World of Suspense #1
In "A Stranger Among Us," a stagehand’s secret crush leads him to impersonate the leading man in a production of Cyrano De Bergerac—only to find that his disguise is more than just makeup. When the woman he loves rejects his confession, claiming she’s in love with the stagehand, he’s stunned to realize he’s trapped in his own deception. With art by Joe Maneely and lettering by Joe Letterese, this 1956 tale of identity and mistaken desire unfolds in a single, tense moment of revelation. The cover, also by Joe Maneely, captures the eerie intimacy of the transformation.
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A stagehand of the play Cyrano De Bergerac is in love with the leading lady, so he resolves to knock out the leading man and don his makeup, so he can get close enough to her to confess his feelings. She doesn't notice that he is a different man, so when he asks her for a kiss she refuses and says that she is in love with the stagehand. He exclaims that he is the stagehand, but when he tries to remove the false nose, he finds that he cannot.
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