Who Is The Mummy? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

The Mummy is a In the Public Domain comic book character, the alter ego of Imhotep, with over 139 comic issue appearances. The mummy was a antagonist character called Imhotep, played by Boris Karloff in the 1932 film, which later became a classic character from the Universal horror films.

Who is The Mummy?

In 1932 movie Imhotep (Boris Karloff) was a priest in the Ancient Egypt who was mummified by the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, as punishment for attempting to resurrect his love, the Princess Ankh-es-en-amon, and back from the world of the dead due to the discovery accidental of a papyrus, by a archaeologist. He assumes a new identity, Ardath Bey, a modern Egyptian and help archaeologists to find the tomb of Ankh-es-en-amon. During the search, he comes across a woman very similar to Ankh-es-en-amon, named Helen Grosvenor. Ardath realizes that Helen is his former lover and tries to mummify it, but can't, because Helen invokes the goddess Isis, which transforms Imhotep in ashes. In 1999 movie Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo) was a high priest in the reign of Seti I, who was betrayed by Imhotep, who started an affair in secret with his wife, Anck-su-namun. Seti I discovers the secret and is killed by Imhotep, who tries to escape the Pharaoh's soldiers but is captured at Hamunaptra and convicted of the ritual of Hom Dai, where they cut his tongue and mummify alive, along with carnivorous scarabs beetles. Anck-su-namun, to be discovered himself, trusting that could be revived later by Imhotep, who had .

Key facts

The Mummy is of other origin and first appeared in "Pit of the Damned!". The character is published by In the Public Domain. With 139 recorded issue appearances, The Mummy ranks among the most featured characters in comics.