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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: EC
Title: Shock SuspenStories
Page Count: 36
Genre: Crime, Horror-suspense, Science Fiction
Era: Golden
Cover Price: 0.10 USD
Cover Date: August 1953
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Country: United States
A woman manipulates a man into killing her husband by pretending to be in love with him, while she and her lover work out a scheme whereby he claims to be a witness to the killing and blackmails the two of them into letting him sleep with the woman. She carries on this act, pretending to be progressively degraded and begging for salvation, until the dupe finally writes out a confession implicating only himself in the murder and swallows a bottle of poison. She then gleefully regales the dying man the details of the con.; A young man sitting in the electric chair reflects on the events of his youth while his parents are sitting at home do the same. The parents see their past actions in a positive light, but their son sees things from a different perspective.; Philip, a reporter, is put on a story involving people who have been involved in car wrecks and the bodies displaying evidence of puncture marks on their throats and all blood drained from their bodies. The problem is: not all of the victims were found....just 4 of 16 bodies total. Soon, Philip and his new bride are involved in an accident, and he learns the tru fatye of all the victims: a ghoul has set up roadside hazards to procure fresh meat.; Astronauts are approaching Mars when one of their number admits to them that he is really a Martian who designed the rocket in order to return home after his crashed. The other astronauts think he has lost his mind and attempt to seize his gun, which discharges, killing him. They land on Mars and notice that the body has regained its true form and realize the creature was telling them the truth and that hostile Martians are now waiting outside to absorb their bodies and return to Earth as Martian infiltrators.