A zombie or zombi was a member of the undead.
Indiana Jones had encountered different kinds of zombie in the course of his adventures during his lifetime.
Adventures with zombies[]
On an island in the Indian Ocean in 1940, Indiana Jones found himself fending off zombies when the island's inhabitants succumbed to a plague caused by the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse.[1]
Haitian zombis.
In 1943, while searching for the Heart of Darkness in Haiti, Jones encountered two variations of zombi that could be controlled by a bokor:
- 'real' corpses of the dead, re-animated by magic
- 'chemical' living people, subdued and controlled by a potion.[2]
Four years later, Doctor Matthias Jäger resurrected Nazi soldiers with the Philosopher's Stone but was unable to wield the artifact and he and the zombies were disintegrated.[3]
Behind the scenes[]
Zombies were first intended to debut in the Indiana Jones universe with the planned release of the Dark Horse Comics series Indiana Jones: The Dance of Death, but the story went unpublished for unknown reasons, yet its offscreen events were made canon with the 1994 release of The World of Indiana Jones.
When writing Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead, author Steve Perry decided to introduce zombies as Indiana Jones had never dealt with the undead. However, he decided to make both magical and chemical zombies to contrast them.[4]
Appearances[]
- The Mata Hari Affair (Mentioned only)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark novel (Mentioned only)
The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones – "Gateway to Infinity!" (Mentioned only)- Indiana Jones: The Dance of Death (Cancelled)
- Indiana Jones and the Arms of Gold (Mentioned only)
- Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead
- Indiana Jones and the Iron Phoenix
Sources[]
- The World of Indiana Jones
- Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
- Indiana Jones Masterpieces
- The Indiana Jones Handbook
