#678 - S021 The Flame Pearls-VIII The Hungry Isles (11-09-41 to 04-12-42)

Emile has provided us with a high resolution version of this story - the last installment in that series.

Download the story here.

A couple of strips are in B&W while the rest are in color. Luckily I had these strips in color and here they are:

Thank you Emile, for the strip.

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#677 - A contribution from Celso Nunes

Celso Nunes is a "Phan", who is very active in groups related to our favorite masked hero in purple. I was pleasantly surprised when I got a note from him asking if I would be willing to share his scans. So here they are.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/u9apicvvom0y23h/The%20Phantom%20001%20%282003%29.cbr

https://www.dropbox.com/s/973nh1esmw47dyt/The%20Phantom%20002%20%282004%29.cbr

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6kagckmybzyio3u/The%20Phantom%20003%20%282004%29.cbr

https://www.dropbox.com/s/166usn5qheb3ytx/The%20Phantom%20004%20%282004%29.cbr

https://www.dropbox.com/s/egzxgt88p1k2fsw/The%20Phantom%20005%20%282005%29.cbr

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tzcqy1q27kpk8qq/The%20Phantom%20006%20%282005%29.cbr

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ebdnpjg2vcsxrw/The%20Phantom%20007%20%282005%29.cbr

https://www.dropbox.com/s/25zuj7rkxfbz9lk/The%20Phantom%20008%20%282005%29.cbr

https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ivduwgugffbwu6/The%20Phantom%20009%20%282006%29.cbr

https://www.dropbox.com/s/j1p86pguywtrar3/The%20Phantom%20010%20%282006%29.cbr

https://www.dropbox.com/s/y9ys05hc27zcmgh/The%20Phantom%20011%20ctc.cbr

https://www.dropbox.com/s/orxee9muuused1p/The%20Phantom%20012.cbr

There were 36 stories in this series that ran from 2003 thru 2008 plus 2 Annuals. This is the first installment of 12 stories. Watch this space for more in the coming weeks.

Enjoy,

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676 - D149_-_The Castle in the Jungle_-_1965-07-28_(8115)_to_1965-10-16_(8184)_-_70_days

Here is the latest reprint of a Tarzan daily strip story, coutesy Emile. This had also been reprinted in a comic book in India, which had been posted long time ago in this very same blog.

Download the story here and shower your thanks on Emile.

Enjoy

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675 - Some Flash Gordon Sunday strips

Courtesy, Emile, we have some Flash Gordon Sunday strips. S176 was the last Sunday strip drawn by Dan Barry (the brother of Sy Barry, who drew the Phantom). S177 was a reprint of an earlier Dan Barry comic strip. S178 thru S188 was drawn by a group of Latin American artists.

Starting with S189, King Features got a new artist Jim Keefe to do the artwork for the Flash Gordon Sunday strips. While remaining faithful to the creation of Alex Raymond, Jim did bring his own touch to the strips.

Here are the original links from Emile:

S189 - Demon From the Dark Dimension - 1996-01-21 to 1996-04-21 - 16 Weeks.zip

S190 - Nightfall on Mongo - 1996-04-28 to 1996-08-25 - 18 Weeks.zip

S191 - The Way it Began - 1996-09-01 to 1996-09-29 - 5 Weeks.zip

S192 - The Return of Ming - 1996-10-06 to 1996-12-22 - 12 Weeks.zip

S193 - Duroks Revenge - 1996-12-29 to 1997-05-11 - 20 Weeks.zip


Enjoy the stories and shower your gratitude on Emile.

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#674 - The latest Mandrake daily reprint

Courtesy Emile, we have the color reprint of D270, a story called Alibi Algie.

This idea of an identical twin being in a different place at the same time as the perpetrator of a crime was a favorite theme in a few very successful Telugu and Tamil movies. Added to that we also have a Scotland Yard inspector who looks like who else but ...

Download the story here and shower your thanks on Emile.

Enjoy

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673 - The newest Phantom Sunday strip

This is the story of the 5th Phantom. This is Tony DePaul's take and extension of a Lee Falk story that appeared as S134 in 1989.

This is once again courtesy Emile. Please download the story here, and shower your thanks on Emile.

Enjoy

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#672 - (3140-3153)_The Kalahari_(10-20-91_to_01-19-92)

By mistake, I had forgotten to post this story, which had also been provided by Emile.

I am not a great fan of Morrow's drawing of Tarzan. But anyway it is a Tarzan story and so enjoy.

Download the story from here and shower your thanks on Emile.

