Indrajal Comics #1630: The PhantomThe Diamond Cup By Lee Falk

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But the majority of the series spotlighted The Phantom So much so that the series is often erroneously referred to as The Phantom instead of the correct Indrajal Comics In due course the publication became fortnightly and then weekly by 1981 The numbering of books which was simply sequential in the beginning then changed to have the typical volume and a number Indrajal Comics 444 was labeled as Vol 20 and No 1 The front cover design changed with distinct banner containing the title Indrajal Comics with a small circle showing the face of the main charracter A total of 803 Indrajal Comics were published.

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There were some minor changes done to the name of the Phantom s location and some characters in stories published in Indrajal Comics The term Bengali or Bengalla or Bengal was changed to Denkali and in some issues Dangalla as well This was since there is a state called Bengal in India and this may lead the readers to wonder about the Pygmy people that don t exist in Bengal The name of the Singh Brotherhood was changed to Singa Brotherhood and the killer of the father of the current 21st Phantom was changed from Rama to Ramalu although the latter too is one of the common names in India Apart from English.

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Indrajal Comics began publishing self titled monthly issues in March 1964 Each of the first 10 issues had 16 pages of Phantom comics The stories had to be edited to fit this short format The remaining 12 pages were dedicated to other content similar to Gold Key s style In the next 19 issues it became 20 24 pages As the series continued different characters would share the spotlight Characters such as Flash Gordon Mandrake the Magician Bahadur Kerry Drake Rip Kirby Garth Mike Nomad and Buz Sawyer appeared as well as Disney characters Robin Hood and Mickey Mouse along with Goofy excluding 123 and 124 which were not printed due to industrial strike action More than half of these issues contained Phantom stories The publishing stopped in 1990 The cover artwork for the first 50 or so issues of Indrajal Comics was done by B Govind with the back cover featuring a pin up poster His artwork became very popular and even said to have matched the artwork on the covers of international phantom publications such as Gold key or Frew To avoid confusion among Indian readers Indrajal Comics published the stories in at least a dozen other Indian languages including Hindi Bengali Tamil and Kannada Contents Issue 30 The Phantom And The Girls August 1 1966 Issue 29 The Secret Of Nacabre s Castle July 1 1966 Issue 28 The Trembling Jungle June 1 1966 Issue 27 The Mystery Of Gandor May 1 1966 Issue 26 The Jungle Patrol April 1 1966 Issue 25 Around The Moon March 1 1966 Issue 24 The Human Beast February 1 1966 Issue 23 The Scarlet Sorceress January 1 1966 Issue 22 A String Of Black Pearls December 1 1965 Issue 21 King Pepe s Bride November 1 1965 Issue 20 The Mysterious Bank Robbers Indrajal Comics 1630 The PhantomThe Diamond CupIt s a lovely book of the with his beautiful diamond cup Indrajal Comics 1630 The PhantomThe Diamond Cup Old memories coming backGreat job This is a piece of history for us who were kids in the 60s Great to see them again Indrajal Comics 1630 The PhantomThe Diamond Cup Indrajal Comics #1630: The PhantomThe Diamond CupLee Falk born Leon Harrison Gross April 28 1911 March 13 1999 was an American writer theater director and producer best known as the creator of the popular comic strips The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician At the height of their popularity these strips attracted over 100 million readers every day Falk also wrote short stories and he contributed to a series of pulp novels about The Phantom.