"The Devil's Cradle"

COMIC
"The Devil's Cradle"
Writer(s)	Denny O'Neil
Penciller(s)	Gene Day Richard Howell
Inker(s)	Mel Candido Danny Bulanadi
Colorist(s)	Bob Sharen
Letterer(s)	Janice Chiang
Cover artist(s)	Richard Howell Armando Gil
Country	USA
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Released	November 30, 1982
Cover date	March 1983
Canon	Licensing
Timeline	1936
Series	The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones
Preceded by	"22-Karat Doom!"
Followed by	"Gateway to Infinity!"

"The Devil's Cradle" is issue 3 of Marvel's The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones comic book series, published on November 30, 1982, and the first self-contained one-shot of the run.

Plot summary

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Appearances

Characters

• Edith Dunne (Mentioned only)
• Indiana Jones
• Bulldog Hannigan
• Prospero
• Prospero's grandson

Artifacts

• Ark of the Covenant (Indirect mention only)
• Elixir of Immortality

Creatures

• Bull (Mentioned only)

Locations

• United States of America
  • Devil's Cradle

Events

• World War II (Indirect mention)

Organizations and titles

• Colonel
• Folklore Society (Mentioned only)
• Nazi (Mentioned only)
• Nehi (Mentioned only)

Miscellanea

• Dynamite
• Fedora
• Grape (Mentioned only)
• Indy's pistol
• Bullwhip

Behind the scenes

"It went like this: I wrote the plot, submitted it to LucasFilm for approval. It was approved. Drew the pictures, likewise submitted, likewise approved. Wrote the script, submitted it -- she asked for plot changes. Er, no, we said -- that was two steps ago. No, she said, want plot changes!! And when the first issue was finally complete, she decided she liked the plot I'd submitted months earlier for the third issue even better, and wanted that to be the first issue. We talked her out of that one. After two issues of this insanity, I gave up the ghost."

―John Byrne

During development of the first issues of The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones comic book series by Marvel Comics, John Byrne proposed a story for the third issue that he presented months ago before he finished the first part for the premiere "The Ikons of Ikammanen" two-parter story. However, by that point, an unnamed Lucasfilm Ltd. liason, who had no experience in the turnaround time for comic books, decided to have Byrne's story for the third issue become the series premiere in spite of the premiere issue already being done. While Marvel talked the liason out of this, Byrne quit the series after finishing the second part of the premiere due to being unable to deal with the her. As such, Denny O'Neil came up with "The Devil's Cradle" story in its place. Gene Day was brought in to pencil the issue due to editor Louise Simonson wanting to pencil the series along with Marvel's Star Wars, offers that Day agreed when Jim Shooter called him to see if he was interested due to being a fan of both the Indiana Jones and Star Wars franchises. Danny Bulanadi was brought in by Simonson to ink the issue due to his reputation as a fast worker, being supposed to be a fill-in inker until the series' many pencillers secured the job as his.

Collections

• Omnibus: The Further Adventures Volume 1

External links

• "The Devil's Cradle" on Marvel Database, the Marvel Comics wiki

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