Defective Detectives

The Fishy Story

AGENT WOLf BANE, HAVE YOU NOTICEO... THEQE HAVE BEEN NO CQIMES fOQ A WEEK! THE CQIMINALS AQE LYING LOW, AGENT NIGHT SHAOE ! THEY fEAQ THE fEAQSOME
OUO!

Based on story sent by

Sandeep Kapoor

Illustrator and Colourist: Abhijeet Kini

fEAQSOME OUO ! WHO'QE THEY! THE UPSTAQTS!

TICK-TICK! TICK-TICK!

WHAT-OO-WE-OO? WHAT-OO-WE-OO? WHAT-OO-WE-OO?

WOl2SE ! WITH ALL THE fiSH OESTl20YEO, fISH-LOVEl2S WILL GO ON A l2AMPAGE!

WE NEEO TO STOP THIS, AGENT WOLf BANE!

MEANWHIL.E AT THE POUCE STATION, NOTOr;IOUS ,JEWEL. THIEF, HEEr;A, IS 8EING INTEr;r;OGA TEO 8Y INSPECTOr; L.AATPAATHE -

YOU CHECKEOINTO THE SAME HOTEL WHEl2E A fAMOUS OIAMONO WAS BEING EXHIBITEO ANO IT GOES MISSING!

BELIEVE ME, INSPECTOl2, IOION'T STEAL THE OIAMONO!

I WAS WAITING fOl2 A fl2IENO IN THE LOBBY ANO THE NEXT THING I KNOW I'M Al2l2ESTEO fOl2 THE THEfT !

BUT INSPECTOl2, If I HAO THE OIAMONO ON ME, YOUl2 MEN WOULO HAVE fOUNO IT WHEN THEY SEAl2CHEO ME !

HE MEANS THEQE IS A BOMB IN THE FISH! LISTEN!

I'LL OeAL. WITH THe FISH !I'M THe SON OF A FISHeQMAN - FISH QUN IN MY BL.OOO !

AHA ! SO, THEY THINK THEY CAN ESCAPE BY TAKING A SlOE ROAO ! BUT WE ARE MAOE Of STERNER STUff! ON fOOT, MEN!

Butterfinsers in Ooty
AMA" WAS VE"Y EXCITEO HEY, MA! OUR CLASS IS GOING ON A SCHOOL TRIP TO OOTY NEXT WEEI(ENO!

Story: Khyrunnisa A. Script: Anomita Guha Illustrations: Abhijeet Kini

HOW EXCITING fOR YOU, OEAR!

WHAT ABOUT YOUQ PQINCI ? I QEMEMBEQ HIM TELLING ME HE HAD TO MEET A SCHOOL TQUSTEE IN OOTY THIS MONTH.

THE SCHOOL NEEDS fUNDS BUT PQINCIPAL JAGMOHAN HAS TO CONVINCE COL. DESHMUI(H, THE TQUSTEE, TO SIGN SOME DOCUMENTS fIQST.

PRINCI. ..SIR...IOION'T SAY ANYTHING! I OION'T EVEN THINI( ANYTHING!

RELAX, AMAR ! YOU'RE NOT IN ANY TROUBLE!

ANO YOU OON'T NEEO TO WORRY ABOUT ME...ER...WATCHING YOU L1I(EA HAWI( IN OOTY EITHER!

NO! I'LL BE STAYING AT A HOTEL, NOT AT THE SAME LOOGE AS THE STUOENTS. BESIOES, I'LL BE FAR TOO BUSY WITH THE TRUSTEE!

1...1 MEAN, WE'LL MISS YOUR COMPANY, SIR!

THE LAST THING I WANT HIM TO HEAR ABOUT IS A GROUP OF OUR STUOENTS BEHAVING L1I(E MONI(EYS!

GOT' IT, SIR ! I'LL BE ON MY BEST BEHAVIOUR !

SOON, P{;/NC/ HAD HeA{;D THe BAD News

WHAT ?! NO PLACE FOQ THE BOYS TO STAY? THAT'S ABSUQO!

WELL, YOU MUST SOQT IT OUT YOUQSELVES! I HAVE TO GO SEE COL. OESHMUKH AT ONCE!

HE:'S BETTEQ NOW BUT HE STILL WON'T GET UP fQOM HIS WHEELCHAIQ THOUGH THE OOCTOQS SA Y HE SHOULO BE ABLE TO.

THEY SAY ONLY A SHOCI( WILL BQING HIM OUT Of THIS STUPOQ, BUT ...

