Shock SuspenStories #14
In "The Orphan," a chilling tale from EC’s Shock SuspenStories #14 (1954), a foreign spy infiltrates a high-security nuclear facility, believing he’s outsmarting a room full of careless bureaucrats—only to find himself undone by a document that’s utterly blank. Marie Severin handles every aspect of the interior art with her signature precision and tension, while Wally Wood’s stark, haunting cover captures the story’s ominous mood.
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A foreign spy seeks to steal a top secret document from the Nuclear Energy building, and spots a duplicate copy of it carelessly dropped to the floor. Thinking all of the employees in that office were inept fools, he sneaks in and secures the directive and is on the way out when a shot rings out, striking the spy in the back. With his dying breath, he scans the document, which is totally blank!
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