The Twilight Zone #1
“Blanks” · Cover A by Morgan Beem · IDW Dark anthology relaunch · original first printing · Collect Forever Soft Slab
24 September 2025
The launch issue of IDW Dark's 2025 Twilight Zone anthology, presenting the black-and-white story “Blanks” by Dan Watters and Morgan Beem. Cover A is also by Beem and depicts a featureless hospital patient surrounded by equally blank medical figures against the series' spiral motif.
Read the catalogue note →- Issue
- #1
- Publisher
- IDW Dark / IDW Publishing
- State
- Collect Forever Soft Slab
- Condition
- Near Mint appearance within Collect Forever Soft Slab; ungraded.
- Completeness
- Complete comic presumed from intact encapsulated presentation. Front and rear covers and Collect Forever labels are physically verified; interior pagination cannot be directly collated while housed in the Soft Slab. Published catalogues record 36 pages.
- Rarity
- Standard cover; no scarcity claim established
Catalogue note
The launch issue of IDW Dark's 2025 Twilight Zone anthology, presenting the black-and-white story “Blanks” by Dan Watters and Morgan Beem. Cover A is also by Beem and depicts a featureless hospital patient surrounded by equally blank medical figures against the series' spiral motif. This copy is preserved in a Collect Forever Soft Slab with exact UPC and release-date identification.
Writer: Dan Watters
Artist: Morgan Beem
Cover: Morgan Beem
Edition: Cover A · standard cover
Why this object matters
Beem’s cover and black-and-white Blanks story form a coherent visual treatment of The Twilight Zone in the IDW Dark relaunch. It is useful contemporary adaptation evidence, while the original television property’s significance should not automatically determine this issue’s rating.
Evidence limits: Complete comic presumed from intact encapsulated presentation. Front and rear covers and Collect Forever labels are physically verified; interior pagination cannot be directly collated while housed in the Soft Slab. Published catalogues record 36 pages.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 7.5 / 10.
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Recorded contributions · 3
- Dan WattersWritingCatalogue credit
Writing credit: Dan Watters Original catalogue credit
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Artwork credit: Morgan Beem Original catalogue credit
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Cover artwork credit: Morgan Beem Original catalogue credit
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