Indrajal Comics #25

(March 1966)

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Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Place all trash in rubbish cans

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humour

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Henry; Officer

Synopsis

Henry leaves home eating a banana and throws his peal on the ground. An officer takes Henry the rubbish sign and sends him to throw away his trash. A dog in the rubbish bin doesn't appreciate this and chases Henry back to the officer.

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The Travels of Marco Polo / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Europe knew nothing of the Far East until a medieval traveller called Marco Polo tore aside the veil of mystery in 1290...

Genre

adventure; non-fiction; biography; history

Characters

Marco Polo; Nicolo Polo; Maffeo Polo; Kublai Khan

Synopsis

Hearing his father and uncle's story of their journey to Peking, Marco begged to go with them on their return trip. Traveling from Venice to Acre, they used the Kahn's golden passport to travel through Tabriz, and Savah, while there Marco was taken into a tomb reported to be of Christ's three wise men. They then traveled to Hormuz but seeing the state of shipping there opted to risk the Persian desert crossing instead. Stocking up at Kerman the crossed arriving at Kubenan. To save time and distance they began a shortcut over the Pamir Mountains.

Keywords

Acre; Asia; Badakhshan Table-Land; China; Hormuz; Kerman; Kubenan; Mount Ararat; Palestine; Pamir Mountains; Pamir Plateau; Peking; River Oxus; Savah; Tabriz

Indexer Notes

Last panel has "(c) Fleetway Publications Ltd., London".

Around the Moon (Table of Contents: 3)

Phantom / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

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In the deep woods -- the pygmies -- remnants of the Stone Age -- listen in amazement --

Genre

adventure; drama; superhero

Characters

The Phantom; Guan; Colonel Conley; Devil; Denkali Pirates; Scragg; Hero; Duran; Wambesi Dura; Wambesi Buran

Synopsis

While the world, Phantom, and pygmies follow Colonel Conley attempt to travel around the Moon, the Denkali Pirates are having a bad day. 1st foiled by a native fishing fleet, and then by the people back home at the fishing village. The pirates stumble upon the Phantom's Isle of Eden, but Duran scares them off. Meanwhile a meteor knocks out the Conley's radio and guidance systems, forcing him to land off course and into the desperate pirates hands, who hold him for ransom. The Phantom discovers this and rescues Conley, thwarting Scragg's ransom of $10 Million USD just as he's leaving.

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Naval Customs / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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The armed forces have their customs, some of which are so old that their origins are lost in Antiquity.

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non-fiction; history

Synopsis

Describes the following Naval Traditions of the Indian Navy (mostly inherited from the British):
shore establishments (how they are laid out like ships), hoisting of colours, watch keeping, the pipe, and crossing the line.

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Our New Age / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Athelstan Spilhaus (dean, University of Minnesota Institute of Technology)

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When men first measured they used parts of the body for length, stones for weight, and day and night for the division of time.

Genre

non-fiction; history; maths & science

Indexer Notes

At the time of this printing the Second was not yet defined by cycles of the Cesium atom, though it mentions efforts in that direction, but by:
"1 Second =1/31,556,925.9747 of the year 1900 -- because the year varies!"

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The Little King / comic story / 0.4 page (report information)

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O. Soglow

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Boo

Genre

humour

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King; King's Shadow; 2 ghosts

Synopsis

The king is walking when he finds two ghosts, his shadow takes off.

Reprints

• From The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1964-8-30

Indexer Notes

Panel 2 has "(c) King Features Syndicate, Inc. 1964 World rights reserved."
Panel 4 has "8-30".

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statement of ownership / 0.6 page (report information)

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Statement about ownership and other particulars about newspaper entitled "INDRAJAL COMICS," Bombay.

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Date: 1st march 1966.
(P.L. Sah) signature of publisher.

Dilip's Gang (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Eveready Torch / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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J.B. Mangharam & Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)