(Strange Tales I#153/1) - In order to infiltrate the ranks of S.H.I.E.L.D., Baron Wolfgang von Strucker employed the Epiderm-Mask and turned the thermo-indicator to full intensity to hurry the operation. The Epiderm-Mask gave him the appearance of S.H.I.E.L.D. agent John Bronson, and he set out immediately to begin his infiltration.

(Strange Tales I#156/1) - Flying in the Dyna-Soar to Hydra Island, Strucker finally rid himself of the John Bronson guise, using the Epiderm-Mask to restore his natural appearance.

(Strange Tales I#158/1 (fb)) - Nick Fury used the Epiderm-Mask to alter Strucker's appearance to look like Fury; he then created two masks of Strucker's face and put one on each of them.

(Strange Tales I#158/1) - When "Fury" removed Strucker's mask to reveal Fury's face, his own Hydra agents shot at him, while the real Fury escaped Hydra Island wearing Strucker's face.

Comments: Created by Roy Thomas, Jack Kirby, and Jim Steranko.

by Prime Eternal

CLARIFICATIONS:
The Epiderm-Mask should not be confused with:

• The Mask of Death, which empowered Deathgrin, @ Web of Spider-Man#104
• The Mask of Reality of Earth-Nightside, the Lost Treasure of Tao, @ Nightside#3