Showing posts with label Indrajal.301-400. Show all posts
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Saturday, February 4, 2012

# 5th Anniversary Post

Friends a warm welcome to all of you at this special occasion which is the 5th anniversary of this blog.A whole five years have been elapsed since Comic World came into existence on blogosphere with a motive behind to share and discuss the comics,specially Indrajal comics,with all of you. 


In 2007,debut year of the blog,a total of 87 posts were posted in a span of one year in which mostly were Indrajal comics and that too dual version of a single issue.After arrival of 2008 several other comic blogs came into existence too with a purpose of sharing Indrajal comics as a result the no. of posts reduced to 43 in its 2nd year.


The depletion of limited quota of 803 IJC at a quick rate made me think that what will be the future of blog after all IJC issues will be posted ! This concern made me to switch over to other non-IJC comics and my passion associated with comics in general made me to discuss/post more and more about comics,novels,magazine which added a variety and difference to this blog.The posting frequency,though,decreased but the colors and variations did certainly added. 


In the meantime i steered towards my other passion movies also which prompted me to prepare posts on movies like SHOLAY,talented but defunct directors and popular film magazines too which was appreciated by all of you.


Once moved away from mere comic posting it further disinterested me to post comic links only and i started looking upon any such opportunity which inspired me to discuss/share something meaningful along with comic links,thus trading of with the posting frequency.The no. of post per year reduced further but selectivity and variety increased accordingly.


Of late i discovered the opportunity of doing something that which i was longing from a long time,i.e.,discussing in detail about the comparative study between original Phantom strips and published Indian comic books over these strips such as Indrajal and Diamond comics.


These comparative analysis were also liked and quite appreciated by all of you to my satisfaction and served as a inspiring force behind another dream project of mine,i.e.,conversion of all non-Indrajal Phantom strips in Hindi,about which more i will discussing in coming paragraphs.


The blog which was initiated to revive and rekindle passion for Indrajal comics in particular ignited the passion for comics in general and morphed me into a avid comic collector of bygone comics beginning with Indrajal comics and followed by manoj chitra katha,
diamond,chitrbharti,kiran,star comics,amar chitra katha etc to name a few.
Days,months and years passed resulting in growing up of my collection which time to time i did displayed in several posts too.


During the 5 year journey of this blog it happened to interact with finest passionate comic collector/readers all over the world.In beginning the regular visitors were mainly the IJC lover and collectors like Ajay Misra,ICC,TPH,Chandan,Sagnik,Col.Worobu,Bala,Anurag Dixit etc to name a few,and when the focus shifted to comics,magazines and novels in general then avid comic readers like Kuldeep jain,Arun,Lalit,Vijat Kr.Sappatti,Anand emerged with their appreciative knowledge base and nostalgic writing skills.


One of the major achievement during this journey proved to be the mentioning of Comic World in Indian leading daily The Hindustan Times which highlighted and appreciated the different nature and quality of this blog.


Since then the journey is still ON despite of daily life hectic schedule and other priorities of life but missing certainly that much level of enthusiasm which was earlier,anyway lets see till when this journey could be continued through this blog.


So,after the preface lets begin this special anniversary post welcoming all of you by a comicoanalysis of a Indrajal comic which was the main inspiring force behind the formation of the blog.
This comic,'Dayalu Pret'(IJC No.321) is scanned,analysed and posted by a dear friend and fantastic comic lover cum collector Vishal Sharma in his unique posting style which is similar to a poet singing heroic ballads.
For his unmatched style of posting all credit for this comic along with a heartfelt thanks goes to him.   


"Dayalu Pret"(By Vishal sharma)



(Cover Courtesy : Zaheer Bhai)

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Monday, May 24, 2010

# वाकुल दुर्ग का रहस्य

UPDATE(24th May):2nd part of 'Vakul Durg Ka Rehasya' also uploaded.
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दोस्तों प्रस्तुत है वेताल के सबसे ज़्यादा लोमहर्षक कथाओं में से एक "वाकुल दुर्ग का रहस्य" जो की इंद्रजाल कॉमिक्स द्वारा 1980 में प्रकाशित की गई थी.
इस कॉमिक की ख़ास बात ये है की या एकलौती ऐसी Swedish कहानी है जिसने इंद्रजाल कॉमिक्स के पन्नो में जगह पाई,और दूसरी बात,ये उन चंद कथाओं में से एक है जो ली-फाल्क की कलम से जन्म लेने के बावजूद रोमांच और स्तर में किसी भी दूसरी फाल्क वेताल-कथा से पीछे नहीं है.
ऐतिहासिक घटनाओ की पृष्ठभूमि में कहानी बुनने की फाल्क की ख़ासियत का लेखक 'नॉर्मन वर्कर' ने भी अनुसरण किया है और कार्पेटिया एवं ऑस्ट्रिया के बीच हुई जंग के कैनवस पर इस कहानी में रंग भरे हैं.

















