After Western Publishing decided to split from Dell Comics in 1962 and form their own comics line, they acquired a number of titles to be released under the Gold Key imprint. The Gold Key version of The Twilight Zone was started in November, 1962. Although it was a continuation of the previous Dell title, the numbering did not continue and so the issue was listed as "No. 1" in the indicia—although the Dell-style numbering system was still used on the cover (i.e. 10016-211).