"Club Nightmare!" is issue 6 of Marvel's The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones comic book series. It was published in March 1983.
Plot summary[]
The grand opening of Marion Ravenwood's Manhattan nightclub, The Raven's Nest, is disrupted by a series of mishaps. Indiana Jones—Ravenwood's silent partner—suspects local gangster Emil Marko is behind the incidents, but rejects the theory after discovering evidence that Marko had abandoned plans to persuade Ravenwood to install casino games at the nightclub. Jones and Ravenwood then turn their attention to Jamal, the club's decorator. Jamal confesses, revealing his scheme to recover black market artifacts he had smuggled into the club disguised as decorations, then destroy evidence of the deed by bombing the club. Jamal's bomb detonates in the struggle that follows, killing him. Jones and Ravenwood narrowly escape, but The Raven's Nest is completely decimated.
Appearances[]
Characters[]
- Enrico Caruso (Mentioned only)
- Jamal
- Indiana Jones
- Emil Marko
- Lee
- Medgar
- Marion Ravenwood
- Marion Ravenwood's bartender (Mentioned only)
- Marion Ravenwood's bouncer (Mentioned only)
- Frank Sinatra (Mentioned only)
Artifacts[]
- Ark of the Covenant (Mentioned only)
Creatures[]
Locations[]
- Nepal (Mentioned only)
- USA
- Hudson River
- New York
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Central Park
- Greenwich Village
- Jamal's Curios
- The Raven's Nest
- Riverside Drive (Mentioned only)
- Manhattan
- Poughkeepsie (Mentioned only)
- New York City
- Hackensack (Mentioned only)
Organizations and titles[]
- Acme
- Society of Friends of Italian Opera
Weapons and technology[]
Miscellanea[]
- La Traviata (Mentioned only)
- Rigoletto
- Slug (Mentioned only)
Behind the scenes[]
Development[]
Artist Howard Chaykin, who wasn't accustomed to doing monthly products other than a few things "here and there" including for The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones, was approached to pencil "Club Nightmare!". While David Michelinie wrote the script and Louise Simonson edited the book, the story was conceived through Chaykin providing the plot and the dialogue came from Michelinie with the.[1] Michelinie, though, recalled the story to be an idea from Archie Goodwin, assuming Goodwin included Marion Ravenwood as to why Michelinie opted to include her given that the character had been absent until that issue and there were no restrictions over using her.[2] Kerry Gammill, who had come in to replace Gene Day after his passing in 1982, was originally slated to pencil the issue, but was replaced with Chaykin most likely because of his slow process over getting the period settings and the character likenesses from Raiders of the Lost Ark right, hence why Marvel Comics had him wait until the next issue one month later to start his job and why Gammill didn't stay for so long in the series.[3] Chaykin's ideas included having Marion hold Emil Marko's Enrico Caruso records as hostage and the scene where Indy uses alum to distract Marko's dogs as an homage to the Looney Tunes cartoons he watched as a child.[1]
Continuity[]
In real life, by 1936, Frank Sinatra was still a waiter who rarely made singing performances at bars. Although he was known by that time, he did not yet have the reputation that Marion Ravenwood attributed to him in this story.
Collections[]
Notes and references[]
External links[]
"Club Nightmare!" on Marvel Database, the Marvel Comics wiki
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