whiz Ring?.
• 100 pc. Toy Soldiers Set $1.25 - Ad for 100 plastic toy soldiers, packed in a footlocker-styled storage box. Sold by Lucky Products, Inc. Color ad on inside back cover.
• SSP Super Sonic Power Takes On the Grueling Obstacle Run! - Ad for Kenner's SSP Racers. Color ad on back cover.