(February 1, 1968)

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

Issue Notes

A 3rd price on the cover is 'Other Countries 1sh. 9d. per copy'.

The Phantom and the Sleeping Giant (Table of Contents)

Phantom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
adventure; drama; superhero
Characters
The Phantom; the Sleeping Giant

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Little King / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
O. Soglow
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
His majesty is looking at portraits of his ancestors!
Genre
humour
Characters
The Little King;

The Sleeping Giant (Table of Contents: 2)

The Phantom / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Harris
Pencils
Bill Lignante
Inks
Bill Lignante
Colors
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Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
6411
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the years before teh Phantom Peace was established, the Itongo Headhunters were the most dreaded of all the fierce jungle tribes!
Genre
jungle; superhero
Characters
The Phantom; Joe Gagnon; Idaho [Giant Tuamotu]; Itongo tribe; Guran; Wambesi tribe; Hero; Devil
Synopsis
Joe Gagnon finds diamonds at the floor of a huge statue of Tuamotu, giant god of the Itongo. Driven away, he finds startlingly-tall circus performer Idaho, whom he disguises as Tuamotu so as to gain access to the diamonds and lead raids on the neighbors, until the Phantom fights Idaho and easily vanquishes him. Idaho reveals that his very size makes him weak... it's exhausting even to walk. The crooks go to jail, the Itongo restore their loot, the fight becomes a legend, and the statue lies ignored.
Reprints
Keywords
Circus; Deep Woods; Denkali; diamonds; giant; giantism; idol; masquerade; Sacred Grove of Tuamotu; Skull Throne; statue

Indexer Notes

According to a letter from Bill Harris in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 23, No 8, August 2012, he wrote all the Phantom stories.
In the original story it's Bengali, not Denkali.
Ancient jungle saying 'When the Phantom speaks the whole jungle listens!'

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Little King / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
O. Soglow
Pencils
O. Soglow
Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm sorry your majesty, there are no taxis about!
Genre
humour
Characters
The Little King;
Synopsis
Arriving ashore the little king finds no taxi's available, so he hires a local to carry him around on a yoke.
Reprints
  • from The Little King Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1962-08-19

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

Ripley's Believe It or Not! / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
4 Elephants in Tanganyika, Africa, linked tail to trunk as they marched single file were killed by a single bolt of lightning (1933).
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Chavigney de la Bretonniere; Myron R. Griffey; Johann Bernardus Heinemann; Georg Wilhelm Till
Synopsis
The following stories: 4 Elephants, Tomato Plant 12'6" High, Chavigney de la Bretonniere; The First Recorded Death Sentence, Aeoliscus Punctulatus, The Tarsier, The Mouse Birds, and Served Successively as Pastors.
Keywords
Janesville WIS; Prison of Mont Saint Michel France; Tanganyika Africa; Wolfershausen Germany

Indexer Notes

Both pages have '(c) King Features Syndicate, Inc. 1965. World rights reserved.'

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

Henry / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bus Stop
Genre
humour
Characters
Henry
Synopsis
Flipping his token while waiting on the bus, Henry loses it. Finally arriving home after a 10 Mile walk he takes off his shoe and finds it.
Reprints
  • from Henry Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1966-10-09

Indexer Notes

Indicia at the bottom of the page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Sawyers View-Master / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Phantom and the Sleeping Giant
    Phantom
  2. 1. ["His majesty is looking at portraits of his ancestors!"]
    The Little King
  3. 2. The Sleeping Giant
    The Phantom
  4. 3. ["I'm sorry your majesty, there are no taxis about!"]
    The Little King
  5. 4. ["4 Elephants in Tanganyika, Africa, linked tail to trunk as they marched single file were killed by a single bolt of lightning (1933)."]
    Ripley's Believe It or Not!
  6. 5. ["Bus Stop"]
    Henry
  7. 6. ["Can a View-Master really help your youngster get better marks?"]
    Sawyers View-Master
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