Part 2 of the Mystery of the Great Pyramid carries on from the brilliant
Part 1, a lavish and intense adventure with wonderful artwork by Edger P. Jacobs.
The story takes on a more fantastical air in this second volume (part 1 being a more straight forward adventure with the occult mysteries of the pyramids as a backdrop). Here we delve head first into the ancient mysteries of Egypt. At its best Blake & Mortimer mixes classic adventure serials with occult mysteries or mysterious science and it is bang on the money here.
It is not flawless, like many of the Blake & Mortimer volumes it is a very dense piece of work with perhaps a little too much text. Everything has to be explained even if the artwork makes it clear what is happening, though in some ways it adds to the tension of the story by making the stories a little claustrophobic. Plenty to read then and plenty to wonder over. Highly recommended.
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