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Indiana Jones
"Fireworks"
The Further Adventures of
Indiana Jones
#30
Marvel Comics
Scripter: Linda Grant
Penciler: Ricardo Villamonte
Inker: Danny Bulanadi
Letterer: Diana Albers
Colorist: George Roussos
Cover: Keith Pollard
July 1985
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Indy and Cobb head to China to confront the
nefarious Weng Ho.
Read the
story summary at the Indiana Jones Wiki
Notes from the Indiana Jones chronology
This story takes place in 1936.
Notes from
The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones
The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones is a 2008 publication
that
purports to be Indy's journal as seen throughout The
Young Indiana Chronicles
TV series
and the big screen Indiana
Jones movies. The publication is also annotated with notes
from a functionary of the
Federal Security
Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation, the successor
agency of the Soviet Union's KGB security agency. The KGB relieved Indy of his
journal in 1957 during the events of Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
The notations imply the journal was released to other
governments by the FSB in the early 21st Century. However, some
bookend segments of The
Young Indiana Chronicles
depict Old Indy still in
possession of the journal in 1992. The discrepancy has never
been resolved.
The journal as published does not mention the events of this
issue, going from the end of
Raiders of the Lost Ark
in 1936 to
Indy's recovery of the Cross of Coronado in 1938 in The Last
Crusade.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this issue
Weng Ho's guards
Indiana Jones
Weng Ho
(dies in this issue)
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Patrick McManus (mentioned only, deceased)
Michael Cobb (dies in this issue)
Sergeant Pei
Patrick Sutherland
Marcus Brody
Bradley Tavistock
checkpoint guard
Didja Notice?
This issue opens on the Hwang River in China in 1936. This
is an actual river in Central China.
On page 1, the member of the
Irish Republican Army (IRA) who was killed (as revealed in
the previous issue, "Shot By Both Sides")
was Patrick McManus.
When Cobb tries to take command of his and Indy's foray into
Weng Ho's territory, Indy admonishes him to spare the
General Pershing routine.
U.S. General
John J. Pershing (1860-1948) was the General of the Armies
of the United States at the time, from 1917 until his death
in 1948. He was praised for his leadership and military
acumen throughout his career.
Panel 5 of page 2 has Indy recite
the incidents in
"Shot By Both Sides" to
Cobb to catch the reader up on events!
In this issue, Marcus is depicted as white-haired and mostly
bald!
On page 7, Indy jokes about catching the bus to
Shanghai.
On page 12, Indy tells Cobb, "...we're making this up as we
go along..."
On page 16, the late Patrick McManus is mistakenly referred
to as Sean McManus.
Weng Ho exclaims to his prisoners Cobb and Indy that the
IRA's money has helped to pay for an army powerful enough to
overthrow Chiang Kai-Shek's democracy.
Chiang Kai Shek (1887-1975) was the revolutionary leader of
the Republic of China from 1928-1949 until his government
was overthrown by the Chinese Communist Party.
At the end of the story, Indy
ships Cobb's body back to Ireland and the Chinese mummy to
the states for the National Museum from the port city of
Tsingtao.
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