Uncanny Tales #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Skin-Deep," a 1952 Uncanny Tales #2 story written by Hank Chapman and illustrated by Fred Kida, a man’s increasingly bizarre experiments with facial transplants take a darkly comedic turn when his well-meaning wife accidentally burns the harvested skin—leading to a grotesque, unexpected solution. The cover by Joe Maneely captures the story’s eerie, off-kilter tone, making this a standout in Marvel’s early horror anthology series.
In "Skin-Deep," a man obsessed with a grotesque face transplant finds his experiments interrupted by his ever-intrusive wife—until her clumsy attempt to clean up leads to a horrifying twist. When she burns the harvested skin, he responds with a chilling solution, repurposing the corpse’s head in a way that blurs the line between punishment and transformation.
In "The Man Who Melted," a forgetful inventor's dangerous experiment goes horribly wrong when he accidentally kills his wife while testing a serum meant to let him dissolve into nothingness for the perfect crime—only to realize too late he never figured out how to return to human form.
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Reprinted in Journey into Mystery #16 (1954), Atlas Creator Collection #3 (2026)
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