Good afternoon,
Hope everyone's having a great weekend. Time for me to recap the third issue of Marvel's adaptation of the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The cover depicted Indy and his father tied to chairs together with flames spreading around them. The third chapter began with Nazi soldiers bursting into the room where father and son had just reunited. One of them asked for the grail diary, which Indy had been carrying.
His father had mailed the book to him, thinking that it would be safe. Indiana took advantage of their open quarrel to distract the Germans and steal one of their machine guns. They left the room, but soon ran into more Nazis, one of whom was holding Doctor Elsa Schneider hostage. Indy lowered the gun right before Schneider took the book from him.
She led them to her leader, who was sitting before a fireplace. The host stood up and revealed himself as Walter Donovan (whom we met in the first issue). He'd warned Indy not to trust anyone, and that turned out to be an important warning. Elsa paged through the book and noticed the map was missing. She realized that Indy had given those pages to Marcus Brody. Indiana talked up Brody's talents, which were far more impressive than his actual skills.
At that time, Brody had just arrived in Iskenderun and met Sallah. They were swiftly met by foes, who Sallah fought off. Marcus ran right into the back of a waiting truck that had been camouflaged behind a merchant table.
Donovan and Schnieder left the Americans tied up together in chairs facing opposite walls. They left to pursue the Holy Grail. Indiana had his dad reach for the lighter in his jacket pocket. The elder Jones found it, but fumbled it as it lit, and soon started the carpet ablaze. They hopped toward a platform that spun into the Nazi control room before spinning back to their original position.
The curious soldiers who emerged from the secret door were overwhelmed by the flames, allowing Indy and his father to escape. They soon found a hidden staircase that led to a pier. Indiana started a boat to serve as a decoy while they fled on a motorcycle that had a sidecar.
They eventually stopped when Jones' father argued that they had to retrieve the book. Indiana questioned that, knowing that they had to help Marcus. The older Jones pressed the issue, noting that his diary contained information about the traps that they would encounter once they reached the Grail's location.
Indy changed course, and the pair set off for Berlin. Indiana was able to disguise himself as an SS officer and grab the book from Elsa. He then turned around and faced none other than Adolf Hitler, who stared for a moment before signing the book that was before both of them. The Joneses were then headed for an airfield to depart via zeppelin.
As they waited for takeoff, Indiana noticed the soldiers' presence. He took out a few stragglers before their departure. He and his dad were able to relax for a bit until the younger Jones figured out that they were heading back to Germany. He grabbed his father and set out for the small plane that had been attached to the larger craft.
He detached the biplane and took the controls. His father was in the gunner's seat, and the two of them flew off. Minutes later, a trio of German military planes swooped toward them.
The last five pages of this issue were occupied with paid and house ads. That's my only real complaint for this series. I felt that the writing and art were solid and consistent throughout. There were some parts omitted due to the ages of the series' target audience, but otherwise, this adaptation was very true to the source material.
That's all I have for you today. Tomorrow, I'll discuss the last issue of this miniseries. We'll find out what happened to the Jones boys and learn where Marcus ended up. We'll also see if Donovan, Schneider, and company were able to reach the Grail's hiding place and just what they discovered. Until then, have a great weekend and don't forget to tbe kind to one another.
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