Unusual Tales #32

Dr. Jonathan Latimer has spent sixteen years perfecting an astonishing machine that can create perfect copies of anything—watches, paintings, even living creatures—and when he finally demonstrates it to skeptical scientists and press, the invention proves far more powerful than anyone imagined. As the world begins to recognize the machine's potential to benefit humanity, Latimer must grapple with the profound implications of his creation and what it means to possess such godlike power.

Dr. Deland arrives in Maxwell to investigate reports of flying saucers, only to discover that every witness claims the sightings were pranks—yet he alone can see the craft filling the sky. When he finally confronts the airport manager Sam Gadsby, Deland is whisked aboard a flying saucer and learns a chilling truth: shape-shifting aliens from the planet Yxlmee have replaced the entire town's population as part of a systematic plan to conquer Earth, one city at a time. Trapped with other prisoners, Deland watches as an unexpected threat—one the aliens never encountered on their home world—begins to unravel their invasion.

Dr. Jim Gooding leads an archaeological expedition to uncover an ancient pharaoh's tomb along the Nile, but the local workers refuse the job, convinced the ruins are cursed. When a child falls into the newly discovered site, Gooding's rescue wins over the villagers—only for a mysterious saboteur to strike from within the tomb itself. With ancient artifacts at stake and danger lurking in the dark passages, Gooding must uncover who's trying to stop the expedition before they can claim the expedition's greatest prize.