

Marvel Comics began publishing The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones in 1983, and Dark Horse Comics earned the comic book rights to the character in 1991. The franchise has expanded beyond film and television. The Walt Disney Company owns the Indiana Jones franchise since its acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012.


The series was created by George Lucas the films star Harrison Ford and were directed by Steven Spielberg. A fourth film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was released in 2008. In 1992, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, featuring adventures the character had as a child as he traveled around the world with his father, began airing on television. A prequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, followed in 1984 and the sequel Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989. It began in 1981 with the film Raiders of the Lost Ark. Henry 'Indiana' Jones, a fictional archaeologist. Plot: The Indiana Jones franchise is an American entertainment franchise, based on the adventures of Dr.
