Monday, June 19, 2023

Russkie Smashers INDIANA JONES "Trial of the Golden Guns" Chapter 2A

...well, that took care of the synopsis, eh?
So let's just jump back into the action...
Is This the End of Indiana Jones?
Join Us for the Conclusion...
Next Monday!

Plotted by Ron Fortier, scripted by David Micheline, penciled by Steve Ditko, and inked by Danny Bulanadi, this two-part tale from Marvel's Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #27 (1985) isn't officially "canon".
Speaking of Indiana Jones...our "brother" RetroBlog, Secret Sanctum of Captain Video, is currently running the comic adaptation of Indy's first adventure, Raiders of the Lost ArkHERE!
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Monday, June 12, 2023

Russkie Smashers INDIANA JONES "Trail of the Golden Guns" Chapter 1B

When Last We Left Our Favorite Globe-Trotting Archaeologist...

...(this cover by penciler Bob Budiansky and inker Bill Sienkiewicz doesn't occur until the end of the issue)
Indy agrees to aid Elizabeth Cody, grand-daughter of the legendary Old West hero "Buffalo Bill" Cody, to recover a pair of Buffalo Bill's revolvers stolen by a Russian, Count Alexander Salkovich...after the US State Department asks Jones to use the search as a cover to do a little "unofficial" spying for them!
Once in the Ukraine (at that point, part of the Soviet Union) they encounter a group of Cossacks led by Peter Rostoff who are willing to aid them in the pistols' recovery...provided they all can avoid capture by the Soviet Army, whose last encounter with Indy years earlier hadn't gone well...

As the caption says...
"To Be Continued"...
Next Monday!

Plotted by Ron Fortier, scripted by David Micheline, penciled by Steve Ditko, and inked by Danny Bulanadi, this first part of a two-part tale from Marvel's Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #26 (1985) isn't officially "canon".
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Monday, June 5, 2023

Russkie Smashers INDIANA JONES "Trail of the Golden Guns" Chapter 1A

...and while Indy did battle Russkies in Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, we thought we'd present his other Russkie-smashing adventure!
Don't worry!
The Russkies will be here soon enough!
To Be Continued...
Next Monday!

See!
Russians!
And not just one, but two factions!
Plotted by Ron Fortier, scripted by David Micheline, penciled by Steve Ditko, and inked by Danny Bulanadi, this first part of a two-part tale from Marvel's Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #26 (1985) isn't officially "canon", but it is nice to see Short Round again in a tale obviously set after Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom...
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Monday, May 29, 2023

Viet-Cong Wallopers NICK FURY: AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. and the HOWLING COMMANDOS "Viet Nam: the Valor and the Victory" Part 1

Confused by that title?

Just understand it's 1967, the VietNam War is well underway, and all the rest will be explained as we go, True Believer...
Admittedly, this wasn't the usual Commie-clobberin' post you're used to seeing!
But, it's Memorial Day, and we wanted to do something wild and different!
This is the second part of the feature tale from the never-reprinted Marvel's Sgt Fury and His Howling Commandos Annual #3 (1967) by writer Gary Friedrich, penciler Dick Ayers and inker John Tartaglione.
Now that the backstory's been fleshed-out, you can witness mayhem aplenty by clicking...
(So what're ya waiting for???)