The
''Indiana Jones'' franchise has produced many
comic books
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.
Marvel Comics
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initially owned the rights before passing them to
Dark Horse Comics
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in 1990. Marvel published adaptations of the films ''
Raiders of the Lost Ark
''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. It stars Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronal ...
'', ''
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' is a 1984 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the second installment in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise, and a prequel to the 1981 film ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', fea ...
'', and ''
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' is a 1989 American action film, action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas. It is the third installment in the Indiana Jones, ''Indiana ...
'', while Dark Horse adapted the ''
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
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'' video game, ''
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993. Filming took place in various locations around the world, with "Old Indy" bookend segments filmed in Wilmington, Nort ...
'' television series, and ''
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' is a 2008 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and the fourth installment in the ''Indiana Jones'' series. Released and taking place 19 years after the previous ...
''.
Marvel also published ''The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones'' from 1983 to 1986, which were the first original adventures featuring the character in comic book literature. From 1992 to 1996, following the ''Fate of Atlantis'' adaptation, Dark Horse published seven
limited series Limited series may refer to:
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. With the franchise's revival in 2008 due to the release of ''Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'', Dark Horse will publish further series, including one aimed at children. Critical reaction to the comics, particularly their interior art, is mixed.
Marvel Comics
1980s
In 1981,
Marvel Comics
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published a three-issue adaptation of ''
Raiders of the Lost Ark
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''. In January 1983, the character was given his own monthly series, named ''The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones'', which ran for 34 issues until March 1986. The series had
Marcus Brody
This is a list of characters in the Indiana Jones (franchise), ''Indiana Jones'' series.
Introduced in ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''
Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones (character), Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr. (Harrison Ford), the titular chara ...
and
Marion Ravenwood
Marion Ravenwood is a fictional character who first appeared in the 1981 film ''Raiders of the Lost Ark''. Played by Karen Allen, she enters the story when Indiana Jones visits her in Nepal, needing her help to locate the Ark of the Covenant with ...
in regular supporting roles, and
Sallah
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,
Katanga, and
Short Round also appeared. A three-issue adaptation of ''
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' is a 1984 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the second installment in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise, and a prequel to the 1981 film ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', fea ...
'' and a four-issue adaptation of ''
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' is a 1989 American action film, action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas. It is the third installment in the Indiana Jones, ''Indiana ...
'' were also published.
The series is notable for having tried to develop its own continuity, adding up original content and characters to pre-existing Indiana Jones mythology, with villains such as rival archeologist Ian McIver and Ali Ben Ayoob, a Levantine tycoon employing Ishmaelite assassins as agents.
Dark Horse reprinted the ''Raiders'' adaptation and the first 12 issues of ''The Further Adventures'' on February 18, 2009. A second omnibus volume followed on September 23, 2009, reprinting issues #13-24 and the ''Temple of Doom'' adaptation and a third volume on February 24, 2010 reprinted the final ten issues and the ''Last Crusade'' adaptation.
Indiana Jones cameos in one panel of the miniseries ''
Beauty
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and
the Beast'' as "some sort of adventurer".
Dark Horse Comics
1990s
Dark Horse Comics
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published a
bimonthly four-issue adaptation of the ''
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
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'' computer game by
William Messner-Loebs
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and
Dan Barry from March to September 1991. From 1992 the following original series were published:
*''Indiana Jones and the Shrine of the Sea Devil'' (written and penciled by Gary Gianni, published in issues three to six of the ''Dark Horse Comics''
anthology
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series from October 1992 to January 1993, and reprinted as a
one-shot in September 1994).
*''Indiana Jones: Thunder in the Orient'' (six issues written and penciled by Dan Barry (though the sixth was drawn by
Dan Spiegle
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), published from September to December 1993, and then March and April 1994).
*''Indiana Jones and the Arms of Gold'' (four issues written by
Lee Marrs
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and penciled by Leo Durañona, published from February to May 1994).
*''Indiana Jones and the Golden Fleece'' (two issues written by Pat McGreal and Dave Rawson, and penciled by Ken Hooper, published in June and July 1994).
*''
Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix
''Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix'' is a Dark Horse Comics limited series starring the fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones. It was the seventh ''Indiana Jones'' limited series by Dark Horse, and the sixth about the adult Indiana. The comic ...
'' (four issues written by Lee Marrs and penciled by Leo Durañona, published from December 1994 to March 1995).
*''
Indiana Jones and the Spear of Destiny
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'' (four issues written by
Elaine Lee
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and penciled by Dan Spiegle, published from April to July 1995).
*''Indiana Jones and the Sargasso Pirates'' (four issues written and drawn by
Karl Kesel
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(with Paul Guinan and
Eduardo Barreto
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co-penciling the first and fourth issues respectively), published from December 1995 to March 1996).
A series based on ''
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
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'' television series, written by Dan Barry, began in February 1992 and lasted a year. The twelve issues retold the 'Curse of the Jackal' pilot followed by six of the show's first season episodes. Barry drew the first three and the last four issues of that series, while
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drew issues three to six, and
Gordon Purcell
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drew the seventh and eighth issues.
