The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones 1 is the first issue of The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones series from Marvel Comics. Released on October 5, 1982, the book is the first half of writer/artist John Byrne's two-part story arc "The Ikons of Ikammanen" and represents the first Raiders of the Lost Ark spin-off that was an original Indiana Jones story, not an adaptation of an existing work.
The issue is split into four chapters:
- Untitled
- "Interested Parties"
- "Dealing in the Dark"
- "The Ikons of Ikammanen"
Plot summary[]
Marshall College, 1936[]
Indiana Jones is escorted to his office by Marcus Brody for a reunion with Charlie Dunne, a former student, who tells the professor that his sister, Edith, and he have learned the location of the legendary Ikons of Ikammanen, a set of statues said to be capable of becoming living avengers. Jones is skeptical of their existence but Dunne suddenly drops dead from a knife thrown into his back from outside the window by an unseen assailant.
The killer escapes. With the only trail to follow being the address of Edith's hotel in Liberia among Dunne's belongings, Jones sends Marcus to contact the police while he sets off to meet Edith in Africa.
Krikamibo, Liberia[]
After a twenty-eight hour flight and thirty hours by steamer, Indiana Jones arrives in Krikamibo, a port town on the Liberian coast that reminds the archaeologist of Cairo. Edith Dunne rendezvous with him. She sticks out like a sore thumb in her khaki safari outfit, pith helmet and circle-framed glasses, and as they head for the hotel, Jones has to warn her to be more discreet about speaking of the Ikons so publicly: while they're predominantly of scientific interest, the Ikons of Ikammanen are reputed to be made of solid gold.
When they check in, Jones privately wonders to himself whether or not Edith is more capable than his initial impressions of her given the state of the establishment holding the Dunne siblings' research. However, just as they discover the upstairs hotel room has already been ransacked, they're suddenly attacked by a pair of robed figures who were shadowing them. In the brawl, Edith is hurled out of the window and carried away by a third man.
The vegetable stall that cushions Jones's fall as he follows the kidnapper outside is not a graceful landing but it fulfills his desire to avoid time lost tackling the stairs. Despite the maze of back streets, and the locals minding their own business, Jones keeps up which raises the archaeologist's suspicions as he is led alone into a dead end. A metal gate slams shut behind him then he's dropped into a rat-infested dungeon. He overcomes the exit door's lock with bullets and a well-placed kick then steps out into the subterranean throne room of Solomon Black, a local gangster and self-proclaimed "business man" awaiting his arrival surrounded by piles of gold and flanked on each side by a hooded individual, one of whom holds Edith Dunne at knifepoint.
Black explains that he has been helping keep Edith safe in Krikamibo in anticipation of luring her brother to him so that they could come to an 'arrangement' in order to acquire the Ikons of Ikammanen. Edith bristles at Charlie being solely credited for their joint-effort but warns Jones that Black's interest in the statues is purely for profit not the historical significance of the find. Jones doesn't doubt it; nevertheless, with Edith's life on the line, the archaeologist stands down and makes a deal.
Atlantic Ocean[]
Indiana Jones, Edith Dunne, Solomon Black and his men charter a Czech vessel to a small island encased in fog two days away from Liberia using Dunne's map. With the waters off the coast littered with shipwrecks and Black having no interest in risking himself, he sends the archaeologist, Edith and two of his enforcers to the island in a motorized dinghy. Edith notices that the jungle is unusually dark but Jones is preoccupied wondering about whether or not the locals are friendly. When one of Black's underlings makes footfall on the beach, he's showered with arrows and killed, sending the remaining trio ducking for cover. Finding the volley of projectiles too convenient for the necessary number of natives required to just so happen to be on the same stretch of beach where the boat came ashore, Jones correctly deduces that the ground is actually booby-trapped instead by lobbing a knapsack onto the sand.
At gunpoint, Jones and Edith are encouraged by Black's man to go on ahead to navigate a safe path across the beach. On the other side, the pair make their way through the jungle and climb a mountain though the geology leads the archaeologist to suspect that they're actually on a volcano. At the summit they find an old, deserted village that isn't easily identifiable as African surrounding a 15-story tall temple which reveals the Ikons inside.
The all-too realistic gold statues encircle a single chamber with an inscription beneath said to be the words that awaken them. However, Jones is distracted by the chain and pulley system linked to the ceiling—situated over the much older altar at the center of the room—undoubtedly salvaged from one of the wrecked ships offshore. When he turns his attention to the statues themselves, he notices that the precious metal has also been used secure each of them in place for their own individual alcove up on the wall. A challenge, the archaeologist decides one will be enough to show to Solomon Black before they return for the rest of the Ikons. The effort to remove one of the artifacts sees it break off at the legs and human bones tumble out. Jones realizes that the Ikons of Ikammanen aren't statues at all just as he's knocked unconscious.
Indiana Jones recovers suspended over the altar by the chain, tied back-to back with Edith Dunne, an unpleasant reminder of his experience with Marion Ravenwood and the Ark of the Covenant earlier in the year. The pair then notice that the gathered village population has been reduced to a group of old men. The locals move the altar aside to reveal a pit of molten gold and begin to lower the adventurers down into it.
Appearances[]
Characters[]
- Solomon Black
- Marcus Brody
- Charlie Dunne
- Edith Dunne
- Miss Greebley
- Jerry
- Indiana Jones
- Marion Ravenwood (Mentioned only)
- Voht