Indiana Jones to various prior adventurers, aspects of Indiana Jones also directly influenced some subsequent characterizations: Indiana Jones Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr. is the title character and protagonist of the "Indiana Jones" franchise. George Lucas created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials. The character first appeared in the 1981 film "Raiders of the Lost Ark", to be followed by "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" in 1984, "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" in 1989, "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" from 1992 to 1996, and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal
Indiana Jones (franchise) six books – "Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi", "Indiana Jones and the Dance of the Giants", "Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils", "Indiana Jones and the Genesis Deluge", "Indiana Jones and the Unicorn's Legacy", and "Indiana Jones and the Interior World" – were published from February 1991 to November 1992. "The Genesis Deluge", published in February 1992 and featuring Noah's Ark, was the best-selling novel; MacGregor felt this was because it "had a strong following among religious-oriented people [...] because they tend to take the Noah's Ark story to heart and think of it as history and archaeological