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Another scene that was filmed but changed before the film was released was another tarantula sequence that paid homage to the spiders in the first film. During the second challenge, Indiana encountered spiders under each letter he gets wrong when he spells out Jehovah’s name. Of course, in the Latin alphabet, Jehovah starts with an “I.” This created continuity problems. In the first film, Indiana has no problem brushing spiders off his back or Sapito’s at the beginning. There was also the issue of how spiders could live for centuries under stone. The comic adaptation puts the scene back in to give fans something extra without changing the story one bit.
The Last Crusade adaptation is riddled with little changes that give you something new while staying true to the film and characters. There’s Sallah pulling a Mongo from Blazing Saddles and punching a camel, a drunken pilot on the Zeppelin who thinks Indiana and Henry are spies and decides to go after them in another biplane, better continuity of the radio being dead on the Zeppelin, an extended sequence of Indiana and Elsa swimming under the city of Venice.
The four-issue adaptation of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" isn't a valuable Indiana Jones collectible so it should fit into anyone's budget, that is if you can find it. Specialty comic shops that carry back issues more than likely won't have it. Larger comic conventions where there are many dealers is a good place to start or you can try auction Web sites. Try searching an auction site using "Last Crusade" as your key words. More often than not you can get the comics for under $10.
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