Sales of the later series were poor, which resulted in the cancellation of Pete Ford and Hugh Fleming's ''Indiana Jones and the Lost Horizon''. It would have explored Indiana's friendship with
Abner Ravenwood in 1926. In February 2008, ''Fate of Atlantis'', ''Thunder in the Orient'' and ''Arms of Gold'' were collected into an omnibus. The rest was collected together in June 2008.
2000s
An adaptation of ''
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' is a 2008 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and the fourth installment in the ''Indiana Jones'' series. Released and taking place 19 years after the previous ...
'', written by
John Jackson Miller
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and penciled by Luke Ross, came out in May 2008. The following month, an ongoing children's series entitled ''Indiana Jones Adventures'' began, which is modeled after ''
Clone Wars Adventures
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''. The first volume, set in 1930, involves
Norse mythology
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while Indiana travels to
Sweden
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and
Marrakech
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. It was followed by a
Free Comic Book Day
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six-page story and a second volume of ''Indiana Jones Adventures'', both published in 2009. The four-issue ''
Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods'' (written by
Rob Williams and penciled by Steve Scott) was published between June 2008 and March 2009.
Indiana Jones and
Shorty
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cameo in the ''
Star Wars
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'' story "Into the Great Unknown" in ''Star Wars Tales'' #19 (2004), where they find the wreck of the ''
Millennium Falcon
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'' and the body of
Han Solo
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while searching for the Sasquatch, who is in fact
Chewbacca
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.
Reception
Kevin Powers of ''
Comics Bulletin
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'' gave ''Fate of Atlantis'', ''Thunder in the Orient'' and ''Arms of Gold'' positive reviews. He found ''Fate of Atlantis'' a "darker, more fast-paced" adaptation of the game, but that it still captured Indiana and
Sophia Hapgood's relationship. He also argued "the parallel between the downfall of Atlantis and the downfall of the Nazi searchers is really well done". There was "hell of a lot going on in" ''Thunder in the Orient'', "but it's fairly easy to follow and the political connotations are very well documented". He compared it and ''Arms of Gold'' to ''
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' is a 1984 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the second installment in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise, and a prequel to the 1981 film ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', fea ...
'' because of its focus on action over characterization, although he deemed the latter "perfect for someone looking for a well-crafted adventure story". He praised its romantic elements, but found the villain an afterthought.
Powers found
Dan Barry's art for the first two Dark Horse series "cartoonish,
utit definitely suits the feeling of Indiana Jones. Barry did an excellent job capturing the action and adventure aspect of Indy as well as the supernatural. The representations of Atlantis were extremely well done and remain consistent throughout the book." He preferred
Dan Spiegle
Dan Spiegle (December 10, 1920 – January 28, 2017) was an American comics artist and cartoonist best known for comics based on movie and television characters across a variety of companies, including Dell Comics, DC Comics, and Marvel Comi ...
's artwork in the last issue of ''Thunder in the Orient'' as "it's edgier, rugged and has a more 'realistic' and old-school type artwork that is very well suited to Indiana Jones". He felt Leo Durañona's art for ''Arms of Gold'' was "decent, but a bit inconsistent. He goes for the 'rugged' Indiana Jones look, but the inconsistencies in the art from page to page is a bit noticeable."
[
The website's reception to the ''Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' adaptation was poor, arguing it "reads like a summary of a story, not like a story", and that ]John Jackson Miller
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's writing was "lacking". The only highpoint was the art from Luke Ross
Luke Ross (born Luciano Queiroz 18 July 1972) is a comic artist known for his work on books such as ''Gen13'', ''Spider-Man'', ''Green Lantern (comic book), Green Lantern'', ''Indiana Jones comic books, Indiana Jones'' and ''Captain America (vol ...
and Fabio Laguna which "runs the gamut from decent to fantastic". They acclaimed the rest of 2008's comics, (the first issue of ''Tomb of the Gods'' and volume one of ''Indiana Jones Adventures'') particularly their art. Powers, in his review of the limited series, felt "Harrison Ford
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International comics
Titan Magazines began publishing the ''Indiana Jones Comic'' in the United Kingdom on May 22, 2008.
A series of three hardcover comics by writer Claude Moliterni and artist Giancarlo Alessandrini was published in France by the Bagheera publishing house.
Collected editions
A number of the stories have been collected into trade paperbacks
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:
*''Indiana Jones Omnibus'':
** ''Volume 1'' (352 pages, Dark Horse, February 2008, , Titan Books
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, March 2008, )
** ''Volume 2'' (384 pages, Dark Horse, June 2008, , Titan Books, July 2008, )
*''Indiana Jones Omnibus: Further Adventures'':
** ''Volume 1'' (368 pages, Dark Horse, February 2009, , Titan Books, April 2009, )
** ''Volume 2'' (368 pages, Dark Horse, November 2009, , Titan Books, November 2009, )
** ''Volume 3'' (368 pages, Dark Horse, March 2010, )
Notes
References
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Young Indiana Jones
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