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'''''Indrajal Comics''''' was | '''''Indrajal Comics''''' was an [[The Phantom publications in India|Indian]] comic book series launched by the publisher of ''The Times of India'', [[Bennet, Coleman & Co.]] in March of 1964. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The first 32 issues contained [[The Phantom]] stories, but thereafter, the title alternated between various [[King Features]] characters, including Mandrake, Flash Gordon, and Buz Sawyer. Later it also published Bahadur, an Indian comic hero created by Aabid Surti. | The first 32 issues of ''Indrajal Comics'' contained "[[The Phantom]]" stories, but thereafter, the title alternated between various [[King Features Syndicate]] characters, including "[[Mandrake the Magician]]", "Flash Gordon", and "Buz Sawyer". Later it also published "Bahadur", an Indian comic hero created by Aabid Surti. | ||
A total of 803 issues of ''Indrajal Comics'' were published, ceasing in April of 1990. | A total of 803 issues of ''Indrajal Comics'' were published, ceasing in April of 1990. #123 and 124 were never published due to an industrial strike. 414 of these included Phantom stories. | ||
The Indrajal books often contain colorized versions of Phantom stories, edited with expanded, reduced or omitted panels, | The Indrajal books often contain colorized versions of Phantom stories, edited with expanded, reduced or omitted panels, to fit the format of the comic book. The stories were mostly [[daily stories|daily]] and [[Sunday stories]], with several [[Gold Key/King/Charlton stories]], some [[Fratelli Spada stories]] and one [[Team Fantomen stories|Team Fantomen story]]. | ||
=== Language versions === | === Language versions === | ||
From the | From the first issue in 1964, ''Indrajal Comics'' was available in several language editions. English and Hindi seems to have been the main editions, that were published weekly during the entire run of the series. Other editions were added in later years, and were sometimes released with a different periodicity than the main editions. Each language edition had a different registration number with [https://rni.nic.in the Registrar of Newspapers for India ] | ||
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{| {{table}} | {| {{table}} | ||
!Language !!First Phantom issue !!Last Phantom issue !! Total number of Phantom issues !!The Phantom's name | !Language !!First Phantom issue !!Last Phantom issue !! Total number of Phantom issues !!The Phantom's name !! Periodicity !! Reg. nr. | ||
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|English || [[Indrajal Comics 1|''Indrajal Comics'' #1]] (1964) || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 27 No. 6|''Indrajal Comics'' Vol. 27 No. 6]] (1990) || 414 || The Phantom | |English || [[Indrajal Comics 1|''Indrajal Comics'' #1]] (1964) || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 27 No. 6|''Indrajal Comics'' Vol. 27 No. 6]] (1990) || 414 || The Phantom || weekly || 11478 | ||
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| | |Hindi|| [[Indrajal Comics 1|''Indrajal Comics'' #1]] (1964) || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 27 No. 6|''Indrajal Comics'' Vol. 27 No. 6]] (1990) || 414 || Vetaal || weekly || 11480, 39229 | ||
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|Gujarati|| | |Gujarati|| [[Indrajal Comics 11|''Indrajal Comics'' #11]] (1965) || ? || ? || ? || monthly || 11481 | ||
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|Marathi|| ca 1966 || ? || ? || ? | |Marathi|| ca 1966 || ? || ? || ? || monthly, biweekly || 11479, 49798 | ||
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| | |Bengali || [[Indrajal Comics 23|''Indrajal Comics'' #23]] (1966) || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 27 No. 6|''Indrajal Comics'' Vol. 27 No. 6]] (1990) || 392 || Betal || monthly,twice-a-month,weekly & ''again'' twice-a-month || ? | ||
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| | |Tamil|| ? (1969) || ? (1987) || 150+ || ? || biweekly || 35903 | ||
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| | |Arabic|| ? (1977) || ? || at least 18 || ? || monthly || 31564 | ||
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| | |Kannada || [[Indrajal Comics 349|''Indrajal Comics'' #349]] (1980)|| ? || ? || Bethala / Fantom / Phantom || biweekly || 35904 | ||
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| | |Malayalam|| [[Indrajal Comics 381|''Indrajal Comics'' #381]] (1981) || ? || ? || ? || monthly, weekly || 11482, 37710 | ||
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| | |Telugu (unconfirmed) || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? | ||
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== Issue overview == | == Issue overview == | ||
=== 1960's === | === 1960's === | ||
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=== 1970's === | === 1970's === | ||
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||'''1970''' || [[Indrajal Comics 101|101]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|102 || [[Indrajal Comics 103|103]] || [[Indrajal Comics 104|104]] || [[Indrajal Comics 105|105]] || [[Indrajal Comics 106|106]] || [[Indrajal Comics 107|107]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|108 || [[Indrajal Comics 109|109]] || [[Indrajal Comics 110|110]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|111 || [[Indrajal Comics 112|112]] || [[Indrajal Comics 113|113]] || [[Indrajal Comics 114|114]] || [[Indrajal Comics 115|115]] || [[Indrajal Comics 116|116]] || [[Indrajal Comics 117|117]] || [[Indrajal Comics 118|118]] || [[Indrajal Comics 119|119]] || [[Indrajal Comics 120|120]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|121 || [[Indrajal Comics 122|122]] || | ||'''1970''' || [[Indrajal Comics 101|101]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|102 || [[Indrajal Comics 103|103]] || [[Indrajal Comics 104|104]] || [[Indrajal Comics 105|105]] || [[Indrajal Comics 106|106]] || [[Indrajal Comics 107|107]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|108 || [[Indrajal Comics 109|109]] || [[Indrajal Comics 110|110]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|111 || [[Indrajal Comics 112|112]] || [[Indrajal Comics 113|113]] || [[Indrajal Comics 114|114]] || [[Indrajal Comics 115|115]] || [[Indrajal Comics 116|116]] || [[Indrajal Comics 117|117]] || [[Indrajal Comics 118|118]] || [[Indrajal Comics 119|119]] || [[Indrajal Comics 120|120]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|121 || [[Indrajal Comics 122|122]] || colspan="2" bgcolor="d3d3d3"| | ||
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||'''1971''' || [[Indrajal Comics 125|125]] || [[Indrajal Comics 126|126]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|127 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|128 || [[Indrajal Comics 129|129]] || [[Indrajal Comics 130|130]] || [[Indrajal Comics 131|131]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|132 || [[Indrajal Comics 133|133]] || [[Indrajal Comics 134|134]] || [[Indrajal Comics 135|135]] || [[Indrajal Comics 136|136]] || [[Indrajal Comics 137|137]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|138 || [[Indrajal Comics 139|139]] || [[Indrajal Comics 140|140]] || [[Indrajal Comics 141|141]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|142 || [[Indrajal Comics 143|143]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|144 || [[Indrajal Comics 145|145]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|146 || [[Indrajal Comics 147|147]] || [[Indrajal Comics 148|148]] | ||'''1971''' || [[Indrajal Comics 125|125]] || [[Indrajal Comics 126|126]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|127 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|128 || [[Indrajal Comics 129|129]] || [[Indrajal Comics 130|130]] || [[Indrajal Comics 131|131]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|132 || [[Indrajal Comics 133|133]] || [[Indrajal Comics 134|134]] || [[Indrajal Comics 135|135]] || [[Indrajal Comics 136|136]] || [[Indrajal Comics 137|137]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|138 || [[Indrajal Comics 139|139]] || [[Indrajal Comics 140|140]] || [[Indrajal Comics 141|141]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|142 || [[Indrajal Comics 143|143]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|144 || [[Indrajal Comics 145|145]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|146 || [[Indrajal Comics 147|147]] || [[Indrajal Comics 148|148]] | ||
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||'''1978''' || [[Indrajal Comics 293|293]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|294 || [[Indrajal Comics 295|295]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|296 || [[Indrajal Comics 297|297]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|298 || [[Indrajal Comics 299|299]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|300 || [[Indrajal Comics 301|301]] || [[Indrajal Comics 302|302]] || [[Indrajal Comics 303|303]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|304 || [[Indrajal Comics 305|305]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|306 || [[Indrajal Comics 307|307]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|308 || [[Indrajal Comics 309|309]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|310 || [[Indrajal Comics 311|311]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|312 || [[Indrajal Comics 313|313]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|314 || [[Indrajal Comics 315|315]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|316 | ||'''1978''' || [[Indrajal Comics 293|293]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|294 || [[Indrajal Comics 295|295]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|296 || [[Indrajal Comics 297|297]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|298 || [[Indrajal Comics 299|299]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|300 || [[Indrajal Comics 301|301]] || [[Indrajal Comics 302|302]] || [[Indrajal Comics 303|303]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|304 || [[Indrajal Comics 305|305]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|306 || [[Indrajal Comics 307|307]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|308 || [[Indrajal Comics 309|309]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|310 || [[Indrajal Comics 311|311]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|312 || [[Indrajal Comics 313|313]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|314 || [[Indrajal Comics 315|315]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|316 | ||
