Shock SuspenStories #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Split Second!" in Shock SuspenStories #4 (1952) delivers a chilling twist on love and deception in a future where marriage licenses must be renewed every three years. Written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein, with art by Joe Orlando and coloring by Marie Severin, the story follows a man who hires a woman for a three-year marriage—no sex, just appearances—only to reveal he’s a robot whose emotional connection was a calculated performance. Cover by Wally Wood captures the eerie tension of this unsettling tale from EC’s legendary lineup.
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Reprinted in Shock Suspenstories #1 (1981), Iskalde Grøss album #2 (1990), Shock Suspenstories #4 (1993), Iskalde Grøss #2/1994 (1994), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #2 (2012), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #14 (2015), Choke Gasp! The Best of 75 Years of EC Comics #[nn] (2019), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #34 (2023), Verta ja väristyksiä #[nn] (2023), Shock Suspenstories #1 (2023), Artisan Edition #[16] (2024), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library #37 (2024)
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