Indiana Jones: Tomb of the Gods (Part 3)

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Episode Studies by Clayton Barr
enik1138-at-popapostle-dot-com

Indiana Jones
"Tomb of the Gods" Part 3
Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods #3
Dark Horse Comics
Story: Rob Williams
Pencils: Steve Scott
Inks: Nathan Massengill
Colors: Michael Atiyeh
Letters: Michael Heisler
Cover: Tony Harris
December 2008

Indy and Janice are left alone and adrift at sea.

Read the story summary at the Indiana Jones Wiki

Notes from the Indiana Jones chronology

A mock-up of Indy's passport on the inside front cover of all four issues of this mini-series suggests it takes place in late May and early June. This issue's passport mock-up includes a stamp for "North Pacific", which (not being a nation), does not have its own stamp to issue in the first place! (Although, to be fair, none of the stamps on the passport shown here actually exist; only nations or territories claimed by a nation use stamps). This stamp has the stamped date of 01 June 1936, which is before Indy even left on this adventure (12 June)!

Didja Know?

Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods is a four-issue comic book mini-series that was published by Dark Horse Comics in 2008.

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 mini-series, going from the end of The Temple of Doom to Indy trying to track the whereabouts of Dr. Abner Ravenwood and segueing into the events of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Characters appearing or mentioned in this issue

Indiana Jones

Janice Le Roi

Nazi Ahnenerbe

Henrik Mellberg (mentioned only, deceased)

Marcus Brody

whaling ship crew

Dr. Friedrich Von Hassell

Alex Beresford-Hope

whaling ship captain

Marwell O'Brien (mentioned only)

Didja Notice?

In "Tomb of the Gods" Part 2, Janice made fun of Indy for carrying a whip, snarking, "Is there a lot of call for lion tamers in the middle of the Pacific? Geography may not be your strong suit." But now, with Indy and Janice abandoned in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on an overturned lifeboat in shark-infested waters, he is able to use the whip to keep the sharks at somewhat of a distance.

On page 12, Janice cracks that there must be a Michelin-star chef hidden aboard the whaler as she stirs her bowl of slop. This is a reference to Michelin tourist guides. Michelin Guides are a series of tourist guide books that have been published by the French Michelin tire company since 1900, known particularly for its starred quality ratings for restaurants.

On page 13, Indy presumes that Janice is too much of a high-society gal to run off to live with the Inuits. "Inuit" is used to describe the native inhabitants of the northern-most portions of North America. When Indy was a boy in The Sacred Meteorite, he tended to use the word "Eskimo" to describe them, but in modern times that term has come to be viewed as a slur, as it is believed to be related to the Cree word askâwa, meaning "raw meat", suggesting an eater of raw meat, or a barbarian. I guess Indy has learned about that in his studies and has changed his verbiage.

On page 16, Marcus tells Indy to remind him to give him a pay raise when they get back home. But at this point, Marcus is supposedly curator of the National Museum, not working at any of Indy's colleges, so how is he in a position to give Indy a raise?

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