Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (comic)

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The comic adaption of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was written by John Jackson Miller and pencilled by Luke Ross. It was published by Dark Horse Comics on May 22, 2008.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Differences from the Film 3 Appearances 3.1 Characters 4 Collections 5 Issues 6 Cover gallery

[edit] Synopsis

[edit] Differences from the Film

As with the novelization, the comic book differs from the movie in many ways:

• The is no race between the disguised Soviet convoy and some American teenagers.
• Dovchenko, oddly, never wears a hat, ever, in any of his scenes.
• Instead of American Dodge M-57's, artists Luke Ross and Cliff Richards for some reason have drawn all of the "American" jeeps used in the Hangar 51 sequence as Soviet GAZ 69's (used later on in the comic as well as in the film in the jungle).
• Instead of Dovchenko chasing Indy and them falling through a skylight into the room with the rocket sled, Indy jumps into the back of the jeep Dovchenko is driving, and they drive down some stairs into the room. And instead of the sled being accidentally activated by Dovchenko bumping into a control panel, Indy deliberately activates it, somehow knowing what it will do. Also no inrushing Soviets are incinerated by the rockets' backwash.
• Dovchenko is still conscious when the sled comes to a halt, and Indy knocks him out.
• When being interrograted, Indy faces onlt Agent Smith. Agent Taylor never appears. Smith also questions General Ross' loyalty in addition to Indy's, and there is no indication he and Smith are on a first-name basis.
• Indy learns he was fired from the university at home, rather than being told by Dean Stanforth after being pulled out his class.
• When Indy and Mutt face the guards in Chauchilla Cemetary, instead of Indy killing one with his own poisoned dart and driving the other away, he knocks them both off a cliff with his whip and kills them.
• The preserved Conquistador Indy uncovers does not deteriorate after being exposed to the fresh air.
• Indy, Marion and Mutt's attempted escape from the Russian camp occurs the following morning rather than at night.
• Following the jungle chase, Spalko's car does not follow Indy's duck into the giant anthill, and thus her driver is not eaten by the siafu. In fact no Russians arrive on the scene except for Dovchenko, who arrives on foot rather than in the truck.
• There are only two waterfalls. The first drop is the cliff that the duck drives off of.
• Spalko and the remaining Soviets find the entrance to Akator not because of Mac's tracers (as in the film) or Spalko's psychic powers (as in the novel), but because they find the sunken duck washed ashore near the entrance.
• Instead of being sucked into the vortex, the soldiers with Spalko are burned up by the piercing gaze of the crystal skeletons. The skeletons also never grow flesh and combine into one being, and simply surround Spalko as she dies.
• Mutt doesn't briefly contemplating wearing Indy's fedora at the end.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Characters

• Marcus Brody (Pictured only) (Statue)
• Francisco de Orellana (Remains)
• Antonin Dovchenko
• Higgins
• Henry Walton Jones, Sr. (Mentioned only)
• Indiana Jones
• George McHale
• Mitchell
• Harold Oxley
• Marion Ravenwood
• Bob Ross
• Russian Soldier 1
• Paul Smith
• Irina Spalko
• Deirdre Stanforth (Mentioned only)
• Charles Stanforth
• Mutt Williams
• Jimmy Wycroft

[edit] Collections

• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull TPB

[edit] Issues

• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 1
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2

[edit] Cover gallery

Issue 1	Issue 1 variant	Issue 2	Issue 2 variant
Trade paperback