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||'''1979''' || [[Indrajal Comics 317|317]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|318 || [[Indrajal Comics 319|319]] || [[Indrajal Comics 320|320]] || [[Indrajal Comics 321|321]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|322 || [[Indrajal Comics 323|323]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|324 || [[Indrajal Comics 325|325]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|326 || [[Indrajal Comics 327|327 | ||'''1979''' || [[Indrajal Comics 317|317]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|318 || [[Indrajal Comics 319|319]] || [[Indrajal Comics 320|320]] || [[Indrajal Comics 321|321]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|322 || [[Indrajal Comics 323|323]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|324 || [[Indrajal Comics 325|325]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|326 || [[Indrajal Comics 327|327]] || [[Indrajal Comics 328|328]] || [[Indrajal Comics 329|329]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|330 || [[Indrajal Comics 331|331]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|332 || [[Indrajal Comics 333|333]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|334 || [[Indrajal Comics 335|335]] || [[Indrajal Comics 336|336]] || [[Indrajal Comics 337|337]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|338 || [[Indrajal Comics 339|339]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|340 | ||
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=== 1980's/1990's=== | === 1980's/1990's=== | ||
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||'''1983''' || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 1|1]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 2|2]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 3|3]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|4 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|5 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|6 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|7 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|8 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|9 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|10 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|11 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 12|12]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 13|13]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|14 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|15 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|16 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|17 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|18 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 19|19]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 20|20]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|21 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|22 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|23 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 24|24]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|25 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|26 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|27 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|28 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|29 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|30 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|31 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|32 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|33 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|34 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|35 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 36|36]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 37|37]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 38|38]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 39|39]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|40 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|41 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 42|42]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 43|43]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|44 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|45 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|46 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 47|47]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|48 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 49|49]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|50 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 51|51]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|52 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| | ||'''1983''' || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 1|1]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 2|2]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 3|3]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|4 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|5 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|6 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|7 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|8 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|9 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|10 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|11 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 12|12]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 13|13]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|14 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|15 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|16 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|17 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|18 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 19|19]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 20|20]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|21 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|22 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|23 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 24|24]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|25 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|26 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|27 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|28 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|29 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|30 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|31 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|32 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|33 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|34 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|35 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 36|36]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 37|37]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 38|38]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 39|39]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|40 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|41 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 42|42]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 43|43]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|44 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|45 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|46 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 47|47]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|48 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 49|49]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|50 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 20 No. 51|51]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|52 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| | ||
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||'''1984''' || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 1|1]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|2 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|3 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 4|4]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|5 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|6 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|7 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 8|8]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 9|9]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 10|10]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|11 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|12 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|13 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|14 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|15 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 16|16]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|17 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|18 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 19|19]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 20|20]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|21 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|22 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|23 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|24|| [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 25|25]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 26|26]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 27|27]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|28 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 29|29]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 30|30]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|31 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|32 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 33|33]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|34 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|35 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|36|| [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 