(November 1, 1967)

Bennett, Coleman & Co., 1964 Series
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Price
0.70 INR; 0.60 LKR
Pages
32
Indicia Frequency
?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
?
Brand
A Times of India Publication
Editing
Mahavir Adhikari

Issue Notes

The cover has a 3rd price "1sh 9d" for other countries.

Thugs in the City Park (Table of Contents)

Mandrake the Magician; Phantom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; drama; superhero
Characters
Mandrake; Lothar; Phantom; boy; tiger; thug
Synopsis
2 panels: a Mandrake panel and a Phantom panel.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Gold Spot / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Menace of the City Jungle! (Table of Contents: 2)

Mandrake the Magician / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood
Pencils
Don Heck
Inks
André LeBlanc
Colors
?
Letters
Charlotte Jetter
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The beauty of a great city park...
Genre
adventure; crime; superhero
Characters
Mandrake; Lothar; Narda; police chief; muggers; policemen; Louie (thug); Mike (officer)
Synopsis
The police chief enlists Mandrake and Lothar to rid the city park of muggers.
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Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credit from Alberto Becattini, added March 2007. Adaptations of newspaper strip stories. Dick Wood credit from Martin O'Hearn.

The Crybaby (Table of Contents: 3)

Phantom / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Lee Falk
Pencils
Wilson McCoy
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Listen to the crybaby!
Genre
adventure; drama; jungle; superhero
Characters
Cecil Riggs; Mike; The Phantom; Wambesi Zork (an exile ruffian)
Synopsis
Mike terrorizes crybaby Cecil fighting with him every day. Hearing his story the Phantom offers to host the boy for a vacation in the Deep Woods. While there an exiled Wambesi returns to terrorize his tribe only to be challenged by the Phantom. Seeing the Phantom win against the oversized Zorg, Cecil realizes he can take on Mike and returns home.
Reprints
  • from The Phantom Daily (King Features Syndicate) 1958-08-25 - 1958-11-01

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Forhan's Toothpaste / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Lalvani Bros. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Thugs in the City Park
    Mandrake the Magician; Phantom
  2. 1. ["Every day over two million people enjoy ..."]
    Gold Spot
  3. 2. Menace of the City Jungle!
    Mandrake the Magician
  4. 3. The Crybaby
    Phantom
  5. 4. ["When her talents blossom..."]
    Forhan's Toothpaste
  6. 5. ["The popular 'read aloud' series that will fascinate your children"]
    Lalvani Bros.
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