The Tomb

by Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir, Christopher Mitten (Illustrator)

In 1922, Lord Earl Carnarvon financed the Egyptian expedition that unearthed King Tut's tomb. While the fact that the dig gained a reputation for being "cursed" is well known, Mathias Fowler slipped away into anonymity. Fowler, an American on the team, had grown obsessed with the Ancient Egyptians and when he returned to the States it was with several stolen artifacts in tow. Fowler had become so consumed by the era that when he died, he killed all of his household staff and had them buried in his mansion with him—a modern day Pharaoh's Tomb. Almost 60 years after Fowler's death, Jessica Parrish, archeologist and would-be-Indiana Jones, has been hired to assemble and lead a team into the house to take back the missing pieces and disable the booby traps that have already cost one unfortunate group their lives. Can Parrish and her comrades navigate the elaborate deathtraps with their persons intact or will the curse of Tut's tomb just add to its mounting body count?

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Mystery, Graphic Novels Manga

152 pages, Paperback

First published July 14, 2004

About the author

Nunzio DeFilippis is married to Christina Weir; together they have written a large number of graphic novels. They have written superhero comics but also created original comics and graphic novels of many genres, from YA fantasy to sports to horror to crime drama.

Reviews

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

When Jessie Parrish, a disgraced archaeologist, is convinced to help examine a haunted house once owned by a member of the team that discovered King Tut’s tomb to help uncover its secret treasures and rescue a team that disappeared previously doing the same thing, all hell breaks loose.

Not a bad Indiana Jones-esque story that only suffers from feeling a little too rushed and not having enough time to character build a bit more. I could’ve handled this being a bit longer.

[Megan (DaRcyWho) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it! I want to read more about the characters. I'm sad that so many people died :(

[Kristen · Rating 5 out of 5]

That was a super fun Egyptian themed graphic novel.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fairly entertaining graphic novel about an archeologist who is hired to go into a house once owned by someone on the King Tut expedition. This person came back with a number of stolen artifacts and had his house set up, and trapped, like an Egyptian tomb when he died. Two men have already disappeared looking into the house and now Jessica Parrish has been hired to go in, disarm the traps, and figure out what's inside.

[Nicole West Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

A non-stop adventure tale equivalent to that of Indiana Jones. A group of explorers look for clues in a mysteriously haunted house of an old famous explorer involved in the King Tut find. But as it turns out, his ghost and the ghosts of his servants are out for blood thanks to an Egyptian relic that Mr. Fowlers died with. It's up to the group to find the ankh and destroy it before it can kill anyone else!

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's got everything.