#184 - 3 more Mandrake Sunday strips

Still in my role of guest host for Balaji. I am presenting two of the most popular episodes of the Indrajal era and another Sunday strip. These may have already been posted else where in an incomplete fashion or a mixture of English and non-English pages. But here you get it fully in English.

The first story is about the meeting of Mandrake and Lothar. Not a new one for IJC fans, but here it is in its original Sunday format.

http://www.mediafire.com/?a8u52ge6lss5j2y

The second story is "The Galactic Rumble". As you can see from the various sizes and shades, I have culled it from various sources.

http://www.mediafire.com/?wbmn2vhq8onmps1

The third story is of course the story of how Mandrake came to be the owner of Xanadu. The scene where Mandrake sees himself in the mirror, thus knowing that he was the owner, is still fresh in my mind.

http://www.mediafire.com/?fdr360wdqjudd9b

Credits are owed to Magnus for most of the color strips.

Enjoy these. There will a flood of Mandrake strips coming up soon for your enjoyment. Balaji too will be back soon 

Adios amigos.

Venkitachalam

#183 - 4 Adventures of Mandrake and Lothar on the way to Moxley University

Still holding the fort for Balaji, I am providing below links for about 4 stories that happened during the course of a journey to Moxley University. Mandrake and Lothar encounter the wierdest of adventures before performing and helping the students. That story will come later. Some of these stories are available on the Net in non-English versions (thanks to people like the one and only Magnus Magnusson).

I have tried to replace the non-English versions by searching out the strips from paid and non-paid archives including AWW and Steve Cottle's collection. Ofcourse there was the always dependable Magnus to help with quite a few of the English strips also.

S127 - The Ghost Town -
http://www.mediafire.com/?oh16pq5691v57gu
https://rapidshare.com/files/641028530/S127_GhostTown__07-20-75_to_11-02-75_.cbr

S128 - The Plane Hijackers -
http://www.mediafire.com/?mhew81yov9c31ah
https://rapidshare.com/files/887172242/S128_ThePlaneHijackers__11-09-75_to_12-28-75_.cbr

S129 - The Man From Europa -
http://www.mediafire.com/?pp682ddnmwp1ubo
https://rapidshare.com/files/484520929/S129_TheManFromEuropa__01-04-76_to_03-14-76_.cbr

S130 - The Giant Head -
http://www.mediafire.com/?dv9lchdv9469yh2
https://rapidshare.com/files/127414032/S130_TheGiantHead__03-21-76_to_06-13-76_.cbr

I had posted D220 earlier. Look out for more daily strips of the 90s in this space.

Enjoy

Venkitachalam

#182 - Two more Mandrake Sunday strips

Here are two more Sunday strips for you all to enjoy. As you will see by the various sizes of the strips, I have culled these from various newspapers over the Net.

S093_TheDouble_(09-08-63_to_01-19-64) - This is a theme which Lee Falk has used more than a couple of times in his illustrious career

http://www.mediafire.com/?f9qy3dil0c2scpu

https://rapidshare.com/files/2825826341/S093_TheDouble__09-08-63_to_01-19-64_.cbr


S098_TheUnderWorldVsInterIntel_(04-10-66_to_08-07-66) - Is this  the first reference to Inter-Intel?

http://www.mediafire.com/?305fys0cbhnysyh

https://rapidshare.com/files/3497945388/S098_TheUnderWorldVsInterIntel__04-10-66_to_08-07-66_.cbr

Enjoy

#181 - Three Mandrake Sunday strips - Unseen?

I am back again, in my avatar as a guest host. Without much ado, I am presenting 3 Sunday strips, I have collected from various sources on the Net - paid archives and free - and shared with some of my friends on various comics groups.

The first story is S090 (The Task Test)

http://www.mediafire.com/?q6p838fve2i33lv

https://rapidshare.com/files/3297043083/S090_TaskTest__05-06-62_to_09-09-62_.cbr


The second story is S091 (The Trade Commission or Blue Planet)

http://www.mediafire.com/?33uailaos20ies4

https://rapidshare.com/files/4140589059/S091_TheTradeCommission__09-16-62_to_03-10-63_.cbr

The third story is S092 (The Ghost Lover) involving Magnon.

http://www.mediafire.com/?62adoi1zigfi0qp

https://rapidshare.com/files/3239231179/S092_TheGhostLover__03-17-63_to_09-01-63_.CBR

I have not tried any magic with PS. Many of these were scans from microfilm and so some blackness is there. If someone amongst you can clean them, it is always welcome.

