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 husband hires a contract killer to trail his wife and murder the man she meets. The woman reconsiders her affair, decides to call it off, and returns to her husband. The husband is glad to have her back before he remembers what he's done. He sees the figure in the door and the flash of the gun. The last thing he ever hears is his wife begging him not to die.
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