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Indiana Jones
"Tower of Tears"
The Further Adventures of
Indiana Jones
#28
Marvel Comics
Scripter: Linda Grant
Penciler: Steve Ditko
Inker: Danny Bulanadi
Letterer: Diana Albers
Colorist: Robbie Carosella
Cover: Keith Pollard
April 1985
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One of Indy's old archeology professors
dies and leaves his journal to Indy, asking him to complete
research on one of his lost finds...an ancient tower in Iran.
Read the
story summary at the Indiana Jones Wiki
Notes from the Indiana Jones chronology
This story takes place in 1936.
Notes from
The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones
The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones is a 2008 publication
that
purports to be Indy's journal as seen throughout The
Young Indiana Chronicles
TV series
and the big screen Indiana
Jones movies. The publication is also annotated with notes
from a functionary of the
Federal Security
Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation, the successor
agency of the Soviet Union's KGB security agency. The KGB relieved Indy of his
journal in 1957 during the events of Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
The notations imply the journal was released to other
governments by the FSB in the early 21st Century. However, some
bookend segments of The
Young Indiana Chronicles
depict Old Indy still in
possession of the journal in 1992. The discrepancy has never
been resolved.
The journal as published does not mention the events of this
issue, going from the end of
Raiders of the Lost Ark
in 1936 to
Indy's recovery of the Cross of Coronado in 1938 in The Last
Crusade.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this issue
Bradley Tavistock
Marcus Brody
Indiana Jones
Roberts
Alec Sutherland
Marshall college faculty
Arthur Hecht (mentioned only, deceased)
pilot
Hillsmen chief
Hillsmen chief's wife
Hillsmen chief's wife's brother
Didja Notice?
On page 3, Indy says that Dr. Arthur Hecht had been the
first to show him that archeology was more than old pots and
bones.
The plane Indy flies over Iran, near the city of
Yezd, on
page 4 (and on the cover) is likely intended to be a Douglas
DC-3.
When Alec stows away on the plane and parachutes out after
Indy, Indy tells him to go away and points the way to
Teheran,
300 miles away.
On page 13, Indy mentions Eleanor Roosevelt. Eleanor
Roosevelt (1884-1962) was an American political figure and
activist, the wife of 32nd president of the United States,
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Indy would know of her because she
was the "first lady" beginning with her husband's election
to the office of president in 1933.
On page 13, "Allah," spoken by the
Hillsmen chief's wife's brother, is Arabic for "God".
On page 14, the words the sorcerer speaks over the flame pit
in panel 6 appear to be Arabic, but I've not been able to
translate them into phrases that make sense.
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