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Adventures into the Unknown #75 (1956)
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Robert Drake, a struggling writer haunted by financial ruin and self-doubt, becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind Sir Francis Drake’s so-called "Lost Year" after a suggestion from a historian. His desperate search leads him through libraries and dead ends—until, in a moment of despair on a Times Square street, he stumbles into a surreal jungle that seems to transport him back to 1578, where he encounters a weary and frantic Drake fleeing from unknown pursuers.
When Flight 101 lands safely in Chile after a flawless journey, ground crews are stunned to find the plane completely empty—no passengers, no crew, no sign of anyone having been aboard, despite the aircraft having landed on schedule and the emergency parachutes untouched. The mystery deepens as officials struggle to comprehend how a full plane could vanish mid-flight, leaving behind only the unexplained silence of an empty cabin.
When a young man named Nobotu Ogata begins having vivid, unexplained premonitions—first warning his father of a fatal car crash, then sensing an earthquake before it strikes—his growing unease draws the attention of a psychic research society. As his visions intensify, culminating in a terrifying sense of impending doom while stationed in Hiroshima, the story explores the chilling possibility that intuition might be a window into the future.
In a remote Himalayan village, a British expedition sets out to investigate the legend of a humanoid snow creature said to inhabit the upper slopes of Mount Everest. As the climbers push higher, they encounter eerie footprints and fleeting glimpses of a shaggy, bipedal figure that moves with surprising intelligence—leaving them to wonder if the mountain’s icy secrets are truly meant to stay hidden.