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#671 - S185r._Wrestlemania_-_1992-01-26_(3154)_to_1992-04-12_(3165)

Here is the latest Tarzan Sunday strip reprint that just concluded last Sunday, courtesy Emile (who else?).

Download the story here and shower your thanks on Emile.

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#670 - Back to some more Hi-Res Mandrake strips from Emile

After a couple of different posts, we are back to continuing with some more Hi-Res Mandrake strips contributed by Emile. Of course the strips for those couple of other posts were also contributed by him.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/qneyyt87f660628/D250_-_Treachery_at_the_Top_of_the_World_-_2005-06-20_to_2006-01-07_-_29_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/22cp4henkj94lbc/D251_-_Still_Lovely_Still_Deadly_-_2006-01-09_to_2006-10-07_-_39_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/l23n5phvlxih2hp/D252_-_The_Hitman_from_Another_Planet_-_2006-10-09_to_2007-03-03_-_21_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/9l5i6bsst33kxk3/D253_-_Dangerous_Music_-_2007-03-05_to_2007-08-18_-_24_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/6pjwkmjvcbnb198/D254_-_Meet_Captain_Smash_-_2007-08-20_to_2008-01-05_-_20_weeks.cbr

Enjoy, and all thanks to Emile.

Oh and one other thing. One of my friends Steve Cottle has a KickStart project to get a new high speed scanner to help with the scanning. many of us have downloaded comics from his website. Now it is our chance to open up our hearts and, more importantly, our wallets and help him hit the target by June 7, 2014.

Here is his website , where you can get more details of the project and also make your pledge - http://www.ilovecomixarchive.com/. Contact him directly for any details, if you have questions.

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#669 - The latest Tarzan strip reprint

Emile has been kind enough to send me the latest Tarzan story that completed its run last week. This has artwork by John Celardo, who is my favorite Tarzan artist.

This is the story where get to meet ITO's real mother. Less talking and more reading.

Download from Emile's original link and shower your thanks on him.

Enjoy the story.

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#668 - D238 - The Scoundrel ! - 2013-12-02 - 2014-04-19

I present here the latest Phantom Story for your enjoyment. Though I am the one who does the posting, I am sure the readers know who to thank for this. The one and only Emile.

Download Emile's original link here.

Enjoy and shower your thanks on Emile.

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#667 - Some Hi_res Mandrake strips from Emile and an interesting blog

Here are some Hi-Res Mandrake strips sent by Emile

http://www.mediafire.com/download/yu9kiwh9atwzwa5/D245_-_Lights!_Camera!_Danger!_-_2003-06-02_to_2003-10-11_-_19_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/xiag7d86iravlcv/D246_-_The_Little_House_That_Wasnt_There_-_2003-10-13_to_2004-02-21_-_19_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/x9669c4f4cs0ifb/D247_-_Footsteps_from_the_Past_-_2004-02-23_to_2004-08-14_-_25_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/pu21p2721l793a8/D248_-_Space_Glitch_-_2004-08-16_to_2005-01-22_-_23_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/omd97b0yuovdex3/D249_-_Blizzard_of_Crime_-_2005-01-24_to_2005-06-18_-_21_weeks.cbr

Enjoy the above and shower your gratitude on Emile.

While cruising the Net, I chanced upon this blog, that features quite a few covers of the Mandrake stories published in New Zealand by Feature Productions. Check this out.

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#666 - Last bunch of Hi-Res Phantom Daily strips

Here is the last bunch of Hi-Res Phantom Daily strips from Emile's collection.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/yy324hcr7i1442a/D232_-_The_College_Kid_-_2011-05-09_-_2011-08-13_-_14_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/qdunbsy2npvrfoa/D233_-_A_Detente_with_Crime_Part_I_-_2011-08-15_-_2011-12-10_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/i56967wxbt3iw6q/D234_-_The_Den_of_Tigers_!_Part_II_-_2011-12-12_-_2012-04-07_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/m1nq8zzxzqaevz6/D235_-_Mexicos_Phantom_Part_III_-_2012-04-09_-_2012-08-18_-_19_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/kkkcp3dkaqyaasb/D236_-_The_Phantom_Lion_-_2012-08-20_-_2013-03-30_-_32_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/g1nptvbgg9qanab/D237_-_The_Aeronaut_-_2013-04-01_-_2013-11-30_-_35_weeks.cbr

The latest story in progress is D238.

All credits and thanks for the above strips to Emile. There are still more of other comics that will be coming to you from Emile.

Enjoy.

