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Indiana Jones Omnibus, Vol. 1 | 
| Authors: Leo Duranona, William Messner-loeb, Dan Barry, Karl Kesel, Lee Marrs, Various
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
Buy Used: $12.00
You Save: $12.95 (52%)
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 56267
Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.5
ISBN: 1593078870
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781593078874
ASIN: 1593078870
Publication Date: February 15, 2008
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Product Description
Indiana Jones is back in this massive volume recounting three of the most important discoveries in the career of the twentieth century's most adventurous archeologist! Containing the long out-of-print stories, "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis," "Thunder in the Orient," and "Indiana Jones and the Arms of Gold," this substantial tome follows the intrepid Dr. Jones as he travels from Africa to Asia and nearly everywhere in between in a race against the Nazis for the world's greatest treasures. From lost cities, to ancient temples, to artifacts of legendary power, Indy will stop at nothing to preserve these prizes from the grasp of Adolf Hitler's evil minions.
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 Indy in comic form August 3, 2008
Sakis Perivolaris (Greece)
Very beautiful publication with Indy's early Dark Horse stories. The stories contained in this volume are discribed by the previous reviewers and although they haven't changed the comic world they are fun to read.
This book is a bit shorter in size, it doesn't stand as tall as the original issues were, and it doesn't feature the original cover art from all the issues. The publisher has chosen to randomly pick one for each story and let it run continuously. Although not a mistake in judgment it would be nice to dedicate a couple of pages at the end of each story to demonstrate the covers.
Hope to see the Marvel stories in this format too!
 Indy Returns in ALL Media March 11, 2008
Tim Lasiuta (Red Deer, Alberta)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Fresh on the heels of the release of the new Indiana Jones trailer and May 22nd film debut, Darkhorse Books has reprinted three complete treasure seeking adventures fans can whet their appetites on. The Indy flood not only includes comics, but also books (film adaptatons and series), but also the Young Indy Chronicles and the three previous films.
With an archaeological smorgasborg like that to choose from, you can't go hungry!
In the early 1990's, Dark Horse Comics secured the license to create new Indiana Jones adventures. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis`was based on a Lucasfilm Game concept and written by a William Messener-Loebs and Mike Richardson. Dan Barry and Karl Kessel provided exceptional artwork on the chase through Atlantean legends and escape from the power of the Nazis. The `key`, of course, is in the possession of an old flame, Sophia Hafgood and the quest leads to danger under the oceans near Crete, to Iceland, and even South America.(again).
`Thunder in the Orient`is the longest piece in the book, at 140 plus pages. Given the story `reach`, Indy and Sophia start their journey at the ruined city of Bas Shamra, north of Tripoli. Dan Barry and Dan Spiegle are our hosts as we follow Indy to Nepal and another cog disguised as ancient Hindu document. One clue leads to another, and the team travels to Katmadu, The Colossus of Bamian, two ancient temples, one treasure, and into the grip of a powerful warlord. While I appreciate the advetnture, the sheer length of this story would make all 100 plus chapters of the `The Perils of Pauline` action filled.
Lastly, the Arms of Gold`is a more average length adventure, involvong only one trip to South America packed with death traps, gold treasures, and a long lost race seeking to gain political power. Sure, Indy runs across a beautiful woman, and manages to get buried up to his neck in snow, but this is Indy afterall.
The book is very impressive, and priced at only $24.95 for 300 plus pages, a good deal too. Artwise, the pages seem reproduced from the comics themselves with re-done coloring. All in all, impressive.
This is only Volume 1. I can imagine the rest of the adventures will soon be out as well.
Until I pick up a fedora and whip,
I remain
Tim Lasiuta
Great Collection March 8, 2008
SpyderDan
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Dark Horse Comics has been publishing these fantastic Omnibus volumes the last couple of years. This particular collection contains previously out of print "Indiana Jones" miniseries from 1991-1994. All three tales are pretty solid.
"Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis" is the first story and is an adaptation of the classic Lucasarts computer game of the same name. I felt this was the weakest of the three stories but that might be because I'm comparing it too much to the game. It'd be hard to adapt the game fully because it is so immersive. I do think though that those who have never played the game should enjoy this story because you won't know what you're missing.
"Indiana Jones: Thunder in the Orient" is the second story, my favorite of the three. Indy goes on a quest for the original scrolls written by the Buddha and tangles with warlords and a crazed Japanese general. At times, there are shades of Temple of Doom in this story and that's not a bad thing. The artwork in this story has a 1940s feel that works really well too.
"Indiana Jones and the Arms of Gold" is the last story in this volume. The story here involves Indy helping a Spanish professor who is new to his college track down her missing brother, which leads them on a quest for a pair of golden arms. There are a couple of really good twists in this story that I won't give away. The artwork is good again, although is very different from the style in which the first two stories are done. It's quite good though and fits the thematic material.
This volume is well worth the money for any die-hard Indiana Jones fan. It's great that Dark Horse is finally reprinting these stories after all these years. This book will make a fine edition to any Indy fan's collection.
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