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#296 - A classic Mandrake daily strip
It is yet another Vishu, the new year day for the people of my erstwhile state in India, called Kerala (also called God's own Country by visitors). It is also 3 years since I started handling this blog...
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#297 - A classic Mandrake daily strip "The Swami" provided by Mapanare
I am presenting a strip called "The Swami" which ran from 1950-12-04 thru 1951-03-17. In this story we come to hear about and then see Theron in the second thru fourth panel of the first ever strip of...
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#298 - A Mandrake Sunday comic that discusses hacking of computers in cars!!
Today one of the greatest fears of any intelligence agency in the world is whether the on-board computers in aircraft can be hacked by terrorist groups leading to mass-murder of innocents. In this...
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#299 - The first of the 3 Mandrake-Narda Weddings
Some of us have a chance to marry more than once and usually they are all to different spouses unless they are Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.Here I am presenting the first of 3 weddings between...
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#300 - Happy 81 years, Mandrake !! How do I go about it? Probably by saying a...
This incidentally is the 300th post in this blog. When Balaji started this blog on June 26, 2007, this was one of the very few blogs entirely devoted to the first ever Superhero in comics history -...
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#301 - Two more daily Mandrake daily strips.
It is now 3 weeks since I made the 300th post in this blog. It was more than enough time for people to come and offer their good wishes to Balaji and his blog. So here I am with my next post. This time...
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#302 - More Daily Mandrake strips
I know that I have been late in posting strips. I have been busy with a major project at work. I am presenting here two daily strips sent to me by my friend Mapanare.The first one is called the...
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#303 - Reprint of D226
Emile has provided us with reprint of D226 (Mandrake's Wedding at the College of Magic), which concluded about 10 days back. The first panel goes like this:Download the story from Emile's original link...
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#304 - Reprint of D227
Emile has provided us the strips of the just ended reprint of D227 Big Jake & Co . One tends to wonder at the artistic brilliance of the late Fredericks, when he could do wonders even at his...
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#305 - Reprint of D228 (Mandrake's Wedding at Xanadu)
Emile was kind enough to send me the strips for this story earlier, but unfortunately the computer on which I had all my downloads and all had some issues. Added to that I was also busy at work. So it...
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#306 - Happy Vishu to everyone. Sharing my digital collection of Mandrake...
I had been planning this post for a while, but unfortunately some others beat me to it. But it does not matter. I am not in this to compete against anyone.April 14 has a lot of meaning for me. It is...
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#307 - Reprint of Aliens (2016-02-22 to 2016-05-21).
Over the last few weeks we had quite a few Daily and Sunday strips coming to an end. So I had to delay posting this one though Emile had sent this across to me as soon as the strip ended.Please...
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#308 - Reprint of D230 - The Fisherman
Emile has shared with us the reprint of D230 - The Fisherman. The original strip ran from December 14, 1998 through February 13, 1999. Balaji, Paulo and I had worked to get the original strips in Black...
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#309 - Reprint of D231 The Secret Mission!
Emile has sent us the strips for D278, which is a reprint of D231, which originally ran from February 15, 1999 thru July 03, 1999.Download the story from Emile's original link here.Some interesting...
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Writing a post after a very long time, extremely sad to inform you all of the demise of a great friend and a contributor to this blog, Rick Hy (Richard Hy). I received this message from his friend.My...
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#311 - Dr. Congo in strip form
Emile has been kind enough to provide us the complete story. The first panel looks like this:Download the story from Emile's original link here and shower your thanks on him.Enjoy,Venkit
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#312 - Happy Vishu to one and all. Enjoy The Mirror people!
Vishu or the Malayalam New Year has always a special place in my heart. It was during one such Vishu 5 years ago that I stepped in to help post comics in Balaji's blog. Last year, we were not able to...
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#313 - The latest reprint of the Mandrake Daily strip - The Haunted Ballroom
Emile has provided us with the strips of the above story, the first panel of which looks like this:Please download the story from Emile's original link here, and shower your thanks on Emile.Thanks and...
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#314 - Reprint of Lost Chord
Emile has provided us the link to the above story, the first panel of which looks like this:Narda looks absolutely ravishing, as usual!Download the story from Emile's original link here and shower your...
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#315 - D282r. Return of the Clay Camel ! - 2017-09-25 to 2018-01-27
Emile has just shared the reprint of this story that just ended today. The first panel of the story looks like this:Download the story from Emile's original link here and shower your thanks on...
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#316 - D283r. Kingdom of the Old - 2018-01-29 to 2018-05-19
I was held up due to various projects and so am a bit late in presenting this story, the strips of which were sent by Emile (who else, he he). The first strip looks like this :Download the whole story...
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#317 - D284r. - Perilous Crossover – 2018-05-21 to 2018-09-08
Emile has provided us the strips for this story that just concluded today. The first panel looks like this:Download the story from Emile's link here and shower your thanks on him.Enjoy,Venkit
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#318 - Happy New Year and two comic strips - Reprints of Mandrake D285 & D286.
It has been a while since I posted here, as I have been busy with some other projects.The Chozhas were very great maritime warriors and led by Raja Raja Chozhan and his son Rajendra Chozhan conquered...
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Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!! Posting after a long time.These were provided by an old friend.
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D033 The Mirror People (10-09-1944 to 12-16-1944) In Color!!
New year is moving fast, almost a month gone! Nevertheless, wishing you all a fantastic New Year!!What a treat when I saw this. The fascinating story of Mirror people. That too in color!!I am sure all...
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