Marvel Two-In-One #95 (1983): The Living Mummy

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  1. I’m pretty certain the Living Mummy’s entire solo series, published in Marvel’s “Supernatural Thrillers” series, was set firmly in mainstream Marvel-616 continuity. He/it also turned up in a couple of issues of ‘Captain America’ during that series’ 1988 “Bloodstone Quest” storyline. I know that Marvel used to be known as the “House of Ideas”, and all, but, even a half-century later, I just cannot believe that they thought they could make permanent, ongoing series out of “ideas” like ‘Frankenstein’s Monster’, ‘Werewolf By Night’, ‘Morbius the Vampire’, ‘Man-Wolf’, ( TWO werewolf series-??? ) ‘Man-Thing’, ‘The Manphibian’, ‘Son of Satan’, ‘Satana, the Devil’s Daughter’, ‘Gabriel, Devil-Hunter’, and………..the ‘Living Mummy’. Really, the ONLY ‘horror’ series that had ANY potential of lasting more than a year or two was ‘The Tomb of Dracula’, and that celebrated series only lasted as long as IT did, was because of the excellence of it’s creative team: Archie Goodwin, Marv Wolfman, ( his actual, honest-to-goodness, legal Christian name ) and, above all, the magnificently atmospheric artwork of “Gentleman” Gene Colan- the Master of Mood! Complimented by, of course, the titanic inks of “Terrific ” Tom Palmer! But- the ‘Living Mummy’-?? Really, Marvel-?? Okay.

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