Indrajal Comics #7

([September] 1964)

Henry (Table of Contents: 1)

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

humour

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Henry; grocer; bag salesman

Synopsis

Henry is given a shopping list which gives him too many parcels to carry, and he keeps dropping them. He then sees a store selling transparent plastic bags.

Indexer Notes

Last panel has either 3-31 or 8-31 for the date and (C) 1957 King Features Syndicate, inc, World Rights Reserved.

Our New Age (Table of Contents: 2)

Our New Age / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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

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Gene Fawcette

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The Chinese "Cultured" pearls in the 13th Century

Genre

non-fiction; history; maths & science

Synopsis

Discussion of inserting a impurity in oysters to get them to form a pearl. Also tells how the Japanese have experimented with oysters to get multiple pearls and change the colors using oysters. The 2nd page is devoted to Platinum.

Indexer Notes

Last panel has date of 3/31 and TM (R) All rights reserved the Hall Syndicate, Inc.

Around the World With Kunju Pillay (Table of Contents: 3)

Kunju Pillay / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Kavadi

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To Kunju's Surprise, an Indian tourist, who stayed at Hotel Omavvad

Genre

adventure; non-fiction; biography; history

Characters

Kunju Pillay; Mr. Gore

Synopsis

Continuing his World Tour Kunju catches a ride with Mr. Gore to Beirut from Damascus. They descend to the plain of Biqa between the Anti-Lebanon and Lebanon Mountains, home of Baalbeck where Alexander the Great made settlement, where the six columns of the temple of Jupiter Hadad can be seen from a distance. Traveling toward Tripoli they came to Bisharra. Continuing to Beirut they stopped at the gigantic underground lake Jeita, and ending this issue in Beirut.

Keywords

Anti-Lebanon Mountain; Baalbeck Festival of Dance and Drama; Beirut; Biqa; Bisharra; Damascus; Hotel Omavvad; Lebanon; National Museum of Beirut; Temple of Jupiter Hadad; the gigantic underground lake Jeita

The Man-Eating Plant (Table of Contents: 4)

Phantom / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

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Deep inthe Jungle a small plane crashes

Genre

adventure; drama; superhero

Characters

James; friendly natives; doctor; Mead; Plant God of Massau; Mac; Maggy Bell; Tura; Benji; The Phantom; Devil; Hero; Massau Witchdoctors

Synopsis

Surviving the crash with a broken ankle, the pilot James is found and taken to a hospital with delirium. He thought he saw someone sacrificed to a plant by the Massau natives. Mead organizes a safari to check it out and is followed by the writer Maggy Bell. The Phantom spots the safari and sends a native to inquire. The guides didn't know that the destination was the Massau Badlands, and they desert in the night. Now responsible for Ms Bell, Mead decides to return only to be caught by the Massau, who are using the plant to extort their neighbors. The Phantom discovers it is fake and wrecks it.

What to Do? (Table of Contents: 5)

Raju / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Chitnis

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Now that Raju is out,

Genre

adventure; humour

Characters

Raju; Ma; Pa

Synopsis

Raju’s parents send him to the children's park so they can have peace. Sliding down the slide lands in the fountain where he finds gold bricks upsetting a countrywide gang of smugglers. Reporters are suddenly hounding the family for the story; so much for peace and quiet.

Guru's Club (Table of Contents: 6)

Guru / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Why does it Rain Guruji?

Genre

non-fiction; maths & science

Characters

Guruji; Bholu; students

Synopsis

Questions: Why does it Rain? How are clouds formed? Bholu has a Toothache and Guruji discusses tooth decay, to be then asked: Do the (mouth) germs dig with small axes? Are there really germs in my mouth? Guruji then leads a discussion of germs and shows what they look like. Who first saw the germs? We get pasteurized milk for the dairies. What does it mean?

The Age of Man (Table of Contents: 7)

The Age of Man / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Sanzgiri

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For the Early Man,

Genre

non-fiction; history

Synopsis

Early man's efforts at domestication.

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Phantom / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Govind

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Phantom; two tribesmen

Synopsis

Reprints front cover with no logos nor text.