Update(27/5/2013) : A new Indrajal blog - Comics ForEver - has been launched by an avid fan of Bengali Indrajal Comics.You can check the site here : http://indraindrajal.blogspot.in/
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This is a rather unknown series for most Indian comic fans,ain't? Well, this series was supposed to be introduced in the Indrajal Comics in the '80s,they even added Tomahawk in their advertisements of "new heroes' gallery", but for some reason omitted this series later.You will find that ad-page published in #375(Satan's Disciples Part I) as attached below:
Acording to wiki "Tomahawk was a comic book character whose adventures were published by DC Comics during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s as a backup feature in Star Spangled Comics and World's Finest Comics and in his own eponymous series. "Tomahawk" was a soldier who served under George Washington in the warfare between the British, French and Iroquois forces during the decades prior to the American Revolutionary War. He was created by writer Joe Samachson and artist Edmund Good, and first appeared in Star-Spangled Comics #69 (June 1947).The Tomahawk series lasted 140 issues, from 1950 to 1972. Most stories during this period were by writer France Herron and artist Fred Ray. The last ten issues ofTomahwak focused on "Hawk, Son of Tomahawk" (Hawk Haukins), and the cover title said "Son of Tomahawk"."
These comics aren't avaiilable in net,or I couldn't dig out, but would be an interesting read for sure.Wonder why ToI choose Nomad/Buz etc over this one??
Anyway,you can visit the cover-gallery of all 140 titles published.
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This is a rather unknown series for most Indian comic fans,ain't? Well, this series was supposed to be introduced in the Indrajal Comics in the '80s,they even added Tomahawk in their advertisements of "new heroes' gallery", but for some reason omitted this series later.You will find that ad-page published in #375(Satan's Disciples Part I) as attached below:
Acording to wiki "Tomahawk was a comic book character whose adventures were published by DC Comics during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s as a backup feature in Star Spangled Comics and World's Finest Comics and in his own eponymous series. "Tomahawk" was a soldier who served under George Washington in the warfare between the British, French and Iroquois forces during the decades prior to the American Revolutionary War. He was created by writer Joe Samachson and artist Edmund Good, and first appeared in Star-Spangled Comics #69 (June 1947).The Tomahawk series lasted 140 issues, from 1950 to 1972. Most stories during this period were by writer France Herron and artist Fred Ray. The last ten issues ofTomahwak focused on "Hawk, Son of Tomahawk" (Hawk Haukins), and the cover title said "Son of Tomahawk"."These comics aren't avaiilable in net,or I couldn't dig out, but would be an interesting read for sure.Wonder why ToI choose Nomad/Buz etc over this one??
Anyway,you can visit the cover-gallery of all 140 titles published.
9 comments:
Awesome attention to detail Hojo! I must have glanced at that page a hundred times but never really noticed the mention of tomahawk. You are right, Tomahawk would have been an excellent addition to the Indrajal roster!
Dada apnar ager post kora indrajal comics gulor link kaaj korchhe na. Apni ki medfire theke file gulo soriye diyechhen?
@Maverick: Yes,earlier I also ignored this series as I was quite against some of the later introduced heroes like Buz/garth/Nomad etc.But when I have searched the wiki and saw some page-scans/cover gallery etc,I felt Ijc readers missed this hero.Much like we have missed Russ Manning's TARZAN strips(1968-1979) in Indrajal's universe, which alone made me a fan of that jungle hero!(You just need to compare few Tarzan's other versions and those RM sundays/dailies to see the difference!)
Actually Phantom,Mandrake,Flash & Bahadur set such a high standard for Indrajal by '70s that,only a handful no. of heroes could well fitted in that 'Universe of Adventure Strips'.
@Drosera: This is MF's problem since long...they are deleting their own free files whenever get a chance..
Iss! Asole, dada pnar upload kora boi gulo pore chhotobelar kotha mone pore jay. Amader barite bandhano Betal aar Mandrek er purono boi gulo chhilo. Akhon onek din barir baire tai khub moe pore boi gulor kotha. Ogulore koekta jodi abar upload korte paren to khub bhalo hoy. Thanks dada.
So Hojo Blogs Here :) Great Blog too.
BTw, I have tons of those Tommahawks but still i would prefare Garth & Buz Sawyer.
Actually It was Indrajal who Damaged those Buz Sawyers & Garth Strips with their silly printing works with local art manipulations to the originals...
Am uploading all my old/new scans here since the last 4 days... Nothing Magicals, just my scans & some of other's too :)
http://comicsnostalgia.wordpress.com/
@Ajnabi: I have seen your fantastic new blog and have d/led few comics as well.Nice blog u have started,plz continue!
I have posted a couple comments regarding Trazan and F5...post anything u have in ur spare time..
Abt Tomahawk...I wud love to see some issues @Indrajal pages,anyway,other publishers will do aswell...
Thanks a ton!This comment has been saved in my in-box...so freeing it from here! :)
And thanks once again!
Great :)
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