Friday, April 16, 2010

Indrajal #10- English version



Indrajal Comics #10
, 1964
Times of India
Cover: Govind Brahmaniya
Script: Lee Falk
Pencils/Inks: Wilson McCoy

A few months ago, I reached out to a fellow blogger, Mr. Walker (not to be confused with our Jungle Patrol member Mister Walker) about trading scans of American Phantoms for one of his scans of an Indrajal Phantom. Well, Mr. Walker graciously offered to send me a scan without asking anything in return. In the meantime, behind the scenes, Mr. Walker and others were busy creating the Indrajal superblog Indrajal Online. To help cross- promote the new Indrajal blog and to create an interesting side-by side posting, I am posting Indrajal #10 here in English and I am also posting Indrajal #10 in Hindi at Indrajal Online.

For those of you unfamiliar with Indrajal Comics,

Indrajal Comics was a series launched by the publisher of The Times of India, Bennet, Coleman & Co in March 1964. The first 32 issues contained Lee Falk's The Phantom stories, but thereafter, the title alternated between various King Features characters, including Lee Falk's Mandrake, Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon, Rip Kirby and Phil Corrigan, Roy Crane's Buz Sawyer, Allen Saunders' Mike Nomad and Kerry Drake and Steve Dowling's Garth. Later it also published Bahadur, an Indian comic hero created by Aabid Surti.

Unlike Australia's FREW or Sweden's Semic, Indrajal published their Newspaper reprints in color. And what color! The vibrant color palette featured in these comics is unique to Indian comics and is often breathtaking.

The covers for the early issues were provided by Govind Brahmaniya.

So, enjoy "The Phantom's Ring" by Lee Falk, drawn by Wilson McCoy, complete with the original back-up features and advertisements.

And thanks again to Mr. Walker who scanned this and to Prabhat Kumar Singh (aka PBC) who did initial cleanup on the scans and sent me the files.



























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3 comments:

  1. 24thphantomApril 17, 2010 at 9:07 AM

    hey..nice post..

    just for info, indrajal comics has 13 main characters..characters like dara, aditya, even bruce lee were published later on..with one more hero for just two issues..john drake, also known as lefty drake, brother of Lt. Kerry drake.

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  2. samAugust 19, 2010 at 5:13 AM

    Hi everyone,
    It's probably a high price I'm looking for , but ,it's a big world.
    Got
    - an almost complete individually bound complete collection pf Indian Readers Digests (missing from 1954-1964)
    - indrajals from no. 300 complete , below that got about 160.
    - tinkles form 1 - 555 (below 100 got 90)after that approx.80% (all above 100 are bound - 20+ binders)
    - DC , marvel (mainly not bound)
    - ACK 's 8 binders
    - Chandamama's (15 binders)
    - junior (1949)by times of india - 2 binders
    -tintin , leonardo ,warrior binders.
    I probably am looking for someone who's
    got the money, bcoz as I said earlier , the no. I'm looking for is very high.
    I never had an intention of selling , ever , but now, I will if the price is right.
    If this doen't work I'll do e-bay and Christie's.
    They are mainly bound ,except for below 300 indrajals, marvels, DC's and tinkles below 100.
    If anyone is serious AND doesnt want to haggle, put a blog here or get back to me at comics.143@gmail.com.
    God bless you all.
    Thank you.

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  3. helloApril 20, 2011 at 2:53 PM

    Dear friends,
    I have a few , and want some too.Plz let me know if any1 has any of my wanted,and if he/she wants any of my spares.
    Even tho. the ones I want are older nos., the ratio is fixed by you....Plz contact me on stevepxs@hotmail.com
    Spares I got-

    without cover-
    The Landgrabbers(Bahadur)
    309 , 326, 335,342 (1st page missing) ,
    345,353,358,372,396 ,417,418,419,423,437,439
    v.20-3,11,18,19,30,31
    v.21-9,14,50,51
    v.22-27,31,39
    v.23-7,8,40
    v.24-9,21,32,39,46
    v.25-21
    v.26-16,19,26

    parts(1,2 or 3) without covers-
    v.20-43
    v.21-20,46
    v.22-19,20,34,43
    v.23-8
    v.25-30

    parts(1,2or3) with covers-
    376,400,v.20-3,19,38
    v.20-3,19,38
    v.21-14,20,27
    v.22-30,33,50


    cropped with covers-
    330,333,334,337,345,346,352,356,
    365,366,370,373,374,378


    GOOD -
    308,337,339,407,423,
    426,428,430,435,440
    v.20-34,41
    v.21-5,23,24
    v.26-35

    below 300(all without covers)
    49,50,78,127(hindi),173(little cropped),210,285,290



    MY WANTED -52,56,72,97, and
    one below 34 with cover (with old indr.logo)

    100,101,103-107,114,116,117,125,131,133,136
    145,149,151,162,165,167,168

    Also wanted TINKLE - no.4


    Thanks , and good luck to all,
    Steve.

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