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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]]. | 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 first issue in 1964, ''Indrajal Comics'' was available in several language editions. | 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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!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 | |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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| | |Marathi|| ca 1966 || ? || ? || ? || monthly, biweekly || 11479, 49798 | ||
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| | |Gujarati|| [[Indrajal Comics 11|''Indrajal Comics'' #11]] (1965) || ? || ? || ? || monthly || 11481 | ||
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| | |Malayalam|| ? || ? || ? || ? || monthly, weekly || 11482, 37710 | ||
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| | |Bengali || [[Indrajal Comics 23|''Indrajal Comics'' #23]] (1966) || ? || ? || ? || monthly || 11583 | ||
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| | |Kannada || [[Indrajal Comics 349|''Indrajal Comics'' #349]] (1980)|| ? || ? || Bethala / Fantom / Phantom || biweekly || 35904 | ||
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| | |Arabic|| ? || ? || ? || ? || monthly || 31564 | ||
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| | |Tamil|| ? || ? || ? || ? || biweekly || 35903 | ||
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| | |Telugu || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? || ? | ||
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Revision as of 13:08, 23 September 2009
Indrajal Comics was a 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 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
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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 |
Marathi | ca 1966 | ? | ? | ? | monthly, biweekly | 11479, 49798 |
Gujarati | Indrajal Comics #11 (1965) | ? | ? | ? | monthly | 11481 |
Malayalam | ? | ? | ? | ? | monthly, weekly | 11482, 37710 |
Bengali | Indrajal Comics #23 (1966) | ? | ? | ? | monthly | 11583 |
Kannada | Indrajal Comics #349 (1980) | ? | ? | Bethala / Fantom / Phantom | biweekly | 35904 |
Arabic | ? | ? | ? | ? | monthly | 31564 |
Tamil | ? | ? | ? | ? | biweekly | 35903 |
Telugu | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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 | 328 | 329 | 330 | 331 | 332 | 333 | 334 | 335 | 336 | 337 | 338 | 339 |
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. |