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MICKEY MOUSE #306 – March 2011. Published by BOOM! Studios, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc., 6310 San Vicente Boulevard, Suite 107, Los Angeles, CA 90048-5457. All contents are copyright © 2011 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved. BOOM! Studios™ and the BOOM! Studios logo are trademarks of Boom Entertainment, Inc., registered in various countries and categories. All characters, events, and institutions depicted herein are fictional. Any similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, events, and/or institutions in this publication to actual names, characters, and persons, whether living or dead, events, and/or institutions is unintended and purely coincidental. BOOM! Studios does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork. For information regarding the CPSIA on this printed material, call: (203) 595-3636 and provide reference #EAST – 99999. Printed in the USA

WRITER: Byron EricksonARTIST: Paco Rodriguez

Letters: Deron Bennett

“SPAGHETTI AND GOOFBALLS”WRITER: Maya Åstrup

ARTIST: Euclides MiyauraLETTERS: Deron Bennett

COVER: Paco RodriguezCOLORS: Mike Cossin

EDITOR: Christopher Meyer

SPECIAL THANKS: Jesse Post, Steve Behling, Rob Tokar, Bryce Vankooten, and David Gerstein

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Youse guys are cruisin’ fer a

bruisin’, musclin’ in on our turf!

it is to laugh! The order to steal this

item was not meant for third-rate bums!

So much for my resolution to just watch the museum in

case it was the next Egyptian exhibition to be robbed!

KICK!

But no! When I saw the loot hit the lawn, I just had to

run in and rescue it!

Hey! Dat mouse stole the score!

Get him!

Seemed like a good idea at the time, and if I can just make it to

my car...

Oh, crud! They had a back-up man waiting in

the wings!

Hoo-boy! Me and my stupid

ideas!

Keep your head up, mouse!

Katarina!*

*See “The Claws of the Cat” for Katarina’s

introduction! -Chris

Don’t just stand there --

hop on!

If you’d just hold still a

second...

Wow! Am I glad to

see you!

I bet you say that to all the girls who save

your life!

Seriously, it’s lucky for me you were flying

by! I was in--

Luck had nothing to do with it, and I wasn’t just “flying by”! I followed

you to the museum!

Huh? Why? Are you investigating the current rash of

thefts of Egyptian antiquities?

Yes... my museum

was hit, too...

Your museum?

Listen, I know you don’t like “amateurs”

interfering in your “profession” --

whatever that is!

MICKEY MOUSE

But you have to admit it’s a good thing I

was there to res-cue this Egyptian

antiquity from those crooks!

An amazing representation of the

goddess Bastet! 25th dynasty,

I’d say!

I-I’m glad the Bastet statue is safe, but that’s

not why I’m here!

Oh? But I thought--

Don’t interrupt! This is hard

enough as it is!

I’m here because hundreds of Egyptian antiquities have been stolen from museums

all over the world recently!

And I...I need your help to recover

them!

Well, I can give you an important clue! I heard one of the crooks say there was an order

out for the cat!

Sounds like a rich un-

scrupulous collector,

or maybe even--

I already know who is behind the thefts, mouse! I’m pretty sure I even know where he’s hiding the antiquities!

I don’t need your much-vaunted big

brain!

What I do need is your puny

little body!

Say, I can’t help noticing that your house is pretty bare of any kind

of art! Not much into culture, are you?

If all you’re going to do is insult me, you can forget about the whole thing! I can crack this case on my own!

Sorry sorry sorry!

I-I tend to get... nasty when I’m forced to

ask for help!

Listen carefully! The man behind

the thefts is Dr. Jacques Le Bron, the world’s most knowledgeable Egyptologist!

But also the world’s most corrupt

collector! Acting on a tip

from me...

...Interpol raided his house last year and recovered a truckload of stolen Egyptian antiquities! But they

couldn’t arrest Le Bron!

He could show provenance for each item and claimed he was duped by unscrupulous

art deal- ers!

Let me guess -- the provenance was forged and the “art dealers” were untrace- able?

Right! But Le Bron was furious at the loss of his

collection, so I kept an eye on him!

Still, I couldn’t stop him from making contact with a gang of sophisticated

art thieves, and shortly after, the thefts began!

So where’s Le Bron hiding the

antiquities? And why do you need my “puny

little body”?

I’m positive he’s hiding them in the last place anyone

would look -- in Egypt, in the Valley

of the Kings!

As to why I need your help, I’ll explain

on the way there! C’mon -- I’ve got a jet waiting!

Wait! What about this Egyptian antiquity? I think we

need to hide it...

“...in the last place anyone would look!”

Egypt, the Valley

of the Kings --

That’s the tomb of Aktupset! As a respected Egyptologist, Le Bron was able to convince the Egyptian

authorities to close it for a year...

...so he and his graduate

students could study it without being disturbed by tourists!

Some students! They look more like hired muscle!

Yes, but they’re not the only reason I’m sure the stolen antiquities

are hidden in that tomb!

Right before the

current rash of thefts started...

...Le Bron arranged to publish a paper outlining

his discovery of an unknown chamber in

an Egyptian tomb!

But before it was printed, he withdrew it!

Claimed he’d been mistaken! The

paper was returned to

him, but I... uh...

...”obtained” a copy! It had

a diagram of the tomb’s revised lay-

out, showing the unknown

chamber...

...and a narrow construction shaft

leading to it!

And that’s why I need a small helper like you -- to crawl down that narrow shaft and get the evidence we need to

bust Le Bron!

RITUAL SHAFTHALL

ENTRANCE

CONSTRUCTION SHAFT

UNUSED CHAMBER

BURIAL CHAMBERS