[Depicted in Indiana Jones and the Shrine of the Sea Devil - the single-issue Dark Horse comic, written and illustrated by Gary Gianni - released from October, 1992 to January, 1993, and republished in September, 1994]
During this adventure, Indiana helps a crew locate a treasure map in the Marquesas Islands of the South Pacific. After locating the map, Indy decodes that a great temple was once flooded 1900 miles from their location, a site proclaimed to be the Shrine of the Sea Devil that still sits upon the ocean floor.
Meanwhile on board, the crew is planning a mutiny against Indiana and the captain once they uncover the secret pearls that lie within the statues buried under water that resemble those of Easter Island.
Once they arrive at their location, Indiana goes deep sea diving in scuba gear to confirm the site of the lost treasure, while onboard the crew attacks the captain with plans of taking the booty for themselves.
Unbeknownst to the crew, however, is that Indiana has awoken a great beast in the form of a giant octopus, none other than the Sea Devil who soon destroys the ship and kills almost every crew member on board.
The surrounding impact of a grenade eventually takes down the Sea Devil, though Indiana is left unconscious for hours as seemingly the only remaining survivor still onboard.
Miraculously, Indiana soon hears the sound of an airplane flying low above him, and he’s able to use the lifeline of his deep sea suit to snag one of the plane’s lower struts and take him airborne.
After having used the line on the plane like his famous whip, he climbs into the cockpit with his bloodied hands to find none other than Amelia Earheart, who was attempting to set a record for the first solo flight across the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to the United States of America (five years prior to Hawaii becoming the 50th state).
Thus in this adventure, Indiana has a close encounter with:
Amelia Earheart - American aviation pioneer and pilot, who set many records including being the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In July of 1937, however, Earhart lost her life when she vanished over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island, in a fatal attempt to become the first woman to fly around the world. Along with her navigator, Fred Noonan, her body was never found.
Thus locations in this adventure are:
Marquesas Islands - Group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Southern Pacific Ocean.
Easter Island - Chilean island in the Southeastern Pacific that is famous for it’s 887 monumental statues called Moai, made up of solidified volcanic ash in the form of monolithic human figures often characterized by large, oversized heads. The monuments were created by the Rapa Nui people between the years 1250 and 1500, and the production and transportation of these statues has a remained a mystery to this day. By the mid 1800’s all the Moai had toppled due to both natural factors and European contact, yet in recent years over 50 monuments have been re-erected on location or in museums around the world.
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