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Indiana Jones
"The Fourth Nail, Chapter 2:
Swords and Spikes"
The Further Adventures of
Indiana Jones
#12
Marvel Comics
Plot/Script: David Michelinie
Pencil art: Kerry Gammill and
Luke McDonnell
Finishes: Mel Candido
Letters: Joe Rosen
Colors: Julianna Firetti
Cover: Bob McLeod
December 1983
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Indy faces down a mad bull and much more as
he closes in on the fourth nail of the crucifixion!
Read the
story summary at the Indiana Jones Wiki
Notes from the Indiana Jones chronology
This issue takes place immediately after the events of
"Blood and Sand".
Didja Know?
This two-part story from
The Further Adventures of
Indiana Jones
#s 11 and 12 was adapted into a
game module for the Adventures of Indiana Jones
role-playing game published by TSR.
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
Indiana Jones
bull
Torino
swindled Spaniards
policia
Marion Ravenwood
Marcus Brody (mentioned only)
Ismaili assassins
Australian aborigines
(mentioned only)
Ben Ali Ayoob
Rashid
(dies in this issue)
Hassan
Torino's uncle's cousin
(mentioned only)
Big Spaniard
phuri dai
Maximilian
Didja Notice?
On page 4, Indy bids the bullfighting arena a heartfelt
adios. This is Spanish for "goodbye".
In "Blood and Sand", Marcus
had offered Marion an unrevealed job. Here, it is revealed
she accepted the job of public relations officer for the
National Museum.
On page 8, Torino sees the fight Indy finishes against a pack
of Ismaili assassins and thinks, "Caramba! I have
never seen such fighters as these! If I were only free! So I
could run like the bunny!" Caramba is a Spanish
interjection, basically meaning "Gee!"
On page 9, Torino shouts out to Indy, "Amigo! Look
out--!" Amigo is Spanish for "friend".
On page 10, Torino refers to Marion as señorita.
This is Spanish for "miss". On page 14, señor is
Spanish for "sir".
On page 13, Torino says, "Sí, I do apologize."
Sí is Spanish for "yes".
On page 14, Torino offers Marion some more hotchiwitchi.
This is a Romany word for hedgehog.
On page 15, Dios is Spanish for "God".
When Indy finally lays eyes on the fourth nail on page 18,
he is incredulous with doubt that the rusty spike he sees is
the real thing, proclaiming it to be an old railroad spike.
But soon, when the Ismailis try to take possession of it,
the torches in the room flicker out, the nail begins to
glow, and the Ismaili assassins are soon found dead, each by
a spike hole through the heart! Indy wisely decides to let
the phuri dai keep the artifact in her custody. Perhaps it
was his premature judgment of the artifact here that leads
Indy to choose more humbly in The Last Crusade when
he decides upon a commonplace clay vessel as the most likely
grail cup over the shiny and bejeweled options in the
crusader's chamber.
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