AS 8UTTE~FINGE~SEAGE~lY CLlM8EO ONTO HIS HO~SE HAVE YOU EVEQ QIOOEN A HOQSE BEfOQE, AMAQ?

EEP! PQINCIPAL 0AGMOHAN!

POOQ OLO NEL ! HE NEVEQ MEANT TO HUQT ME!

THANk:: YOU fOQ BQINGING NELSON HEQE, MY BOY! IS THEQE ANY WAY WE CAN QEPAYYOU?

YOU CAN STAY WITH US ! TONS Of QOOM HEQE...ANO QAVI WOULO ENvOY YOUQ COMPANY!

HALF KNOWLEDqE
A tale from Bhutan

Script: L. Prabhu Illustrator: Ajit Vasaikar Colourist: Umesh Sarode

TWO BOYS, ONE THE SON OF A KING ANO THE OTHE" THE SON OF THE KING'S MINISTE", STUOIEO AT THE SAME MONASTE"Y, IN BHUfAN.

AS foQ YOU, LoOEN, YOU'LL HAVE TO STAY ANoTHEQ YEAQ.

WaL, I CAN'T HAVE ANYONE MOQE KNOWL.EOGEABL.E THAN ME AT THE PAL.ACE ! I'LL. HAVE TO 00 SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

I fEEL I'VE SLEPT A THOUSANO YEARS!

AREN'T THESE THE SAME eERRIES HE GAVE ME?

YES. MY HOQSE THQEW ME ANO BOLTEO.

YOU GO ON, WINCE, I'M GOING BACK TO THE MONASTEQY. I'VE MUCH TO LEAQN YET ...NOT ONLY ABOUT THE LANGUAGE OF BIQOS BUT ALSO HOW TO BECOME A BETTEQ HUMAN BEING.

...ANO THE-OTHE-{;' TO THE MONASTE-{;'Y TO COMPl-E-TEHIS E-OUCATION.

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Writer: Rajani Thindiath Illustrations and Colouring: Abhijeet Kini

SO RAVI. .. ER ...

AGENT TALL CHIEF ... WHAT NEWS DO YOU

BRING?

OH! 15 THAT WHAT YOU ARE CALLING YOURSELVES NOWADAYS? REALLY BHA/WA, THE TWO STOOGES WOULD BE MORE APT ... OR EVEN LAUREL AND HARDY, DUMB AND DUMBER ... THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

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ALL RIGHT, AGENT BLACK THUNDER, HERE'S THE PLAN! WE HAVE TO STAKE OUT WHEY ROAD ...

WHAT WAS HE ,,:. HOW WOULD " , DOING IN YOUR,' \, I KNOW! " " HOUSE?,,' ~ - - - , , __ -,' " ...... - ,- ,
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AND HOW DID YOU CONDUCT YOUR INVESTIGATION, MAY I ASK?

Story: Khyrunnisa A. Script: Anomita Guha Illustrations and Colouring: Abhijeet Kini
IT WAS A RAINY SATURDAY AND AMAR WAS BORED. I HATE BEING STUCK AT HOME ALL DAY WITH NOTHING TO DO BECAUSE OF THIS STUPID RAIN! NOTHING TO DO?! WHY DON'T YOU CLEAN UP THE APPALLING MESS IN YOUR ROOM!

NO, IT IS NOT! MY POCKET HAS JUST BEEN PICKED!

" ... ITWASONLY WHEN I REACHED YOUR HOUSE, THAT I REALISEDMY WALLET WAS MISSING!"

THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THEFTS NEAR THE STATION RECENTLY. THE POLICE BELIEVE THEM TO BE THE HANDIWORK OF AN EXPERT PICKPOCKET.

PHEW! IT'S HEAVIER THAN IT LOOKS! THANK YOU FOR . SHOWING ITTO ME, SIR! f WISH MY FRIENDS COULD SEE IT!

ER ... IT'S KIND OF YOU, RATAN, BUTYOUR UMBRELLA MAY NOT MAKE IT BACK IN ONE PIECE!

ACHOO! COLONEL BOGLE! I'M 50 SORRY ... ' HAD TO LEAVE YOUR UMBRELLA BEHIND! IT ... IT FLEW OFF INTO A TREE! ,

DON'T WORRY, AMAR. YOU CAN GET IT BACK WHEN THE WEATHER CLEARS UP! . ,

IFHEONLY KNEW! IT'S SO EASY FOR BUTTERFINGERS!

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