37|37]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 38|38]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 39|39]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|40 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|41 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|42 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. | ||'''1984''' || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 1|1]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|2 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|3 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 4|4]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|5 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|6 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|7 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 8|8]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 9|9]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 10|10]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|11 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|12 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|13 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|14 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|15 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 16|16]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|17 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|18 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 19|19]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 20|20]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|21 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|22 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|23 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|24|| [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 25|25]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 26|26]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 27|27]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|28 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 29|29]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 30|30]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|31 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|32 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 33|33]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|34 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|35 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|36|| [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 37|37]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 38|38]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 39|39]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|40 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|41 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|42 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 43|43]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|44 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|45 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 46|46]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 47|47]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 48|48]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|49 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|50 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|51 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|52 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 21 No. 53|53]] | ||
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||'''1985''' || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 1|1]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|2 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|3 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|4 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 5|5]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 6|6]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|7 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|8 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|9 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 10|10]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|11 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|12 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|13 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 14|14]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|15 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|16 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|17 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 18|18]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 19|19]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 20|20]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|21 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|22 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|23 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|24 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 25|25]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|26 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|27 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 28|28]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|29 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 30|30]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 31|31]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|32 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 33|33]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 34|34]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 35|35]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|36 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|37 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 38|38]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|39 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 40|40]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|41 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|42 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 43|43]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 44|44]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|45 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 46|46]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|47 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 48|48]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|49 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|50 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|51 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 22 No. 52|52]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| | |||
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||'''1986''' || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 1|1]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|2 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 3|3]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|4 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|5 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 6|6]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|7 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 8|8]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 9|9]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|10 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|11 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 12|12]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|13 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 14|14]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|15 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|16 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 17|17]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 18|18]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|19 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 20|20]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|21 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|22 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 23|23]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 24|24]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|25 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|26 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 27|27]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|28 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|29 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|30 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|31 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|32 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|33 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|34 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 35|35]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 36|36]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 37|37]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|38 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|39 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|40 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|41 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|42 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 43|43]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 44|44]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|45 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|46 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|47 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|48 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|49 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 50|50]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 23 No. 51|51]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|52 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| | |||