#180: Double encounter between Mandrake and his arch enemy the COBRA

Today is April 14, which means it is Vishu or Bihu or Baisakhi or Bisu or Naba Barsha or Tamil Puthandu or Pana Sankranti depending on which part of India you live. It is also Songkran or Pee Mai Lao or Chaul Chnam Thmey or Thingyan based on which part of South East Asia. For people in all these areas, it is Happy New Year today.

Here is a picture of a usual Vishu Kani:

Happy Vishu to one and all.

What better way to celebrate the New Year than lay back and read 2 comic strips featuring Mandrake and his greatest enemy - the COBRA.


The first strip is a Sunday strip - S097 (The COBRA Returns).
 http://www.mediafire.com/?xs99llb00wwndjv
The color strips are from the one and only Magnus, while I procured the B/W strips to replace the Swedish strips. So we do have the whole story in English. The last panel was a heavily edited one from AWW.

The second strip is a daily strip D220 (Pursuit of the COBRA).
 http://www.mediafire.com/?dj5qul15lb99zrw
This strip was from a new friend but an old Mandrake enthusiast Paulo.

Keep watching this space for a lot more surprises and some never before seen Mandrake strips.

Enjoy.

#179: S124 Return To X From Feb 10, 1974 To June 30, 1974

Happy Easter to All.

Back after some time with another colorful Sunday. This time it is Mandrake and Lothar who go in search of Fran in the dimension X. Another exciting adventure. Love the fiction and the way it is portrayed in an unknown dimension.

Found the missing Strips and updated the archive.

Thanks a lot again to Magnus and Venkit for making this story available to us. Amazing efforts indeed for their relentless pursuit to complete Mandrake comic strips.



Download the Strip here.

#178: MEGA Mandrake Flame Pearls Sundays Post

How are you all doing? Here is a mega mega Mandrake post that I always wanted to read all of the stories at one stretch. It is one of my biggest posts covering a period of almost 2 years.

Happy Ugadhi/GudiPadwa (Happy New Year) and Shri RamaNavami (Lord Rama's birthday) to all.

Thanks a lot to all these fabulous people (in no particular order): Paulo Marques, Lothar, Magnus Magnusson, Venkitachalam, Steve Cottle (Ilovecomix) for their priceless contributions and efforts.

They have been very instrumental in searching for these stories, scanning them, cleaning them, organizing them and making it available to all of us who do not have access and resources to these stories.

Thanks also to Australian Women's weekly for publishing Mandrake Sundays and making it available.

If some publisher were to publish all these stories in full color, I will be very glad to buy it. Hope that day comes around soon. Enjoy reading them.

It will take a while to read them all in one stretch and is worth your time.

Here are the Flame Pearls adventure stories:

S014 The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination From 21 Apr 1940 to 26 May 1940
6 Weeks

S015 The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island From 2 Jun 1940 to 11 Aug 1940 11 Weeks



S016 The Flame Pearls Pt.3: The Three Cows From 18 Aug 1940 to 22 Sep 1940 6 Weeks



S017 The Flame Pearls Pt.4: The Amazons From 13 Oct 1940 to 22 Dec 1940 11 Weeks



S018 The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship From 29 Dec 1940 to 20 Apr 1941 17 Weeks



S019 The Flame Pearls Pt.6: The Witch of Tago From 27 Apr 1941 to 22 Jun 1941 9 Weeks



S020 The Flame Pearls Pt.7: Land of the Giants From 29 Jun 1941 to 2 Nov 1941 19 Weeks



S021 The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles From 9 Nov 1941 to 12 Apr 1942 23 Weeks

#177: D049_TheBigTyme From October 04, 1948 to December 25, 1948

Happy International Women's Day to all Women!!!

To commemorate this International Day decided to post a daily where women have a key role.

Thanks a lot to Venkit again for providing me this daily, for taking the efforts to procure the scans, clean it up and make it available for all of us to have a great time enjoying reading this daily strip.

Mandrake's magic really comes in handy in this strip and using his hypnotic power outsmarts the thugs. His ability to read a mind is incredible. Enjoy.


Download the Strip Here