Mister Mystery #8
In "Rat-Trap," tourist Robert Morgan is stranded in the desert during a violent sandstorm, seeking shelter in a forgotten cave where he’s unexpectedly saved by the mysterious Sandola. Drawn into an eerie mystery, he’s led back to the city only to find her vanished—leaving him to wonder if he truly encountered a living woman or the ghost of an ancient queen long buried beneath the sands. Hy Fleishman handles both art and inks for the story, while Maurice Whitman and Tony Mortellaro collaborate on the cover.
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Tourist Robert Morgan travels through Egypt and is lost in a sand storm. He finds refuge in a cave where the noble woman Sandola protects him from a snake and leads him back to the city. Sandola disappears all of a sudden, and Morgan learns that he must have met the ghost of an ancient queen, dead for two thousand years.
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