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Episode Studies by Clayton Barr
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Indiana Jones: The Ikons of Ikammannen Indiana Jones
"The Ikons of Ikammanen"
The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #1
Marvel Comics
Script & Layout: John Byrne
Finished Art: Terry Austin
Letterer: Joe Rosen
Colorist: Bob Sharen
Cover: Terry Austin
January 1983

The murder of a former student leads Indy to an uncharted Atlantic island.

 

Read the story summary at the Indiana Jones Wiki

 

Notes from the Indiana Jones chronology

 

This story takes place not long after the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 1936.

 

Didja Know?

 

This story was published as the first issue of Marvel Comics' The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones series. The series was originally promoted as being titled Raiders. See the promotional pin-ups below, which appeared in the Marvel Movie Spotlight Featuring Raiders of the Lost Ark special that reprinted all three issues of Marvel's mini-series adaptation of the movie.

 

This issue does not have a stand-alone title. It is broken down into four chapters, with the first having no title (unless it's just "The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones", which is what says at the top of page 1). The fourth chapter is titled "The Ikons of Ikammanen", said ikons being the McGuffin of the story, hence the commonly assumed title of this issue in fan circles.

 

There is also an adaptation of the full story (issues 1 and 2 of The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones) in The Adventures of Indiana Jones role-playing game rule book published by TSR in 1984. Maybe someday I'll obtain a copy of that book and add notes from the "Ikons" adaptation to this study.

 

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

 

Indiana Jones

Miss Greebley

Marcus Brody

Marshall College students

Charlie Dunne (dies in this issue)

Edith "Edie" Dunne

Jerry

Marion Ravenwood (mentioned only)

hotel clerk

Solomon Black's thugs

Solomon Black

Voht

ship's captain

island natives 

 

Didja Notice?

 

Marcus remarks, possibly only half-jokingly, that he'd fire Indy from his teaching position at Marshall College if he weren't the most popular archeology teacher on the faculty who brings in thousands of dollars in grants every year.

 

The address for Edith Dunne is at Hotel Faud in Krikamibo, Liberia. Both hotel and city appear to be fictitious. Liberia is a country on the coast of western Africa.

 

On page 5, Indy is flying in what is described as "a spanking new DC-3." This would make sense, as the Douglas DC-3 was introduced in the same year, 1936. The plane's tail number seen here appears to be VP-HOJ, which would not have been a legitimate registration number for the time, as it should be in the format of A-BCDE.

 

Arriving in Krikamibo (although called Krikambo on page 5), Indy muses that it's a lot like the town where he was with Marion before they went looking for the Ark. This refers to events in Raiders of the Lost Ark, though the town there was in Nepal and described as much smaller than the one here, and not on a coastline! It seems like this line of Indy's was added mostly just for the purpose of referencing the recent film and Indy's love interest in it.

 

On page 21, Indy wakes from unconsciousness to find himself bound back-to-back with a woman. Though the woman is Edith Dunne, Indy at first has a flashback and exclaims, "Don't look, Marion! Don't..." This is another reference to events in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

 

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