The Unexpected #119 is an issue of the series The Unexpected (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1970.
Synopsis for "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Deadliest of All?"
A man named Karnes is summoned to the estate of Angus Mactavish in the dead of night. Upon entering he is confronted by McTavish and accused of embezzling. McTavish proceeds to summon the police by phone but Karnes bludgeons him on the head with the elderly mans own walking cane. He commits the evil deed in front of a mysterious mirror that reflects the last evil deed committed in front of it. The police arrive and Karnes notices the reflection in the mirror that incriminates him and he quickly covers the mirror with a tarp. The police notice Karnes behaving oddly and remove the tarp but they only see a plain mirror and nothing else. Karnes is released and drives home determined to find out more about the mirror. He consults with members of a black cult that inform him that the mirror is enchanted and reflects the last evil deed it witnessed when the moon is at the highest point in the sky. Karnes heads to the McTavish estate to obtain the mirror but he is informed by a servant that it has been donated to a preservation society. Karnes heads to the society office and finds out that the mirror has been forwarded to a man named MacFarland in Glasgow. He drives to Glasgow determined to get the mirror before it gives him away. He breaks into MacFalands house and is immediately confronted by the police who were summoned by MacFarlands house alarm. Karnes senses that he will be apprehended and decides to smash the mirror before being arrested for trespassing. He breaks the mirror but then learns that MacFarland is blind and would not have seen the reflection in the mirror of him committing murder. The police then notice that the broken glass chards on the floor are reflecting the murder of Angus MacTavish as the moon rises in the sky.
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Synopsis for "The Swampchild!"
Dr Emil Starke embarks on a project to produce life from the primary elements of swamp water. His experiment is successful and a child is created. Starke puts the infant up for adoption with the condition that he must know the identity of whoever adopts the child. Years pass and the scene changes to two brothers who are fighting over the romantic interest of Dr Starkes nurse Julia. Julia is in love with Ben Evans but his brother Luke is insanely jealous and confronts his brother warning him to stay away from Julia. They come to blows but they are quickly kicked out of the office by Dr Starke himself. Dr Starke warns Julia to stay away from the Evans boys, he warns her that he is only trying to protect her from something he cannot talk about. This arouses Julia's curiosity. Julia then searches Dr Starkes office and discovers his notes on the swamp experiment. She reads that a baby was created and put up for adoption but she is unsure as to its identity. She surmises that the baby is either Ben or Luke. Ben and Julia decide to marry but during the ceremony Luke confronts the couple with a gun. He attempts to shoot his brother Ben but he hits Julia instead. As Julia lays dying her body transforms into a pulsating mass of swamp muck. She had been the swamp child all along.
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Synopsis for "Rachel isn't Ready to Die!"
A group of vigilantes led by Lemuel Adams break into a house to apprehend a woman named Rachel. Rachel is accused of witchcraft and the group intends to hang her from a nearby tree. The commotion catches the attention of a young blind man named Myles. Myles defends the woman and emphasizes the fact that she has not had her day in court. The vigilante group releases the woman but they then attack the blind man with stones. Myles is on the verge of being killed when a sudden enchanted forces stops the stones in midair. The source of the magic is originating from the accused woman who really is a witch. She rescues Myles and retreats back with him to her house for safety. Myles is grateful and remarks that Rachel must be a beautiful woman. Rachel is touched and she becomes determined to cure Myles using her black powers. She consults her magical sources and finds a way to cure Myles of his blindness but the act will result in the last of her powers of sorcery. She decides it is a fitting sacrifice since Myles saved her life. She cures his blindness and Myles is amazed to have his sight. He insists on looking at the face of her savior but Rachel hides to avoid him looking at her ugliness. Myles insists in looking upon Rachels face and removes her hood revealing a beautiful woman. The loss of her witchcraft powers resulted in the loss of her ugliness.
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Synopsis for "A Phantom in the Tree!"
A father and son plant a tree together and watch it grow over the years. The father dies and is buried close to the tree. The son moves away but upon returning during a visit, he discovers that the tree has been cut down. The son eventually goes to serve in Vietnam and comes under heavy fire. He fears he will be killed at any moment when suddenly a tree appears out of nowhere with a phantom face in it. The tree protects the soldier from a barrage of mortar fire. The soldier recognizes the tree as the same one planted by his father. It had travelled across the ocean to protect him.
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