1981: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK ANNUAL (MARVEL UK)

From 1981: the Marvel UK published (in association with their Jadwin House neighbours Grandreams) RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK ANNUAL.

The full-colour hardback reprinted the US Marvel Super Special magazine with no supplementary text features.

Interestingly, this was the only outing of the adaptation in the UK that was contemporary with the film's the film's theatrical release. Marvel didn't find a slot for it in any of the ongoing books.

Even through the STAR WARS MONTHLY subsequently started reprinting the US FURTHER ADVENTURES OF INDIANA JONES strips, we had to wait until mid way through the brief run of the British INDIANA JONES MONTHLY before it would be serialized.

By way of comparison, we were able to read TEMPLE OF DOOM's adaptation in (of all places) the SPIDER-MAN weekly followed quickly by another outing in the first issues of the Indy monthly (launched to coincide with the UK cinema release of the film). Plus there was an annual as well.