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“CATCH AS CAT CAN” WRITER: ARTIST:

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Letters:

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KICK!

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!

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!

Wow! Am I glad to see you!

I bet you say that to all the girls who save your life!

If you’d just hold still a second...

Seriously, it’s lucky for me you were flying by! I was in--

Your museum?

MICKE Y M OU S E

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

Listen, I know you don’t like “amateurs” interfering in your “profession” -whatever that is!

Huh? Why? Are you investigating the current rash of thefts of Egyptian antiquities?

But you have to admit it’s a good thing I was there to rescue this Egyptian antiquity from those crooks!

Yes... my museum was hit, too...

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--

And I...I need your help to recover them!

Sounds like a rich unscrupulous collector, or maybe even--

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!

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

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!

Say, I can’t help noticing that your house is pretty bare of any kind of art! Not much into culture, are you?

What I do need is your puny little body!

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!

...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 dealers!

But also the Listen carefully! world’s most corrupt The man behind collector! Acting the thefts is Dr. on a tip Jacques Le Bron, from me... the world’s most knowledgeable Egyptologist!

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

Still, I couldn’t stop him from making contact with a gang of sophisticated art thieves, and shortly after, the thefts began!

I’m positive he’s hiding them in the last place anyone would look -- in Egypt, in the Valley of the Kings!

So where’s Le Bron hiding the antiquities? And why do you need my “puny little body”?

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...

Right! But Le Bron was furious at the loss of his collection, so I kept an eye on him!

“...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...

Some students! They look more like hired muscle!

...so he and his graduate students could study it without being disturbed by tourists!

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...

...and a narrow construction shaft leading to it!

...”obtained” a copy! It had a diagram of the tomb’s revised layout, showing the unknown chamber...

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!

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