Those who know me know I’m a huge Indiana Jones fan. Ever since seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark on the big screen when I was 10 years old, it has remained my all-time favorite movie, never unseated despite serious contention from a host of other amazing movies. Indiana Jones embodies who I want to be in life: daring, clever, scholarly, resourceful, and bold — even if I don’t always live up to those ideals. And the Indiana Jones movies sparked a lifelong love for adventure, action, and fiction of that genre, where mysteries are ancient, peril is imminent, villains are villainous, ruins remain unexplored, and everything is bigger and more sensational than real life.

This love for Indiana Jones (and, by extension, pulp adventure in the vein of serials from the 1930s) was reignited after a somewhat more dormant period when, in 2017, I took my family to Disneyworld. I’d forgotten how much I loved Adventureland — the whole look, feel, and vibe of it, not to mention the Indiana Jones ride!

Following that trip, I decided to reconnect with my old hero by finally diving into the various stories about him that aren’t from the movies. The idea was first sparked by the backstory of the Disneyworld ride, which one gleans from information provided during the queue: Indiana Jones was heading up an archaeological dig in Southeast Asia, but has gone missing. Alas, by that point his fame has grown large enough that people flock from around the world to the site, and you — the riders — hop into a jeep and drive into the ruins to rescue him.

I know Indiana Jones appears in quite a number of other fictional media. There are comic books, television shows, novels, video games, even choose-your-own-adventure books. Since 2017, I’ve been slowly expanding my “Indyverse” collection, buying some of those items.

I’ll be reviewing them here, letting you know which ones are good and which ones are not so good, and deciding whether I’d consider them worthy additions to the canon.

If you have any suggestions, feel free to share them in the comments.