1 Monty: {mockingly} So how does it feel, Haken? You let the orichalcum and the Russian spy get away from you!
2 Haken: It could be worse.
2 Monty: How so?
3 Haken: {raising his gun} Die Amerikaner archaeologists could also be falling out of die zeppelin...
4 Monty: I'll stop mocking you now, then...
4 Prof. Jones: Nice timing, Junior.

I couldn't decide if this was better with or without Professor Jones' final line. In the end I left it in. (Obviously.)

I think it might have been better with a different line by Prof. Jones, but I couldn't think of one that was short enough to fit into the available dialogue space.

Hey, if you think of one, comment on the forums. If I like it, I may do a George Lucas on this strip and retroactively change what happened!

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2015-07-11 Rerun commentary: As it happened, I didn't change the strip retroactively. Looking at it again now, I like the final line.

There's an odd flare in the last panel, on the grey panelling above Professor Jones's head. I think that's a reflection of the desk lamp I used to illuminate the set.