Comic #117 : A RIP KIRBY Adventure : The Hunt for Cinderella(RK-115) from late '70s

 One of the vintage and rare RIP KIRBY dailies from the period of '70s. Recently I have received many a rare RK dailies from a friend, who sent me those links as a friendly gesture, but obviously for personal use only. So while I wouldn't post those links at this blog, I am doing this just as an exception.

This story - The Hunt for Cinderella - was appeared in Bengali in one of the teen-mag's Puja-annual(Anandamela 1981) and as the history suggests, it is the only Goyenda Rip adventure ever published in that magazine!

So it's quite special and while I yet to read the Bengali version, have enjoyed this original English  version and hopefully, you will feel same way! (I have already shared this strip at a Anandamela related FB group,but as not many visitors follow those groups,here it is for all)

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The first page of the Bengali version :

Original strip-version(the first two dates were skipped in Anandamela) :

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Flash Gordon in Anandamela!!

 UPDATE(4/8/2013): Fellow blogger Mahasthobir has informed us that this particular Flash Gordon story was comic-book adaption from the movie made(as Illustrated Movie Classic) and the illustration was done by famous Al Williamson! A heartily thanks to him for sharing this rare info with us!:))
 You can also check this forum-topic(at Phantom Phorum) on the same....now that post has been updated!
 The first page and covers of part 1 & 2....

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 Few months back,I was pleasantly surprised when learnt that Flash Gordon appeared in the Anandamela but after seeing the stories myself from a set of old Anandamela(small ones)  bought recently,I was bit disappointed because that story printed in the AMs was not the original strip-version, rather a creation for some book-series,but not from the King-Flash stories for sure as the art was better.
 The introductory issue of AM was 30th June 1982.. [I have no idea exactly when Flash Gordon was discontinued,of course on/before 1985, but the exact month/issue number is unknown to me.So anybody with the proper idea please come-forward! ]

   That story - published serially in the AM - was the origin-saga - later re-created by Dan Barry on mid '80s and we got the first part in the Indrajal as well : Syecchachari Shasyak (Vol26 No.23).
 The story-line was same where Flash,Dale & Dr.Jarkov - the terrific three - met for the first time.But the art was different...

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 With Flash comics,the publisher(Ananda) covered as many as 5 Indrajal heroes in their various publications as follows :

• Phantom(Aranyadev) in ABP(newspaper ; Mon-Sat (since '50s - present) ,Desh & Anandamela(magazines)
• Mandrake in ABP(newspaper : Sunday (till '90s) ,Mon-Sat (since 2000s - present))
• Rip Kirby in ABP(newspaper ; Mon-Sat (till 2000))
• Buz Swayer in Anandamela(magazine)
• Flash Gordon in Anandamela(magazine)

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Few more glimpses of that story....you will find Ming the merciless,princess Aura ,Barin to Valtan there...all of them..