Forbidden Worlds #62 (1958)

When young Davey Warren inherits his explorer uncle’s mysterious golden shield—the legendary Luck of the Zanubis—he becomes obsessed with its power, using it to fuel his imagination and believe he’s invincible. Years later, now a grown man, he still carries the weight of that childhood conviction, convinced that losing the shield doomed him to bad luck—until a trip back to his childhood haunt, Tuckerman’s Cave, puts that belief to the test.

In "null," a young boy with uncanny foresight warns his mother just in time to save his father, who’s moments from crashing his car into a lake—before the crash even happens. The story unfolds with quiet intensity, exploring the weight of a gift that feels more like a burden than a blessing.

When a reporter tracks down the legendary animal trainer Anton Drobny, who vanished after a dazzling career, he ventures into the heart of darkest Africa—only to find himself in a place where the wild is tamed not by force, but by something far stranger. As he’s brought before Drobny in a remote, mysterious domain, the truth behind the man’s uncanny bond with animals begins to unfold in ways that defy reason.