Story byHal Barwood & Noah Falstein,Lucasfilm Games

Comic book adaptation written byWiUiam Messner-LoebsPencils byDan BarryInks byKarl Kesel

Lettering byGail BeckettColor art byLurene HainesCover art byDave DormanEditing byDiana Schutz and Mike Richardson

Opening two-page sequence writtenand illustrated by Dan Barry

Mike Richardsonpublisher

Randy Stradleyexecutive editor

NeU Hankersonvice president of operations

Cece Cutsforthart director

Bob Schreckmarketing director

Diana Schutzmanaging editor

Chris Warnersubmissions editor

Barbara Kesel, Jerry Prossereditorial staff

Chrls Ch ale norproduction manager

Steven Birch, Jack PollockMonty Sheldon

production

Brad Horncontroller

Debbie Byrdoperations

Indiana Jones™ and the Fate of Atlantis #1 (2nd printing), October 1991. Published by Dark Horse Comics, Inc., 10956 SE Main Street,Milwaukie, Oregon 97222. Indiana Jones™ is TM and © 1991 Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and il-lustrations for Indiana Jones™ and the Fate of Atlantis #2 are © 1991 Lucasfilm Ltd. All other material, unless otherwise specified, is ©1991 Dark Horse Comics, Inc. All rights reserved. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions in thispublication and those of any existing or pre-existing person or institution is intended and any similarity which may exist is purely coinciden-tal. PRINTED IN CANADA

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Wow! Where to begin? It's For me, Saturday was the most Mike Richardson • publisherbeen 9 days since we said goodbye to hectic day as I was up at 8:30 a.m., at thesunny San Diego and the most con by 10:00 a.m. and began coordinating a Neil Hankerson • vice-president ofimpressive, hectic, and pulse-pounding massive signing by Dave Gibbons, Frank operationsconvention I've ever attended. 1991 's San Miller, and Geol Darrow. At 1:00 p.m. weDiego Comic Book Convention was a total were attending the prestigious Eisner Bob Schreck' marketing directorblast, with a record 15,000 attendees Awards where Paul Chadwick won forthrough the doors in four days. The guest Concrete: Earth Day, Frank Miller and Kris Young • marketing assistantlist was incredible, featuring just about Dave Gibbons won for Give Me Liberty,every major talent in the business and Miller and Darrow won for Hard Brad Horn • controllerincluding Will Eisner, Frank Miller, Clive Boiled! With little time for celebration weBarker, Chris Clare mont, Mark Schultz, were off to our one hour "What's up at the Debbie Byrd • operationsSergio Aragones, Jim Lee, Geol Darrow, Dark Horse Corral" panel where theGrant Morrison, Dan Barry, Kevin aforementioned and others discussed their Tiffany Schlobohm • operationsEastman, Harlan Ellison, Dave Gibbons, past, present, and future projects for theSteve Rude, Moebius, Marc Silvestri, company. Geol Darrow had 'em rolling in Randy Stradley • executive editorWaH Simonson, and on, and on! the aisles with his deadpan delivery, while

This year the traditionallyothers expressed their feelings on issues Diana Schutz • managing editorsuch as creator ownership and censorship.

quieter opening Thursday was jam-packed Later that night, I was off to attend the Barbara Kesel, Jerry Prosser,due to its being the Fourth of July and annuallnkpot Awards, where Dan (Flash Chris Warner • editorial staffeveryone's having the day off. The larger Gordon!lndiana Jones) Barry was awardedcrowd was easily accommodated by the a "Lifetime Achievement" Inkpot. Cece Cutslorth • art directorbrand spanking new convention center the

All in all it was a great time,show was held in this year, and what a Chris Chalenor' production managerbeautiful facility it was. Its clean, neat, made all the more enjoyable by the greatand convenient layout may have con committee, Fae Desmond, John Steven Birch, Cary Grazzini, Ray Gruen,contributed to the general atmosphere of Rogers, Jackie Eslrada, Janet Tait, Dave Carolyn Megyesi, Jack Pollock,what seemed to be a contented, happy Scroggy, Robin DOig and Clydene Nee, to Steve Posey, Monly Sheldon,gathering of comic book lovers spending name a few, and all the fine volunteers who Sean Tierney • productiontime (and money) celebrating this vital work so hard and make it look so easy!and uniquely American art form. Thanks to everyone who had a hand in

As for Dark Horse, well ... wemaking it all come together so successfully.I would also like to thank a good friend of

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