Indrajal Comics
#23
(January 1966)
Bennett, Coleman & Co.,
1964 Series
- Price
- 0.60 INR
- Pages
- 28
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- A Times of India Publication
- Editing
- Mahavir Adhikari
India
The Age of Man / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the Year 563 B.C., a prince who was to become a world teacher, was born in the house of Sakyas.
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Characters
- Prince Siddharthat (the Buddha); Ashoka Maurya; Prince Gautama
- Synopsis
- A very brief treatise on the start of Buddhism.
- Keywords
- Bodh-Gaya; India; Mahayana Sutras
[no title indexed]
Our New Age / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Athelstan Spilhaus (dean, University of Minnesota Institute of Technology)
- Pencils
- Gene Fawcette (signed) (see notes)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Diving for sunken treasure of the past has always been an exciting and sometimes rewarding adventure.
- Genre
- non-fiction; maths & science
- Synopsis
- A very brief treatise on the why and how of undersea salvage.
Indexer Notes
Gene's autograph page one is dated '11/10.'
[no title indexed]
Henry / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Comics
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Henry; sign poster; sign carrier
- Synopsis
- Henry is having a hard time reading his newspaper comics. Seeing a sign poster he borrows his paste and pastes his comics to the backboard of a sign carrier. The other kids soon catch on.
Indexer Notes
Panel 11 has "(c) King Features Syndicate, Inc., 1964. World rights reserved."
[no title indexed]
Around the World with Kunju Pillay / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kunju hikes his way from Switzerland to Milan in Italy.
- Genre
- adventure; non-fiction; biography; history
- Characters
- Kunju
- Synopsis
- Too cold to ride Kunju hikes from Switzerland to Milan where he visits the "Castello Sforzesco" and the Milan Cathedral. Moving on to Pisa he discovers its history of various rulers, and visits the Leaning Tower. Then to Florence and its history and culture of the arts, visiting the Cathedral of S. Marie Del Fiore, the Uffizi Gallery. Leaving via the Appian Way he heads to Rome. In Rome he sees the Colosseum, The Forum and many other famous ruins.
- Keywords
- Castello Sforzesco; Cathedral of S Marie Del Fiore; Florence; Italy; Leaning Tower of Pisa; Milan; Milan Cathedral; Rome; Switzerland; The Colosseum; The Forum; the Uffizi Gallery
The Scarlet Sorceress
Phantom / comic story / 16 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tell your master we are here.
- Genre
- adventure; drama; crime; superhero
- Characters
- The Scarlet Sorceress (Magda The Great); The Phantom; Princess Valerie; Diana; White Rajah of Volara; Hero; The Wogu; King Wog; Dwarf of Wogu; Nana; Guran; Devil
- Synopsis
- King Wog's daughter, of the Wogus, is strangely ill, seeking help from the Scarlet Sorceress he is told to find another princess who is the opposite of his daughter but the same age. Hearing of Princess Valeria Wog sends men to kidnap her. Posing as entertainers they gain entry to the palace and steal he in the night. Rajah sends to the Phantom for help. On the way to the Wogu the Phantom runs across an old plane wreck and graves, which end up being the source of the Scarlet Sorceress. The cure for the daughter was playtime, and the Phantom returns Magda and Valeria to civilization.
Indexer Notes
Page 22 panel 5 has "Copr 19"#"6. King Features Syndicate, Inc. World rights reserved." The decade of the year isn't clear. It might be 1946.
[no title indexed]
Sir Ronald Ross / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A lecture hall in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1875.
- Genre
- non-fiction; maths & science
- Characters
- Sir Ronald Ross; Dr. Patrick Manson; Mr. Robinson
- Synopsis
- In 1881 Ronald Ross becomes a doctor and is fighting to save patients with Malaria in a British hospital in India. On leave in London he meets Dr. Patrick Manson who is also working on Malaria, and shows him the parasite that causes it. Being transferred around for his duties delayed Ross's research but he was finally able to prove Malaria was transferred by mosquitos. From there he went on to begin the fight against mosquitos having cesspools sprayed with oil to prevent breeding, thus dramatically reducing the occurrences of Malaria in the population.
- Keywords
- Calcutta; Edinburgh; Ismailia; London; Secunderabad
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Table of Contents
-
0.
The Scarlet Sorceress - Duel with a Giant!
Phantom -
1.
India
The Age of Man -
2.
["Diving for sunken treasure of the past has always been an exciting and sometimes rewarding adventure."]
Our New Age -
3.
["Comics"]
Henry -
4.
["Kunju hikes his way from Switzerland to Milan in Italy."]
Around the World with Kunju Pillay -
5.
The Scarlet Sorceress
Phantom -
6.
["A lecture hall in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1875."]
Sir Ronald Ross -
7.
["Don't let your child suffer from cold pains"]
Vicks Vaporub -
8.
["J.B. Mangharam's energy food"]
J.B. Mangharam & Co.
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