Uncanny Tales #2
In "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.
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A man is attempting to do a face transplant from a corpse but his interfering wife is always getting underfoot by trying to help him in his endeavors. When she burns the skin that he has harvested off the corpse in her attempt at cleaning up around the place, he fixes her wagon by transplanting the corpse's head onto her shoulder.
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