 |
Indiana Jones
"Lawton's Revenge"
Indiana Jones and the Sargasso
Pirates #3
Dark
Horse Comics
Writer and pencil breakdowns: Karl Kesel
Finished art: Eduardo Barreto
Lettering: Pat Brousseau
Coloring: Bernie Mireault
Cover: Russell Walks
February 1996
|
Accused of murdering the Sea Witch, Indy
faces cruel pirate justice.
Notes from the Indiana Jones chronology
Indiana Jones and the Sargasso Pirates is a 4-issue
mini-series published by Dark Horse Comics in 1995-96. The story
takes place shortly after the start of WWII, which started on
September 1,
1939.
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
mini-series,
going from entries about the events of
The Fate of Atlantis in
May 1939 to Indy's time working with Colonel George "Mac" McHale
during 1944. A five-year-plus gap seemingly left un-journaled.
Characters appearing or mentioned in this issue
Sea Witch
Bill Lawton
New Jersey Jones
pirates
Indiana Jones
Zack
Segar
Cairo
Didja Notice?
On page 3, Lawton's coat is mistakenly colored green instead
of blue.
On page 7, Segar says, "Um Gottes willen!" This is
German for "For God's sake!"
On page 7, Cairo tells one of the pirates, "Lay off, y'big
sea monkey!" This is probably a nod by the writer to
Sea
Monkeys, novelty aquarium pets that are actually brine
shrimp.
When one of the pirates informs Segar that Cairo distracted
the guards, Cairo remarks it was more like Ginger Rogers
than Gypsy Rose Lee. Ginger Rogers (1911–1995) was an
American actress, dancer, and singer in Hollywood's Golden
Age. Gypsy Rose Lee (1911-1970) was an American burlesque
entertainer known for her striptease act.
On page 15, panel 2, Segar says, "Du
bist wohl, ganz von gott verlassen!" This is German for
"You are completely forsaken by God!"
In panel 3 he says fraulein and leiter.
These are German for "miss" and "chief".
The form of torture called sweating that Indy is forced to
undergo, tied by a length of chain to the central mast of
the ship and made to run around it while being jabbed,
whipped, and beaten, was an actual punishment meted out by
pirates from around 1650-1730.
On page 18, Segar says, "Die holle ist los!" and
"Schnell! Schnell!" These are German for "All hell
is breaking loose!" and "Quick! Quick!"
On page 19, Cairo admits that the Sea Witch is pretty
clever, but doesn't know if that means she should have been
a Girl Scout or Hitler Youth. "Girl Scout"
refers to a member of Girl
Scouts of the USA,
a youth organization for girls ages 5-18, known for civic
and social events in local communities, founded in March
1912. The Hitler Youth program of Nazi Germany provided a
haven for disaffected youth while indoctrinating them to the
cause of the Nazi Party.
On page 22, not knowing the Sea
Witch still lives, Indy points out that if the pirates just
find her body, the slugs in it will match Lawton's gun, not
the Luger Indy himself had. Luger is a pistol design first
patented by Austrian Georg Luger in 1900.
On page 23, Segar says, "In Gottes namen!" This is
German for "In God's name!"
On page 24, Segar says, nein, verbluffend,
and der Kaiser. These are German for "no",
"astonishing", and "the emperor". The Kaiser he refers to
when he commanded a U-boat in WWI was Wilhelm II, who
reigned over the German Empire from 1888-1918.
Back to Indiana Jones Episode
Studies
