Unusual Tales #35

A young woman arrives in the Guiana jungle with her father, a missionary doctor determined to modernize the tribe's practices—but when a rare, deadly snake strikes her down, she must place her faith in Sadu, the fearsome witch doctor whose unconventional methods challenge everything her father believes medicine should be. As her life hangs in the balance, she discovers that salvation may come from the most unexpected source in "The Face of Sadu," from *Unusual Tales* #35.

Gregory Herndon dreamed of becoming a professional magician, but his act keeps falling apart—tricks go hilariously wrong, audiences heckle him, and his career hits rock bottom night after night. When a mysterious stranger with piercing eyes appears on a rainy evening and promises to share "eternal knowledge" with him, Nokandu suddenly finds his magic transformed, becoming an overnight sensation with powers that seem to go far beyond simple sleight of hand. As his reputation soars and he searches the city to reunite with his mysterious benefactor, he discovers the stranger may not be who he thinks.

When a young boy named Edward slips away to the shimmering Land of Platinum—a fantastical realm of diamond trees and platinum buildings guided by Sandy Zandy—his nightly adventures offer more than just wonder and play. As Edward's parents struggle with hardship and doubt, the magical guide entrusts the boy with treasures meant to restore his father's confidence, with one crucial condition attached. This heartfelt tale explores what magic means when belief itself becomes the greatest gift.

A man fed up with the noise and demands of the outside world retreats into an underground chamber beneath his house, where he studies ancient texts about subterranean civilizations and begins digging deeper into the earth—only to discover that something may be waiting for him in the darkness below. Bronson Leeds has isolated himself completely from his wife Vera and the wider world, but his obsession with finding the underground dwellers he's read about takes a strange and unexpected turn when he finally digs deep enough. This 1962 tale from Unusual Tales explores how far one man will go to escape reality.