Hanna-Barbera Scooby-Doo...Mystery Comics #28
In "The Ancient Astronaut," Scooby-Doo and the gang investigate a mysterious sarcophagus that coughs and smokes at the Museum of Ancient Art, leading to a stolen artifact called the Ancient Astronaut and a trail that takes them to Central America. Written by Vic Lockman and illustrated by Dan Spiegle—whose dynamic art defines the issue's look—this 1974 Western Comics adventure blends classic mystery with a touch of the bizarre, all captured in a cover by Spiegle that perfectly sets the tone.
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Scooby and the gang are at the Museum of Ancient Art when an Egyptian sarcophagus begins to cough and smoke. The curator, Mr. Hadley, arrives to extinguish it, but it turns out to be a self-destructing tape recorder. Meanwhile, thieves have made off with an Axtakl artifact called the Ancient Astronaut. Clues point to the thieves returning with the artifact to Axtakl, so the museum offers to fly the gang down to Central America to retrieve it.
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