Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)

Robert Strange: John Malcolm

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• [first lines] 

  [sound of a huge gong omninously echoes down the valley] 

  Billy Batson : What's that, Mr. Howell?

  Howell [Ch. 1] : I don't know, Billy - let's find out. What do you make of that cymbal, Malcolm?

  John Malcolm : I don't know, Howell. Does it mean anything to you, Tal Chotali?

  Tal Chotali : The men of the hills are gathering. The cymbal says that the white men are to be driven from the Valley of Tombs.

• [On the inner tomb, the archeologists discover a carving of a Scorpion with ancient writing surrounding it] 

  John Malcolm : Why, there's an inscription here! Can you translate it, Tal Chotali?

  Tal Chotali : Why, yes, I can translate it. It say, "Let what reposes behind this stone remain hidden from the eyes of mankind... for all time."