(And look out for a long Mandrake Sunday strip in Balaji's blog on Vishu day - Apr 15, 2014)

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#665 - More Hi-Res Phantom daily strips from Emile's collection

Here are five more Hi-Res Phantom daily strips from Emile's digital collection.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/sg18r89z84zyrjc/D227_-_Revenge_of_the_Python_-_2009-08-24_-_2009-12-19_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/m6mcea0zbxbxlci/D228_-_The_Phantom_at_Sea_-_2009-12-21_-_2010-04-17_-_17_weeks-Incomplete.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/hd5sp5nnk6p6f4n/D229_-_Terror_Cells_of_New_York_-_2010-04-19_-_2010-08-14_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/y1b926u47cf3002/D230_-_The_Trail_to_Gravelines_Prison_-_2010-08-16_-_2010-12-11_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/60ka29lzr522uqz/D231_-_Chatus_Fate_-_2010-12-13_-_2011-05-07_-_21_weeks.cbr

All praise and thanks to Emile.

Enjoy

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664 - Continuing with more from Emile's collection

After the posting of a Hi-Res Mandrake Sunday strip, let us go back to more Hi-Res Phantom strips from Emile's collection.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/osm7apshw50wkko/D222_-_The_New_Recruits_-_2008-01-07_-_2008-05-03_-_17_weeks-Incomplete.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/8kp8cjr32fv0bf2/D223_-_The_Mysterious_Guardian_-_2008-05-05_-_2008-08-30_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/dmdijtp1hcxnlgf/D224_-_Justice_for_the_Python_-_2008-09-01_-_2008-12-27_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/vr6r5kjb8xrilbf/D225_-_Crocco_Island_West_-_2008-12-29_-_2009-04-25_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/c8s2v1naaaf8d5s/D226_-_The_Unknown_Commander_-_2009-04-27_-_2009-08-22_-_17_weeks.cbr

Shower your thanks on Emile and enjoy the stories.

Thanks

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#663 - A Black and White version of Mandrake Sunday strip no 22 again from Emile

Though this adventure takes place when Mandrake and Lothar traveled on the ship Argos, this is not considered as part of the "Flame Pearls" series.

Emile has provided us with a Hi-Res Black and White version of this story. The first panel is as follows:

The full story can be downloaded here. Shower your thanks on Emile.

You may also recall that a color version of this story, culled out and edited by Paulo had been posted in this blog, a couple of years ago. That story can be downloaded here. The first panel looks like this:

Enjoy,

Venkit

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#662 - Continuing with Emile's collection

Here are 5 more gems from Emile's collection of Hi-Res Phantom daily strips.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/yhubu0ifr4tsvbe/D218_-_The_Doorman_-_2006-09-04_-_2006-12-30_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/avwns04j5nbaj3c/D219_-_The_Jungle_Gang_-_2007-01-01_-_2007-04-28_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/e2fjbme2v5b10bw/D220_-_Ordeal_at_Sea_-_2007-04-30_-_2007-08-25_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/avwns04j5nbaj3c/D219_-_The_Jungle_Gang_-_2007-01-01_-_2007-04-28_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/a8ngnd7893atlfb/D221_-_The_Grafitti_Mystery_-_2007-08-27_-_2008-01-05_-_19_weeks.cbr

Goes without saying that all credits and thanks should be directed towards Emile.

P.S. Will try to post every other week, but work and health issues may cause delay sometimes. Don't want any Mohammed Ghoris writing nonsense here regarding delays.

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#661 - Back to Emile's collection of Hi-Res Phantom strips

Well, after a couple of different posts, I am back with some more hi-res Phantom daily strips - all sent to me by Emile.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/dwxek6svk3qmmr0/D213_-_The_U-Boat_Mystery_-_2005-01-03_-_2005-05-14_-_19_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/so0p47939gsran8/D214_-_The_Secret_Temple_on_Eden_-_2005-05-16_-_2005-09-17_-_18_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/v29yyeu2eey84ap/D215_-_The_Crime_Apprentices_-_2005-09-19_-_2006-01-14_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/8n7ps47kpzmf04j/D216_-_The_Challenge_-_2006-01-16_-_2006-05-13_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/wj87biij9g9ybr4/D217_-_The_Return_of_Chatu_-_2006-05-15_-_2006-09-02_-_16_weeks.cbr

Enjoy all of these and extend your thanks to Emile.

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#660 - The latest Tarzan strip

Here is the just concluded reprint of a Tarzan daily strip. Artwork by one of my most favorite Tarzan artists - John Celardo.

This was collected and sent to me by Emile.



Download the story here from Emile's original Link.

Enjoy and express your thanks to Emile.

