Shock SuspenStories #13
"Only Skin-Deep" in Shock SuspenStories #13 (1954) delivers a chilling twist on identity and memory, anchored by Jack Kamen’s stark, expressive art and Marie Severin’s haunting colors. A man recovering from a fiery crash and facial reconstruction is drawn into a dangerous game by a woman who claims he’s her lover—until a moment of trauma forces a terrifying truth to surface. The story, written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein and brought to life by Kamen’s pencils and inks, is a masterclass in psychological suspense from EC’s legendary lineup.
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A man comes out of an car accident with amnesia and plastic surgery to reconstruct extensive facial burns to be met by a woman who claims to be his lover and that the two of them plotted to murder her husband for his insurance money. He travels to a cabin with her and when he slips and bumps his head, his memory returns. He strangles the woman because he recalls that he is not her lover but actually her husband who had overheard their plans to kill him and got the jump on the other man and switched clothes before getting caught in the fire he set in the car's gas tank.
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