Comic Title: Adventures of Rex, the Wonder Dog #26
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Mar/Apr 1956
Approx. On Sale Date: January 3, 1956 Copyright Date January 1, 1956
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1956
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Julius Schwartz

Title: "The Mystery of the Missing Mummy"
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Detective Chimp (of Earth-1)

Writer: John Broome
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Joe Giella

Feature Character(s)

• Detective Chimp (last appearance in Adventures of Rex, the Wonder Dog #25; next appearance in Adventures of Rex, the Wonder Dog #27)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sheriff Edward Chase (last appearance in Adventures of Rex, the Wonder Dog #25; next appearance in Adventures of Rex, the Wonder Dog #27)

Villain(s)

• Dake and his partner (bandits; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A museum curator (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Bobo takes an interest in Egypt and visits a new museum exhibit. Sheriff Chase expects the exhibit to be a robbery target, so he stays close by. When he spots two suspicious crooks, he hides inside a mummy case. The crooks steal the case and are pursued by Bobo and a guard. The crooks throw the case in the lake to hide it. Bobo dives after it and rescues Sheriff Chase. The crooks are then apprehended.