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Shock Suspenstories#1
Cover: Wally Wood
Shock Suspenstories #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn the 21st century, where marriage licenses require renewal every three years, a man hires a woman to be his wife for the duration—no intimacy, just appearances. As their time together unfolds, she finds herself growing attached, only to learn the shocking truth: he’s a robot, and her role was purely strategic. Shock Suspenstories #1 (1981) delivers a chilling, thought-provoking twist in "The Neat Job!", written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein, illustrated by Joe Orlando, with lettering by Jim Wroten, and a striking cover by Wally Wood.
Contains 24 stories
The Neat Job!
Arthur Berdeen (death)two un-named detectivesEleanor Berdeen (villain)
Yellow!
Sergeant Maurer (radio man)un-named sentryCaptain Millikan ("B" Company Commander)Lieutenant Martin Henderson (the Colonel's son, death)Sergeant HefnerColonel Clark HendersonThe Nazis (villains, named only)
The Monsters!
Hinkel (scientist)Alex (scientist)Herman (scientist)Jennings (stenographer)two mutants
The Rug!
Conrad "Connie" Cartwright (wealthy socialite)Reggie (playboy, Cartwright's companion)
Kickback!
Oscar Higgins (Freda's husband, death)un-named doctorRick (Freda's boy friend)Fritz (construction worker)Mr. Davidson (Freda's lawyer)Freda Higgins (villain)
Gee, Dad... It's a Daisy!
Lieutenant Stanley Linden (Astro-Navigator, death)Lieutenant Arnold Hartley (Rocket-Engineer, death?)Lieutenant Segal (crewman, death)Dickson (radio man, death)Phelps (crew member, death)un-named Commander of the Orion-W (death)Shrdnu (villain, intelligent plant)Vichnu (villain, intelligent plant)
The Patriots!
Freddy (death)Freddy's un-named wifeCharlie (crowd on-looker)
Halloween!
Ann Dennis (matron at Briarwood)Tommy (orphan)Mary (orphan)Eban Critchit (villain, Master of Briarwood, death)
Just Desserts!
Jimmy (Bernard's son, death)Cora (Bernard's wife, death)Irving (Bernard's best friend, death)Clorissa (Bernard's Aunt, death)Julius (Bernard's business partner, death)Fanny (a nurse, death)Fanny's un-named boy friend)Joe (Julius' employee)Bernard (villain)
The Guilty!
Sheriff Humphrey DawsonJed (Deputy Sheriff)Aubrey Collins (prisoner, death)Phil (Deputy Sheriff)Frederick Moore (District Attorney)AlLowell Anderson (laywer)Hank Barker (villain)
The Big Stand-Up!
Bart Thompson (TV engineer)Jack (TV sound engineer)Lara
Stumped!
Henri Petite (a trapper, death)Marcel Duvall (Henri's fellow trapper)Jaques Soubret (villain, a trapper, death)
Split Second!
Jack (lumberjack)Fuz (lumberjack)Ted Morgan (lumberjack)Steve Dixon (villain, lumberjack boss, death)Liz (Silver Dollar Saloon singer, Steve's wife, eventual death)
Confession
Arthur KeenanFlagg (Policeman)Riley (Policeman)Mason (Policeman)Detective DoyleCharlie (Police switchboard operator)Mrs. Staley (Lieutenant Staley's wife, death)Lieutenant Staley (villain, Policeman)
Strictly Business!
Dianne Masters (Alec's wife)un-named SenatorAlec Craven (a robot)
Uppercut!
Herby Dixon (boxer)Eddie (boxer)Tom Murphy (boxer)Jerry Colby (boxer, death)Ernie Maxwell (boxer)Max (fight scheduler)Lou (bookie)Joe Wiley (fight promoter, death)Harry (forensic pathologist)
Well-Traveled!
Jack Bailey (Horace's neighbor)Philip Bailey (Jack's son)Bess Weems (Horace's wife, death)Horace Weems (villain)
Hate!
Dave Gold (death)Ethel Gold (Dave's wife, death)Mary Smith (John's wife)Mrs. White (John's adoptive mother)John Smith's un-named sonJohn Smith (villain, reforms)Charlie (villain)Ed (villain)
What Fur?
Emile Le Doux (a furrier)Henri (the furrier's assistant, death)Captain George Limpfort (rocket transporter)Emma Limpfort (George's wife)
Cold Cuts!
Helen Benson (Victor's wife, death)Charlie (real estate agent)Mr. JohnsonMrs. JohnsonEd (Victor's partner)Victor Benson (villain)
Dead Right!
Madame Vorna (fortune teller)J. Flag Marson (prison warden, mention only)Mr. Clayton (Cathy's boss)Cathy Finch Marno (office clerk, waitress, death)Charles Marno (villain, Cathy's husband, death)
Under Cover!
Suzy Carson (death)Ed Fenton (newspaper editor)Sam Masters (newspaperman, death)Grand Master of the Black Vigilante Society (villain)two un-named phony FBI agents (villains)un-named Society members (villains)
Not So Tough!
Lieutenant Robert Arden (Astro-Navigator, later Rocket-Man 3rd Class, death)Sergeant Coogan (ship crewman, death)Seeley (crewman, death)Vice-Commander Philip Forbes (death)Commander Horace Bergman (villain, death)
Sugar 'N Spice 'N...
Johnny (Margaret's brother, death)Margaret (Johnny's sister, death)a witch [aka The Crab] (villain)
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Full credits
writer Bill Gaines
writer Al Feldstein
artist, inker Joe Orlando
letterer Jim Wroten
cover pencils, inks Wally Wood
Reprints
↩ Reprints Shock SuspenStories #1 (1952), Shock SuspenStories #2 (1952), Shock SuspenStories #3 (1952), Shock SuspenStories #4 (1952), Shock SuspenStories #5 (1952), Shock SuspenStories #6 (1952)
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