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Classic Monsters of Pre-Code Horror Comics: Mummies #[nn]
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis collection rounds up mummy-themed horror stories from the pre-Code era of comics, pulling from various publishers and titles of the 1940s and early 1950s. Featuring reprints of classic tales, it showcases the eerie, unregulated creativity that flourished before the Comics Code Authority tightened content restrictions. The volume is part of IDW and Yoe Books' series spotlighting specific monster archetypes from that golden age of frightful funnies.
"The Mummy!" is a chilling tale from Classic Monsters of Pre-Code Horror Comics: Mummies, where the ancient mummy of King Ramzu awakens with a singular, desperate longing—to be reunited with his beloved Queen Oaana in death. Drawn from the legendary Iger Shop art team, this haunting story follows Ramzu’s journey through the Egyptian jungle, evading lions and a persistent police officer, as he seeks final communion with his lost love. The tale concludes in quiet tragedy, witnessed by a skeptical girl reporter who can only whisper, “Can’t print the story... who would believe me?” — with Tony Mortellaro’s evocative cover capturing the eerie, timeless dread of the tale.
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The mummy of king Ramzu comes alive and wants only one thing: to be joined in death with his beloved Oaana. He abducts the mummy of his beloved queen, flees into the Egyptian jungle (?), fights off lions and a pesty police officer. In the end he finds his peace, witnessed by a girl reporter. "Can't print the story... who would believe me?".
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