I, the Pharaoh
- by Carl Wessler and Joe Sinnott
- Comic Book
- Fantasy, Mainstream
- YA and Up
- Debatable Time Travel
- English
- “I, the Pharaoh” by Carl Wessler and Joe Sinnott, Journey into Mystery #36 (Atlas Comics, July 1956).
This story could be a fantasy about Egyptologist Ted Craven, who studies Pharaoh Ras Hati-Ka so deeply that he eventually becomes the ancient Egyptian; but there are clues that the whole story is only a delusion in Craven’s overworked mind. Or perhaps it’s all a dream of the pharaoh himself.
—Michael Main
No . . . it’s all an illusion! I’ve been working too hard!
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- Time Periods
- Ancient History (3000 BC to AD 476: Bronze/Iron Ages)
- Circa AD 1950 to 1959: presumed time of Ted Craven
- Timeline Models
- Time Travel Methods
- Possible Dream, Hallucination, et al.: If it’s all Craven’s dream of the pharaoh
- Vivid Envisioning: if the surface story is true
- Real-World Tags
- Groupings
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- “I, the Pharaoh” by Carl Wessler and Joe Sinnott, Journey into Mystery #36 (Atlas Comics, July 1956).