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In
19th Century London, after three thousand years, Imhotep IV
is alive again. Although he is still wrapped in his mummy
bandages, the daughter of Egyptologist Professor Bowell has
fallen for him. With Imhotep IV dressed in her father's top
hat and tails, they hit the town. But Imhotep IV insults a
gentleman who follows them home with a bobby in tow.
Thinking she will knock them out with chamomile, she
accidentally gives them arsenic and kills both the men.
When
Prof. Bowell returns home, Imhotep IV abducts Miss Bowell
with the intention of taking her to Cairo. But the men he
hires knocks him over the head and abduct Miss Bowell on
their ship. The captain is also a living mummy and turns out
to be Imhotep III. When he learns that his son is in London,
the captain turns the boat around. While father and son
start fighting, Miss Bowell turns herself over to the police
for the death of the two men she accidentally killed.
When Imhotep IV tries to break Miss Bowell out of jail, he is
also arrested. While standing trial, Imhoptep IV demands to
be tried by his peers, which would be Queen Victoria.
Realizing that he must get his son out of jail, Imhotep III
shots Prof. Bowell and has the carriage take him to
Buckingham Palace.
Carrying the body of the professor into
the palace, he ends up kidnapping the queen also. When she
refuses to help, Imhotep III dumps her off a bridge into the
Thames. Breaking them out of jail, they realize that they
must come up with some sort of plan or they will be caught
again.
The
Professor's Daughter is a collection of strange, love
story written by
Joann Sfar
and drawn by Emmanuel
Guibert. This story involve a young woman and an Egyptian
mummy who have fallen in love in 19th Century London.
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