1942, June: The Case of The Museum Mummy

This was the second of two stories featured in Harvey Comics' first issue Green Hornet Comics, in 1942.  The first, entitled The Case of The Murdering Clown, was reviewed at the end of March.

The museum's exhibit of Tutankiem's tomb is a huge deal in town and therefore worthy of coverage by the Sentinel newspaper. Britt Reid, owner and publisher of said newspaper, smells a good story and decides to take in the event with his bodyguard and general fixer, Michael Axford. They dismiss the legend of a curse on the tomb as superstitious silliness. And yet...

Bet you feel like quite the jackass now, Sneed!

When the body is searched, a small needle is found. It is speculated, then, than Sneed was...murdered! 

This is a mystery better investigated by the Green Hornet, and so Reid returns to the museum as that alter ego later that night. 

That gentleman is named Barat and he is one of the museum officials. He begins to explain that he has seen the mummy of Tutankiem wander the halls of the museum, but then collapses similarly to how Sneed did. Another poisoned dart! 

After such clever deduction, the Green Hornet takes the next logical step, and beats a confession out of Corbin.  

Fair question, which the Green Hornet answers by jumping out of the nearest window. Kato, who had earlier been instructed to wait in the car nearby, races off with the Hornet. 

And that's about it. There's really nothing all that noteworthy about this one; the story is little more than filler which, no doubt, is why it was the second one featured in the book. It could have been written with just about any character and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Harmless fun.