INDRAJAL COMICS
A SMALL SELECTION OF INDRAJAL COMICS
I owe a major thank you to my friend Vineeth Abraham in New Delhi who has supplied me with so many Indian comics -including those on this page.
Without Vineeth's help this whole web site would not exist and the joys of Indian comics would not be open to us all!
Terry Hooper-Scharf
THE INDIAN "SAINT"...?
Bahadur was a kind of Indian Simon Templar who wandered around the country fighting bandit gangs,pirates and other menaces.
BAHADUR AND THE....................
Oh,come on! Do you really need an explanation of what goes on in this issue??
Although seemingly pen drawn rather than by brush,the art is quite effective.
SECRET AGENT PHIL CORRIGAN. A popular character in Indian comics also has a publishing history with Indrajal Comics -why not!
Anyone never hear of PHILIP CORRIGAN? Certainly he's popular with Muthu Comic fans.
MAIKOO MUCHANDAR!
Well,if Diamond Comics can have a short,turbanned magician -who shall remain nameless on this page - why couldn't Indrajal?
Anyone with a knowledge of comics history will know turbanned magicians-cum-crime fighters have been popular for decades...and continues today with Black Tower's duo,Kotar and Sabuta!
CHIMPOO by SHEHAB
"Chimpoo" could be a boy,or he could be a man. In fact he could be--no,lets not go there!
I know as much about Shehab as I do about other Indian creators -zero! I'm hoping to change that however!
HENRY
When I first saw this it reminded me of something early King Features Syndicate but just could not place it.
Then I looked at the side of panel [c] which read:"King Features Syndicate"!
Y'know,it doesn't take a lot to tell you how old you are getting....or to wear your spectacles!!
"SHAFT? JOHN SHAFT? WHO'S HE?"
Bahadur dealt with bandits,dacoits,pirates and was a heart throb to all the girls. Who needed Shaft,man?