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#659 - The latest Mandrake daily strip reprint - D268r_-_(D221)_The_S._S._Div._-_2013-10-21_to_2013-02-01

Here is the latest reprint of a Mandrake Daily. This was sent to me by Emile.(who else?). I have just removed the Windows non-compatible file from the archive.

Download the full color comic here.

For those of you who would like to download the B/W version, please visit Lothar's Wonderful Mandrake Blog.

Here is the first panel of that strip

Enjoy and shower your thanks upon Emile.

P.S. The regular Hi-Res Phantom strips posting will continue next week.

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#658 - More gems from Emile's Collection

Here are 5 more Hi-Res Phantom Daily strips in color from Emile's collection.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/i8c6dxmfqv4v4y4/D208_-_The_Hit_Men_-_2003-04-28_-_2003-08-30_-_18_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/npsgjpdd2k4pobv/D209_-_The_Connoisseurs_-_2003-09-01_-_2003-12-27_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/y6r17cdzbft69wm/D210_-_The_Viper_God_-_2003-12-29_-_2004-05-01_-_18_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/8dqq6ec3uck2m63/D211_-_The_Locust_God_-_2004-05-03_-_2004-08-28_-_17_weeks.cbr


http://www.mediafire.com/download/qzz2har94ylor2e/D212_-_Stripes_-_2004-08-30_-_2005-01-01_-_18_weeks.cbr



Enjoy these and shower your thanks on Emile. I will on the completion of the Phantom dailies, be sharing Mandrake dailies and also Phantom Sundays in the same high resolution. Those are also coutesy Emile.

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#657 - Yet more gems from Emile

Here are a few more Hi-Res Phantom strips from the collection of Emile.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/g7icn98o6t43p9c/D203_-_The_Ghost_Pirates_-_2001-07-23_-_2001-11-17_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/z6jdhfw1za7m8rk/D204_-_The_Animal_Collector_-_2001-11-19_-_2002-03-30_-_19_weeks-Incomplete.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/lb5bbbvb00ho0bw/D205_-_The_Immortal_Man_-_2002-04-01_-_2002-08-03_-_18_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/b2qxzhy3ccgq15u/D206_-_The_Crusaders_Treasure_-_2002-08-05_-_2002-12-28_-_21_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/k9zuuwh9jangzde/D207_-_Jungle_Mystery_-_2002-12-30_-_2003-04-26_-_17_weeks.cbr

All credits and thanks to Emile.

Enjoy

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#656 - More gems from Emile's Collection

Here are a few more gems from Emile's collection of Hi-Res Phantom strips.


http://www.mediafire.com/download/49vjucu8bxy64o6/D198_The_Treasure_Hunters_-_2000-01-17_to_2000-05-06_-_16_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/hvvemq4o631y15f/D199_The_Strange_Robber_-_2000-05-08_to%202000_to_2000-08-05_-_13_weks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/4l68b9tkd4j9zh8/D200_-_The_Secret_City_-_2000-08-07_to_2000-11-11_-_14_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/qf72r7qh0msl315/D201_Valley_of_the_Gorillaman_-_2000-11-13_to_2001-03-17_-_18_Weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/zazsqibfa29fok2/D202_-_Ghost_Quest_-_2001-03-19_-_2001-07-21_-_18_weeks.cbr

All thanks to Emile.

Enjoy,

Venkit

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#655 - Some more Hi-Res Phantom Daily strips from Emile.

Emile has been sending Hi-Res versions of some of the Phantom and Mandrake strips already available in lower resolution.

I was indisposed for a while and so am a bit late in sharing these with you. Here are 5 of the strips. By mistake I had deleted the previous links for 194 & 195. So I am giving new links. 193 seems to be incomplete, missing a strip.


http://www.mediafire.com/download/rbd64tqsqz2ma25/D193_-_The_Dakk_Pirates_-_1998-09-28_-_1999-01-09_-_15_weeks-Incomplete.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/zr7y7bvpno7yw4a/D194_-_The_Albee_-_1999-01-11_to_1999-03-13_-_9_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/wgexqurj1kk336e/D195_Terror_at_the_Opera_1999-03-15_to_1999-07-10_-_17_weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/gfjfcyq6ohj6jep/D196_-_The_Ghost_Wall-1999-07-12_to_1999-10-20_-_14.5_Weeks.cbr

http://www.mediafire.com/download/7aq9jt5kc5m747w/D197_-_The_Halloween_Kidnappers_-_1999-10-21_to_2000-01-15_-_12.5_weeks.cbr

Start downloading and keep rechecking the blog for more. And it goes without mention that all credits and praises be showered upon Emile.

Venkit

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