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'''Indrajal Comics''' was a series launched by the publisher of The Times of India, Bennet, Coleman & Co in March of 1964. 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.
'''''Indrajal Comics''''' was a comic book series launched by the publisher of The Times of India, Bennet, Coleman & Co in March of 1964. 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.


A total of 803 comic books were published from Indrajal, ceasing in April of 1990.
A total of 803 issues of ''Indrajal Comics'' were published, ceasing in April of 1990.


The Indrajal books often contain colorized versions of the most popular Phantom stories and may be of intrigue to Phantom fans who have favorite stories, as many of the Indrajal versions of the daily and Sunday strips contain frames which are slightly expanded, due to the larger medium of the comic book, while some frames are omitted.
The Indrajal books often contain colorized versions of Phantom stories, edited with expanded, reduced or omitted panels, due to the format of the comic book.
 
For a sample of expanded frames from Indrajal books, see [[The Tyrant of Tarakimo]]. For a sample of an Indrajal cover, see [[Return to Tarakimo]].
 
There are a number of Indrajal fan sites, most notably the [http://indrajal-comics.blogspot.com/ Indrajal Comics Club] which contains more information about Indrajal, as well as many downloadable comics.


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Revision as of 16:58, 11 March 2008

Indrajal Comics was a comic book series launched by the publisher of The Times of India, Bennet, Coleman & Co in March of 1964. 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.

A total of 803 issues of Indrajal Comics were published, ceasing in April of 1990.

The Indrajal books often contain colorized versions of Phantom stories, edited with expanded, reduced or omitted panels, due to the format of the comic book.



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