The Mummy (Version 2) by Inzani-Henley

1 review for The Mummy (Version 2) by Inzani-Henley

1. Rated 5 out of 5

   Andy Martin – February 16, 2024

   You can’t keep a good Mummy down!  Inzani-Henley released at least three versions of their wandering mummy that I have been able to track down so far.

   The first time the Wandering Mummy was available from a Magic dealer was in the mid 1950’s from the German Magic Dealer Joe Wildon.  These were manufactured by Oskar Rey and were similar to the set produced by Inzani-Henley in England but more detailed, gold in color, and about five years earlier.

   Remo Inzani and John Henley obtained the rights in the late 50’s to craft and sell The Wandering Mummy in their own catalog. The first mention of Inzani-Henley’s mummy was in The Magic Circular September 1959, then in Abra November 1959 and in their own catalog in 1964. The first sets sold by Inzani-Henley were made for them by Oskar Rey, and later sets where made for Inzani-Henley by a craftsman in Devon, England.  This set is a later set made in Devon as can be seen by the Green figures and less detailed and more comic like features on the mummies themselves.

   This version has a number of differences from the standard Mummy released by Inzani-Henley:

   • The mummies are stained darker than the standard version.
   • A neat presentation case houses both of the sarcophagi with padded foam and felt to stop them moving around when closed. These mummies are securely protected.  This case is not part of the original set, but looks and works perfectly.
   • The instructions have been re-typeset and printed on vintage antique stationary, instead of the usual poorly printed photo copy that I have seen three times now.  This is a good thing because the instructions provided by Inzani-Henley are one of the best sets of instructions you will find.  They are so good in fact that Dr. Albo directly copies them in Dr. Albo Vol. 7 when he describes The Mummy (pg. 42).

   There is no doubt the Oskar Rey version is the best version released by Inzani-Henley but this set works perfectly and you can’t go wrong with any of their Mummy sets 🙂