कथा कुछ ऐसे शुरू होती है,ऑस्ट्रिया ने जबरन कार्पेटिया को कब्ज़ाये रखा है,बाद में बोस्निया एवं हर्ज़ेगोविना को कब्ज़े में लेने की लिए कार्पेटिया से सैनिक बुलाये जाते हैं,मौका देख कर स्थानीय अवाम पुराने शासक एवं वाकुल दुर्ग के मालिक काउंट स्टायरबाश के नेतृत्व में विद्रोह कर देती है जिसको कुचलने के लिए कार्पेटिया व ऑस्ट्रिया के मध्य युद्ध होता है.मैदान काउंट के हाथ आता है पर भीषण लड़ाई और काफी नुकसान के बाद,घायलों और कमज़ोर सैनिकों को लूटने के लिए अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मुजरिम संगठन 'गिद्ध' नज़रें गड़ाए बैठा था पर इस बार गिद्ध के मंसूबे कुछ और ही थे,बुरी तरह थके सैनिकों और घायल काउंट की अवस्था का फायदा उठा कर गिद्ध का मुखिया ब्लैक बोरिस एक खुनी योजना को अंजाम देकर काउंट की जगह ले बैठता है.स्थानीय अवाम पर काउंट के ज़ुल्म हद पार कर जाते हैं,जनता त्राहि-त्राहि कर बैठती है.इस अत्याचारी से कैसे छुटकारा पाया जाये ये विचारने के लिए महापौर के घर बैठक होती है और उसमे ज़िक्र छिड़ता है वेताल का जिसने पूर्व में कभी स्टायरबाश परिवार के किसी सदस्य के मदद की थी एवं जिसका सुरक्षा चिन्ह वाकुल दुर्ग के दरवाज़े पर चिन्हित था,नतीजतन वेताल से मदद की गुहार लगायी जाती है,और जैसा की आशा थी वेताल(मौजूदा वेताल के दादा) का आगमन होता है और कैसे वो वाकुल दुर्ग को गिद्ध के आतंक से मुक्ति दिलाता है ये सब खुद ही जानिए इस सनसनीखेज चित्रकथा में.
वेताल-वृतांतों में से ली गई कथाएँ हमेशा सामान्य से अधिक रोमांचक एवं रोचक रही हैं इसी तथ्य को भुनाया है लेखक 'वर्कर' ने और इसमें सहयोग दिया है प्रतिभाशाली चित्रकार 'जैमे वाल्व' ने जिनके चित्र वेताल की शख्सियत को वही रहस्यमयी प्रभाव प्रदान करते हैं को कभी मूर के चित्र किया करते थे.
'गिद्ध' एक प्रभावशाली वेताल-खलनायक रहा है जो सर्वप्रथम नज़र आया था डेली स्ट्रिप न.114(The Vultures) में पर अचरज की बात ये है की फ़ाल्क ने कभी 'गिद्ध' को दोहराया नहीं,वैसे फ़ाल्क ने बहुत कम ही खलनायकों को दोहराया है और गिद्ध भी कोई अपवाद नहीं,पर स्वीडिश कथाकारों ने मशहूर खलनायकों का अच्छा इस्तेमाल किया है एवं कई रोचक कहानियां प्रस्तुत की हैं.
फ़ाल्क के उपजाऊ दिमाग में विचारों की कभी कोई कमी नहीं रही इसलिए उन्होंने पुराने खलनायकों को दोहराने की बजाये हमेशा नए-नए खलनायकों को पेश करने को ही तरजीह दी,हालाँकि कई ऐसे पुराने खलनायक रहे हैं जिनकी वापसी काफी धमाकेदार हो सकती थी पर फ़ाल्क का नज़रिया शायद दूसरा ही था.जिन खलनायक किरदारों को फ़ाल्क ने दोहराया है उन्हें उँगलियों पर गिना जा सकता है जैसे की 'ताराकिमो,टेरर,कुला कु’.
अगर फ़ाल्क चाहते तो गिद्ध को भी उसी रोमांचक रूप पेश करते रहते जिस तरह अष्टांक को उन्होंने मैन्ड्रेक के सदाबहार खलनायक के रूप में प्रस्तुत किया,अष्टांक और विषधर ही एकमात्र ऐसे खलनायक रहे जिनसे मैन्ड्रेक की मुठभेड़ कई बार दोहराई गयी और अंत में ये दोनों एक ही व्यक्ति निकले.अजीब बात है की मैन्ड्रेक के लिए उन्होंने खलनायकों को दोहराने से परहेज़ नहीं किया पर वेताल के लिए उनका नज़रिया कुछ अलग ही रहा.
खैर,बात करते है मौजूदा कॉमिक की,इस कहानी की खासियतों में कसी हुई स्क्रिप्ट,चुस्त संवाद और कमाल के चित्र शामिल है,खासतौर से दुसरे भाग का मुखपृष्ठ जो की निश्चय ही इंद्रजाल कॉमिक्स के सबसे आकर्षक कवर्स में से एक है.
ज़रा गौर फरमाइए इस कवर पर,फ्रंट में वेताल की गंभीर मुखमुद्रा वाला ब्लोअप,आगे गरजती हुई तोपें और पीछे आग की लपटों से बनती हुई अक्षर 'V' की शक्ल जिसमे गिद्ध उड़ रहे है..वाह,कमाल की सोच को चित्रों द्वारा जीवंत किया है आर्टिस्ट 'जैमे वाल्व' ने!




















