Today in Comics History, January 21, 1783: You say you want a revolution

Previously, on The Twilight Zone...

On January 20, 1893, René Noir stole a valuable "gold key" and used it to found a thriving comic book company break into the home of the mysterious Marie and the (looks through my dictionary of "L-Words") lachrymal Louis (I'm not certain if that word is right), where after he discovers he's Louis's identical double, is sedated by drugged wine and wakes up the next morning on...


from "The Secret of the Key" in The Twilight Zone #4; pencils by Alex Toth, inks by Mike Peppe, letters by Ben Oda
Y'see, the Gold Key took him back in time 100 years! Where he just happened to encounter his exact double! Who was gonna be killed the next day! How about that story, kids? Pretty scary, right? Even Ol' Uncle Bully was scared, and he doesn't scare easily!

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THE TWILIGHT ZONE!

This post was suggested by faithful reader and frequent commenter Blam, who's provided a lot of date references in comics that I'll spotlight throughout 2023 in this series. Thanks, Blam!