Uncanny Tales #40
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Night the Sphinx Spoke!", a cunning criminal uses a hidden microphone to make the ancient Sphinx appear to speak, tricking the city into delivering jewels to its stone mouth. When detective Vince is arrested alongside his gang—only to discover they were set up—the real mystery begins: the pharaoh who claimed the gems wasn’t part of the act after all. Dick Ayers handles art, inks, and lettering, while Carl Burgos brings the eerie cover to life.
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Criminal Jerry uses a microphone to make the Sphinx 'talk' and commands people bring jewels to it, where a pharaoh claims the gems. Vince is arrested with his gang who were supposed to be playing the part of the pharaoh and his guards, but they reveal they were nabbed before the performance - the pharaoh was real.
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