Comic #31:Mandrake Daily:The Wolf Valley(D044;August 1947)

ANOTHER FASCINATING TALE from the Vintage era of '40s,,, I guess this is among those Mandrake Strip-scans which are yet to appear on-line(in any form)!!

AND MORE TO COME !!

I guess visitors will be surprised to see this another quick release,,but matter of fact,I got some free time(& rite mood for posting!!) in this week,so thought WHY NOT PUBLISH AS MANY AS POSSIBLE??

You may see few MORE within few days!! :-)))BETWEEN,WHAT A MYSTERIOUS Adventure man!!! Mandrake & Co. went through this dreaded valley of wolf where Narda was kidnapped!!! WHAT HAPPENED TO HER??? READ ON!!

HAVE SOME GLIMPSES first,,,d/l LINK of full story is coming soon.
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Comic #30: Mandrake Daily:Mandrake In Hollywood(D011; 1938)

A VINTAGE MANDRAKE DAILY FROM late '30s when "Falk-Davis" combo was @it's BEST!!!!



I PERSONALLY LOVED THIS TALE(& Most of those tales from these periods!!),,,AND HOPE YOU ALL WILL LOVE THIS TOO!!! :-))

CHEERS!!! (here are FEW Selected pages from this strip,included Mandrake's few TAKES(& Re-TAKES!) with his "own" TRICKS!!)

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Comic #29:Phantom Daily:The Snake Goddess Island(S157;2003)

This one is among those very few Post-Falk Phantom strips I loved!! A fascinating tale wid a mysterious finishing too! Between,it's a contribution from Chatur Chetha and all though it may be available on-line somewhere,but reading in a one-go is a treat,,Ain't friends?? :-)
By the way,there are ONLY Three such 'special' Phantom adventures where GWW had to face Snake Goddesses!! :o)
First one was D161(The Snake Goddess;1988) published in Indrajal as the same title(Vol.25 No.27 & 28) while the later one was a Post-Ijc Sunday strip:S141(Queen Medusa;1994) .These two were created by maestro Lee Falk while the 3rd one was by Reimerthi in 2003!

ENJOY!!!!

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The First Indian Comic Hero:Bahadur - In the Verge of RETURN!

Any Bahadur-Fan can contact Mr.Surti through mail & you can share your thinking wid this great creator!!You can find his mail-id through his PERSONAL SITE where you'll find he's MORE than just a Comic-creator! :-)
http://www.aabidsurti.com/about_aabid.htm
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...YES,this is NO joke !!! :-) Yesterday,there was an article in the ToI on our passion:Indrajal Comics and the major characters like Phantom/Mandrake etc and the on-going madness for ol' IJc copies! :-)
All though this article majorly based on P/M but then in the later parts author mentioned another Indrajal Hero,who was incidentally the FIRST Indian Comic-Hero,Bahadur - the brave!!!
AND THERE'S A VERY GOOD NEWS FOR HIS FANS:The main creator of this desi hero,Abid Surti,is thinking about a revival of this amazing series!!!! Hope he'll do it pretty soon!!! YAYYYYYYYY :D

Some lines from this article:
....."Aabid Surti, the creator of Bahadur, is a happy man when told of the legions of fans his comic character has spawned. Reportedly, there are Bahadur fan clubs in the US, where each comic sells for a staggering USD 100. Surti, a well-known cartoonist then, conceived of Bahadur and started the comic strip in 1976. "Bennett, Coleman & Co wanted me to create an Indian character that could take on the popularity of the three foreign comics that ruled the market in India then—The Phantom, Mandrake and Tarzan," he says. "During that time, the Chambal Valley was becoming increasingly notorious, and there were exhortations to people to group together to fight crime. So I developed the character of Bahadur as someone who helps create a citizens' police force to fight the dacoits."

And the GREAT NEWS:
"Surti is working on reviving Bahadur as a comic strip and says he is in talks with publishers. A movie is also being planned on the character—while one with Anurag Kashyap didn't work out, there's another one on the anvil, says Surti."

Finally,his take on Bahadur-Bela's relationship :
...."Surti has an interesting explanation for why Bahadur sports a saffron kurta and jeans. "A kurta and saffron were symbols of Indianness. And jeans were a Western import and indicated progress. Hence, the combination," he says. "In fact, I have showed Bahadur and his girlfriend, Bela, in a live-in relationship—something unheard of in those times. But it was very well accepted by the audience."You can read the complete article HERE .

SO,HOPE FOR THE BEST,FRIENDS:-)

Comic #28:Mandrake Daily:The Queen of Cats(1959)

An amazing Daily from Phil Davis era ,,,from my point-of-view,it's one of the best Mandrake Dailies!! This one(D101) never appeared in Indrajal or Diamond Comics ,all though another daily dealt wid cats(Narda & Cats; D146) were appeared in Indrajal as Strange Banquet(Ijc V23 N46)...Moreover,in this Daily,Narda has the major role,soo those who(like me!) are 'specially' fond of this beautiful princess,ENJOYYY!!!

The last Poll was quite interesting which revealed as many as 60% of visitors were introduced wid Indrajals in '80s while there are some seasoned Phans who tested these gems way back in '60s!!!Kudos them for been such a dedicated Phans over four decades... :-)

By the way,TCP has been provided the lost links of several Indrajals which many visitors craved/asked from long time,,,visit his blog and happy d/l ..and I truly appreciate his come-back ! :D

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