Indiana Jones: Trial of the Golden Guns

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Indiana Jones
"Trial of the Golden Guns"
The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #27
Marvel Comics
Plot/Script: David Michelinie (from an idea by Ron Fortier)
Pencils: Steve Ditko
Inks: Danny Bulanadi
Letters: Diana Albers
Colors: Robbie Carosella
Cover: Bob Budiansky and Bill Sienkiewicz
March 1985

In Russia, the Cossacks demand a new shooting contest for ownership of the golden guns.

Read the story summary at the Indiana Jones Wiki

Notes from the Indiana Jones chronology

This story takes place in 1936, immediately after the events of "Trail of the Golden Guns".

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

Ilya Pugachev (dies in this issue)

Elizabeth "Beth" Cody

Peter Rostoff

Cossacks

Count Alexander Salkovich (dies in this issue)

Bolsheviks (mentioned only)

Uri Rostoff (dies in this issue)

Buffalo Bill (mentioned only, deceased)

Efrem Decker (mentioned only)

Red Cavalry

Nikolai

Didja Notice?

On page 5, Peter Rustoff says, "Da." This is Russian for "Yes."

On page 14, Salkovich confirms that the Bolsheviks think of Hitler as an enemy and a madman. Adolf Hitler, of course, was the evil Chancellor of Germany from 1933-1945.

As Ilya did in "Trail of the Golden Guns", Salkovich refers to Indy as "Amerikanski". This is a slightly derogatory term for an American that may by used by a Russian.

The Cossack whip with a bulbous tip that Salkovich uses against Indy is called a nagaika.

On page 18, Beth refers to Ilya as "cowchip". This is an American slang term for dried cow dung.

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