प्रथम भाग के कवर को तो स्वर्गीय गोविन्द जी ने तैयार किया था पर द्वितीय भाग के कवर को मुझे नहीं लगता की किसी दूसरे आर्टिस्ट ने तैयार किया होगा बल्कि कॉमिक के सबसे आखिरी पैनल को ही कवर का रूप दे दिया गया है जो की बिलकुल उचित निर्णय था.




















FREW द्वारा इस कथानक को सामान्य 32 प्रष्ट के फॉर्मेट में प्रकाशित किया था पर इंद्रजाल ने इसे दो भागो में प्रकाशित किया था,हालाँकि FREW द्वारा किसी भी पैनल की कांट-छांट नहीं की गई थी पर उनके आकार में ज़रूर बदलाव किया गया था 32 पृष्ठ में कहानी को समेटने के लिए लेकिन इंद्रजाल ने पूरी भव्यता एवं सम्मानजनक तरीके से इस कहानी को दो शानदार भागों में पाठकों से सामने रखा.
दोस्तों,तुलनात्मक अध्धयन हेतु FREW द्वारा प्रकाशित इसी कहानी का वो अंक भी साथ-साथ प्रस्तुत किया जा रहा है हार्दिक साभार सहित जनाब अजय मिश्रा साहेब के जिन्होंने इस अंक को तुरत-फुरत स्कैन कर भेजने की कृपा की.





















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Saturday, December 6, 2008

#Comic No.98:The Phantom's Wrath

Last couple of weeks were too disturbing and agonizing for every Indian,there is a lot to say,there is a lot to ask and there is a lot to do also.Since its a comic blog hence won't feel appropriate to discuss over these issues here.
Anyway enjoy this Phantom comic which is Indrajal version of Sunday No.54,The River Gang spanning from 10-1-60 to 22-05-60.Scans are from Ajay,hence all thanks goes to him.I haven't checked about the status of this comic on net,if it happen to be posted already then it can be considered as a mirror post.





















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Friends from the below posted covers of Phantom Indrajal,which one you think is the most appealing,attractive and dynamic.Please choose the best cover of your choice among these covers in the poll provided at the left side of the blog page.































































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Few days back while rearranging and sorting out Indrajal comics of my collection,clicked these snaps.Hope they are worth watching......

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Thursday, March 20, 2008

#Comic No.81:The Forsaken Cave

Update:A 3rd question has also been added to the quiz.Please check...
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Was trying to post something from quite a few days but unable to choose what to post....was seriously trying to post something scanned by me but my laziness won and again here is a comic which is scanned by Ajay Misra,all thanks+credit to him.


As a tradition again a quiz is being presented;
Q1.Can you identify these famous Phantom illustrators according to their photos...

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Q.2.What was the name and issue no. of that Indrajal comic which was illustrated jointly by Sy Barry and Bill Lignate.That very comic has been posted at one of our Indrajal blog.Can you name it!!!!

Q.3.Out of the three pages posted below there is something strikingly odd in one of the page,can you point out that 'odd' and the page no. containing it.!!!!

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You can also download the higher resolution version of these 3 pages for better and closer viewing from Here


Friends many a time we seriously wish that apart from us and our parents some other person(s) would have lived a bit longer or stayed young throughout their life,isn't it!!!!

For example i myself have wished quite seriously that Lee Falk would have lived longer so that i could have enjoyed his masterpieces for a longer period of time...similarly there is a actor whose movies i like to enjoy very much during my childhood and wished that he would have stayed young throughout his life so that i could have enjoyed more of his movies as a young hero.
Similarly all of you might also having a similar feeling for some of the person(s),can you share your thoughts over why and which two persons you would have wished to live longer or/and would have stayed young throughout their life,other than yourself and your parents!!!!


























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Thursday, February 21, 2008

#Comic No.78:Invasion Of The Earth

Update:A short Mandrake quiz
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1.What was the age of Theron at the time of Mandrake's birth?
2.How old was Theron when he married Lucifer's mother?
3.What was the name of Mandrake's mother?
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This Mandrake thriller is dedicated to a humble friend and author of a magnificent blog solely devoted to a famous Indrajal Hero...yes, you guessed it right he is Bala, author of a splendid blog "Mandrake The Magician".
Devotion of Bala to this silky hat magician is just simply great..he is doing a highly appreciative work to unearth the comparatively less popular strips and comics of Mandrake in comparison to Phantom which enjoys a universal majority of the popularity. Keeping a low profile he remains busy in arranging more and more no. of comics/strips for us in different-different languages from his contacts scattered all over the world.
Though personally i am not having very much acquaintance with him but his consistency,
humbleness and no-nonsense approach urged me to write something which i feels about him,thus resulting in this post.
We hope that he will continue in the same fashion bringing out the gems out for us which are otherwise very rare and hard to find out.A very big hand for him for his gigantic applauding work.
[Note:Hindi version of this comic has already been posted at TPH.]




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