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||'''1987''' || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 1|1]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|2 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 3|3]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|4 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|5 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 6|6]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|7 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 8|8]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|9 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 10|10]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|11 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|12 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|13 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 14|14]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|15 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 16|16]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|17 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 18|18]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 19|19]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 20|20]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|21 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|22 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 23|23]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 24|24]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 25|25]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 26|26]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 27|27]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|28 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|29 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|30 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|31 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 32|32]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 33|33]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|34 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|35 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 36|36]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|37 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 38|38]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|39 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 40|40]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|41 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|42 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 43|43]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 44|44]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|45 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 46|46]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 47|47]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|48 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 49|49]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|50 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 24 No. 51|51]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|52 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| | |||
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||'''1988''' || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 1|1]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 2|2]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|3|| bgcolor="d3d3d3"|4 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|5 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 6|6]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|7 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 8|8]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 9|9]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 10|10]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|11 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 12|12]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 13|13]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|14 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|15 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 16|16]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|17 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 18|18]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 19|19]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 20|20]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|21 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 22|22]]|| [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 23|23]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 24|24]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|25 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|26 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 27|27]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 28|28]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|29 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|30 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|31 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|32 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|33 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 34|34]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 35|35]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|36 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|37 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 38|38]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 39|39]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 40|40]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|41 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|42 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|43 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|44 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|45 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|46 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 47|47]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 48|48]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 49|49]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|50 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|51 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 25 No. 52|52]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| | |||
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||'''1989''' || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|1 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|2 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|3|| bgcolor="d3d3d3"|4 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 26 No. 5|5]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 26 No. 6|6]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|7 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|8 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|9 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 26 No. 10|10]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 26 No. 11|11]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|12 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|13 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|14 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|15 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|16 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 26 No. 17|17]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|18 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|19 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 26 No. 20|20]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|21 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|22 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|23 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 26 No. 24|24]] || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 26 No. 25|25]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|26 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|27 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|28 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|29 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|30 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|31 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|32 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 26 No. 33|33]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|34 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|35 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|36 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 26 No. 37|37]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|38 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 26 No. 39|39]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|40 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 26 No. 41|41]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|42 || colspan="11" bgcolor="d3d3d3"| | |||
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||'''1990''' || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|1 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 27 No. 2|2]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|3|| bgcolor="d3d3d3"|4 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|5 || [[Indrajal Comics Vol. 27 No. 6|6]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|7 || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|8 || colspan="45" bgcolor="d3d3d3"| | |||
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Latest revision as of 07:32, 12 April 2023
Indrajal Comics was an Indian comic book series launched by the publisher of The Times of India, Bennet, Coleman & Co. in March of 1964.
History
The first 32 issues of Indrajal Comics contained "The Phantom" stories, but thereafter, the title alternated between various King Features Syndicate characters, including "Mandrake the Magician", "Flash Gordon", and "Buz Sawyer". Later it also published "Bahadur", an Indian comic hero created by Aabid Surti.
A total of 803 issues of Indrajal Comics were published, ceasing in April of 1990. #123 and 124 were never published due to an industrial strike. 414 of these included Phantom stories.
The Indrajal books often contain colorized versions of Phantom stories, edited with expanded, reduced or omitted panels, to fit the format of the comic book. The stories were mostly daily and Sunday stories, with several Gold Key/King/Charlton stories, some Fratelli Spada stories and one Team Fantomen story.
Language versions
From the first issue in 1964, Indrajal Comics was available in several language editions. English and Hindi seems to have been the main editions, that were published weekly during the entire run of the series. Other editions were added in later years, and were sometimes released with a different periodicity than the main editions. Each language edition had a different registration number with the Registrar of Newspapers for India
This list is incomplete - you can help PhantomWiki by expanding it.
