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! ]
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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...
With Flash comics,the publisher(Ananda) covered as many as 5 Indrajal heroes in their various publications as follows :
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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....
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! ]
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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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- 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...jpg)
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আনন্দমেলা ইন্দ্রজালের গুণধর কে গাবলু নামে হাজির করেছিল। অবশ্য সে কোনও হিরো ছিল না।:)
আর ব্যাটম্যান আর স্পাইডার ম্যানের মতো হিরো দেরও হাজির করেছিল যেগুলো কখনও ইন্দ্রজালে প্রকাশ পায়নি।
apnara keo rovers er roy ba billir boot pochondo korten na. aami choto bela koeyta dekhechi, jodio kichui mone nei. kindly jodi kichu upload koren
@MS : Serok dhorle to 'AnandaMela' onek sera super-hero/famous humor character-der introduce koriyeche...like Archie, Russ Manning's Tarzan(upto '8o only,after that different artists tried and quality was down heavily!) and later He-Man!!
Ar Tintin/Asterix-er kotha na bolleo chole!! :))
@Sabyasachi: Obbosoi kortam(ekhono kichuta kori!) but ogulo serially beroto,so complete collect kora tough!
Arekjoner naam na bollei noy...se holo : M'AMZEL X!! I hope fans can remember that brave lady,used to publish in Suktara!
@MS : Between,tomar oi FG story-ta kemon legechilo?? amar motamuti laglo,jetuku porte perechi,tar modheye!
If anyone know the original publication of this story,please share with us!
@Hojo, উত্তর দিতে দেরি হল।
আসলে আনন্দমেলার FG মনে হয় আমি পড়িনি। ছবির জন্যই উৎসাহ পাইনি।
যদিও এই গল্পটাই IJC তে পড়েছিলাম মনে হচ্ছে।
একটা movieও দেখেছিলাম।
পরে Alex Raymond-র কিছু FG পেয়েছিলাম সেগুলোও পড়েছিলাম। সেগুলোর অসাধারন drawing আমাকে মুগ্ধ করেছিল। তারই একটা সম্ভবত IJC-তে পেয়েছিলাম, সেখানে ছবিগুলো এতটাই বাজে ছাপা হয়েছিল যে Alex Raymond-কে বোঝাই যায়নি।
Alex Raymond's FG in Ijc?? I can't remember any!! Are you sure as the original strip-version of Flash was introduced in Ijc much later(in the সংখ্যা ১৪৫: ক্ষুদে রব্ট(১৯৭২) I think) and as far as I know,all early ones are from King-Flash series,pretty bad(or ugly) illustration!:(
@Hojo,আমার মনে হয় 'মঙ্গোর মহাপ্রতিযোগিতা' সংখ্যা কত মনে নেই... হ্যাঁ সংখ্যা ৫০ ডেভিলের লিস্ট দেখে বললাম। এটাই তো মনে হয় Alex Raymond-র আঁকা।
আমার ঠিক জানা নেই সময়টা, তবে পরের দিকের কাজ গুলো ওনার super লাগে আমার কাছে।
আর IJC-তে শুধু FG গুলো নয় বেশ কিছু বেতালও আমার জঘন্য লাগে। সেগুলো মনে হয় Charlton-র।
@hojo: thanks for the info..ae tar kotha tomake aage bolechilam tomar nischoi mone ache..& it was discontinued after 1985, jotodur mone porche..as I've the last page of that comic..
@Hojo, আনন্দমেলার এই Flash Gordon-র কমিকস টা published করেছিল দেখছি (Whitman) Western publishing Co. copyright KFS.
ছবিগুলো এঁকেছিলেন Al Williamson.
Flash Gordon-র যে movie টা দেখার কথা বলছিলাম সেটা থেকেই কমিকসটা করা।
খুব চেনা লাগছিল...দেখলাম কমিকসটি রয়েছে আমার কাছে।
Al Williamson-r drawing গুলো আ-মেলা যথারীতি চটকে ফেলেছে। মূল কমিকসটি চাইলে আমি মেইল করতে পারি তোমাকে।
@MS: Yes you are right,somehow I missed this..but ToI's reproduction of S003 was terrible and you might be surprised to know that I was so much under impression that this issue is just another King's suckers that I have already exchanged my single issue for another!:(
Now I have to search for one..
About the original version of this AM-Flash please mail me that or you can post in your blog!Thanks very much..
@Walker: yes I remember...as MS told us that was not a original story but a recreation by Al Willamson!
@ALL: This blog-post has been updated...
স্পাইডার ম্যান বা অন্য DC কমিকসের চরিত্র গুলো ইন্দ্রজালে না বেরোলেও Times of India র আরেকটি কমিক্স Spectrum Comics -এ বেরোত । যদিও তার আয়ু বেশিদিন ছিল না । ছোট আকারের এক রঙ-এ ছাপা হয়ে এগুলো বেরোত ।
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