The Twilight Zone: Death's-Head Revisited Book

Location: Dachau concentration camp, years after World War II. A retired German SS captain returns to reminisce about his days in power—until he finds himself at the mercy of those he tortured, on trial by those who died at his hands. Justice will finally be served . . . in the Twilight Zone.

One of most ground-breaking shows in the history of television, The Twilight Zone has become a permanent fixture in pop culture. This new graphic novel series re-imagines the show’s most enduring episodes, in all their original uncut glory, originally written by Rod Serling himself, and now adapted for a new generation—a generation that has ridden Disney’s Twilight Zone Tower of TerrorTM ride, studied old episodes in school, watched the annual marathons, and paid homage to the show through the many random take-offs that show up in movies and TV shows everywhere.

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Journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination . . . With these eleven words, a new generation of readers are introduced to a graphic adaptation of one of television's most insightful—and often times disturbing—programs, The Twilight Zone. Each volume is made up of a story alternately introduced or summarized "in person" by creator Rod Serling. Deaths-Head Revisited tells the tale of Gunther Schmidt, formerly Gunther Lutze, Nazi SS Captain. Schmidt returns to the Dachau concentration camp, the scene of horrific crimes he personally authorized. Unrepentant, Schmidt falls through a wooden step at the camp memorial site and finds himself in 1945. Put on trial by the specter of Albert Becker, a man he murdered in cold blood, Schmidt is condemned to death after reliving the massacre of detainees, burning of the camp, and life prior to the Allied liberation of the Dachau area. These intriguing graphic novellas, adapted by Kneece using Serling's original uncut scripts, have a similar style and tone that gives each installment continuity similar to that of the original broadcast. Information about each episode's airdate, production, and cast and crew is included as well. Plots are methodical and gripping, although the black-and-white artwork (which will change to full color for the commercial release) somewhat mutes each storyline. Point readers to the companion titles The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street and The Odyssey of Flight 33 for further adventures in the Fifth Dimension. Teens who know The Twilight Zone only from its haunting theme music will be drawn to the telecast, and adults who enjoyed the drama will wax nostalgic in thesegraphic interpretations of Serling's provocative social commentary and suspenseful, if not horrific, storytelling. Reviewer: Jay Wise