Language | First Phantom issue | Last Phantom issue | Total number of Phantom issues | The Phantom's name | Periodicity | Reg. nr. |
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English | Indrajal Comics #1 (1964) | Indrajal Comics Vol. 27 No. 6 (1990) | 414 | The Phantom | weekly | 11478 |
Hindi | Indrajal Comics #1 (1964) | Indrajal Comics Vol. 27 No. 6 (1990) | 414 | Vetaal | weekly | 11480, 39229 |
Gujarati | Indrajal Comics #11 (1965) | ? | ? | ? | monthly | 11481 |
Marathi | ca 1966 | ? | ? | ? | monthly, biweekly | 11479, 49798 |
Bengali | Indrajal Comics #23 (1966) | Indrajal Comics Vol. 27 No. 6 (1990) | 392 | Betal | monthly,twice-a-month,weekly & again twice-a-month | ? |
Tamil | ? (1969) | ? (1987) | 150+ | ? | biweekly | 35903 |
Arabic | ? (1977) | ? | at least 18 | ? | monthly | 31564 |
Kannada | Indrajal Comics #349 (1980) | ? | ? | Bethala / Fantom / Phantom | biweekly | 35904 |
Malayalam | Indrajal Comics #381 (1981) | ? | ? | ? | monthly, weekly | 11482, 37710 |
Telugu (unconfirmed) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Issue overview
1960's
1964 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
1965 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | ||||||||||||
1966 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | ||||||||||||
1967 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | ||
1968 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | ||||
1969 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 |
1970's
1970 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | ||
1971 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 |
1972 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | 168 | 169 | 170 | 171 | 172 |
1973 | 173 | 174 | 175 | 176 | 177 | 178 | 179 | 180 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 184 | 185 | 186 | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 |
1974 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 207 | 208 | 209 | 210 | 211 | 212 | 213 | 214 | 215 | 216 | 217 | 218 | 219 | 220 |
1975 | 221 | 222 | 223 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 227 | 228 | 229 | 230 | 231 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | 236 | 237 | 238 | 239 | 240 | 241 | 242 | 243 | 244 |
1976 | 245 | 246 | 247 | 248 | 249 | 250 | 251 | 252 | 253 | 254 | 255 | 256 | 257 | 258 | 259 | 260 | 261 | 262 | 263 | 264 | 265 | 266 | 267 | 268 |
1977 | 269 | 270 | 271 | 272 | 273 | 274 | 275 | 276 | 277 | 278 | 279 | 280 | 281 | 282 | 283 | 284 | 285 | 286 | 287 | 288 | 289 | 290 | 291 | 292 |
1978 | 293 | 294 | 295 | 296 | 297 | 298 | 299 | 300 | 301 | 302 | 303 | 304 | 305 | 306 | 307 | 308 | 309 | 310 | 311 | 312 | 313 | 314 | 315 | 316 |
1979 | 317 | 318 | 319 | 320 | 321 | 322 | 323 | 324 | 325 | 326 | 327 | 328 | 329 | 330 | 331 | 332 | 333 | 334 | 335 | 336 | 337 | 338 | 339 | 340 |
1980's/1990's
1980 | 341 | 342 | 343 | 344 | 345 | 346 | 347 | 348 | 349 | 350 | 351 | 352 | 353 | 354 | 355 | 356 | 357 | 358 | 359 | 360 | 361 | 362 | 363 | 364 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1981 | 365 | 366 | 367 | 368 | 369 | 370 | 371 | 372 | 373 | 374 | 375 | 376 | 377 | 378 | 379 | 380 | 381 | 382 | 383 | 384 | 385 | 386 | 387 | 388 | 389 | 390 | 391 | 392 | 393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1982 | 394 | 395 | 396 | 397 | 398 | 399 | 400 | 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 | 406 | 407 | 408 | 409 | 410 | 411 | 412 | 413 | 414 | 415 | 416 | 417 | 418 | 419 | 420 | 421 | 422 | 423 | 424 | 425 | 426 | 427 | 428 | 429 | 430 | 431 | 432 | 433 | 434 | 435 | 436 | 437 | 438 | 439 | 440 | 441 | 442 | 443 | |||
1983 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | |
1984 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 |
1985 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | |
1986 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | |
1987 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | |
1988 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | |
1989 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | |||||||||||
1990 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
This article, in the version of February 12 2008, includes information from Wikipedia: Indrajal Comics. |