Sun Comics Vol.2 No.1- Vikram Adventure- The Missing Scientist

An Inspector Vikram adventure published by Sun Comics in India . This was published in June 1983

Hemkunt Publishers-Shakuntala

 An enchanting cover depicting Shakuntala from the Mahabaratha. This comic was published by Hemkunt Publishers in 1984.

Hemkunt published mostly story books featuring stories from Indian epics and folktales. To my knowledge, only two comics were published by them, the cover of one of which is featured here

Phantom No.3-Creamwich Biscuit Promotional Comic

Phantom mini comic No.3, issued by Diamond Comics as a complimentary product alongwith Creamwich biscuit in 1998

A Vaximan Adventure- The Battle Against In, Flu & Za

As the curtains draw a close to what has been the toughest year for humanity in recent memory,  pharmaceutical companies and governments of the world are dashing to develop the perfect vaccine for Covid-19 and administer it to their embattled citizens in time.

The comic cover presented today reflects the present scenario. This comic book was released by Sanofi Pasteur to promote their flu vaccine Vaxiguard. This book captures the adventures of a doctor named Max Ivan who transforms into a superhero called Vaximan, who with the help of Vaxiguard fights the evil forces if In,Flu&Za. Interesting to note that Vaximan is an anagram of Max Ivan 😀

 

Phantom No.2-Creamwich Biscuit Promotional Comic

 Presenting a cover of another rare mini comic book which was issued in the late 1990's. This was provided free with a popular wafer biscuit brand called Creamwich. This mini comic book has about 34 pages and features a story called , 'Phantom and the Whispering Grove'

Creamwich at one point in time seems to have issued promotional mini comics around a number of superheroes, as I have another comic book from the same series , featuring He-Man.

If anyone has more information on how many more books were issued by Creamwich and any other superheroes covered, kindly feel free to share.

Adarsh Chitra Katha-Tales of Hanuman

Presenting an enchanting Adarsh Chitra Katha Cover Featuring 'The Tales of Hanuman" This is issue No.13 and was published in the year 1980

Vidyarthi Mithram Comics- Secret Agent Vikram

Presenting a rare cover from Vidyarthi Mithram comics, featuring Secret Agent Vikram. This book has illustrations by the legendary Ram Waeerkar and was published in the late 1970's

Masters of the Universe - The Obelisk

Pesenting a rare cover of a complimentary He-Man mini comic book which was published in India. This comic book was issued in the  1990's free with two packs of Rasna, a popular soft drink concentrate in India. More information on how many of these comics were issued free witn Rasna , is much appreciated.

The Stock Exchange - An Easy Introduction

Presenting a rare comic book on the stock market published in India in the year 1988. This comic book was conceptualised by noted fund manager, Ajit Dayal. An unique feature about this comic is that it was illustrated by the legendary Vasant B Halbe. He is renowned for his illustrations in Tinkle magazine and is creator of the iconic Indian comic character Shikari Shambu.

Vidyarthi Mithram Comics - Inspector Eagle

Presenting a rare cover from Kottayam based publishers Vidyarthi Mithram , featuring Inspector Eagle. This comic book has two stories titled the 'The Haunted Palace' and the 'Beauty Contest' and was published in the 1980's.

Chennai Super Komics- Chennai Super Kids Vol.2

Presenting cover of Chennai Super Kings Comics titled 'Chennai Super Kids' issued in  2011 , published by Cartwheel Creative Consultancy Ltd and distributed by India Book House. Not sure how many comics were published in this series. Anymore information on this series is welcome

Star Comics-Amitabh Bachchan Supremo Comic Vol.1No.11

Presenting another action packed and enchanting Supremo cover from the 1980's. This is Vol.1 No.11 titled, 'The Hijack'

Amar Chitra Katha-Oz Naatu Mayavi

Presenting a rare gem of a Tamil cover today. This can be described as one of the ten 'mythical' forefathers of Amar Chitra Katha (ACK) as we know it today.I call them as mythical, because everyone knows that the first ten issues exist, but it is extremely hard to find one.

 As history goes, the first ten issues of ACK were reprints of popular western folktales and it was not until issue No.11 that indigenous stories began appearing, starting with 'Krishna'.Another interesting fact is that these ten issues were published only in regional languages and not in English.

This is issue No.8 and titled in Tamil as 'Oz Naatu Mayavi' which as you would have guessed from the cover stands for 'Wizard of Oz'. This comic was published sometime in 1967

Champak- Freedom Struggle Special

A patriotic Champak cover from twenty years back. Wish you all a happy Republic Day!

Spectrum Comics- The Amazing Spiderman-The Deadly Mission

Presenting another rare comic cover from the Spectrum Stable. Published in September 1986, this is Issue No.23. 

This issue features an exciting story involving the 'FoolKiller' as the primary villain. For those who are not familiar with the 'FoolKiller', Wikipedia has a detailed entry about him (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foolkiller)

As for the story itself, it originally appeared in the Amazing Spiderman issue No.225 which was published by the Marvel Comics Group in February 1982.A detailed review of this story can further be found on this link (http://notahoaxnotadream.blogspot.in/2014/08/the-amazing-spider-man-225.html)

Madhu Muskaan No.23

Presenting a rare satirical cover of Madu Muskaan. The expression on the cow is priceless! 

Star Comics - Album- Amazing 3D

Presenting a very rarely seen comic cover. This one is a 3D comic published by Star Comics, who were one of the pioneers of introducing 3D comics in India. This book does not have a publishing date but it can be safely guessed that it was  published sometime in the mid 1980's

A Tinkle Collection No.3 - Indian Folk Tales

Presenting another rare and hard to find Tinkle cover. This is the original collected edition of Indian Folk Tales from 1983.

Star Comics-Amitabh Bachchan Supremo Comic Vol.1No.8

Presenting another rare Supremo comic cover from the days of yore. This one is Vol.1 No.8, titled 'The Lost Idol'

Chitra Rath Comics - Serach Light on Statue Thieves

Presenting a rare cover of a lesser know comic publishing house called as 'Chitra Rath Comics'. The story is centered around a gang of thieves who steal antiques from Indian museums and sell them to foreign dealers.The protagonist is a young journalist/science researcher called Damal who after badly injuring his right hand in an accident makes use of a prosthetic steel claw which he develops in his own research lab.One day when he wears the steel claw he feels an electric shock which renders his invisible with only the claw being visible. Thus begins the story of a vigilante who fights the criminals using the special powers bestowed upon him by the steel claw.

Not much is known of the publishers or the publishing history of Chitra Rath comics.Details present in this comic indicate that the comic was published out of Kolkata sometime in 1988.This is Vol.1.No.2.

If you have anymore information regarding this comic series, please feel free to share.