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!

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568 December - 09

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!

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568 December - 09

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!

ANO YOU OON'T

NEEO TO WORRY
ABOUT
ME...ER...WATCHING
YOU L1I(EA HAWI(
IN OOTY
EITHER!

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

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!

YOU CAN STAY WITH

US ! TONS Of QOOM
HEQE...ANO QAVI
WOULO ENvOY YOUQ
COMPANY!

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

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.

DiFi'Tln
D'T"TI~ :ru

SO RAVI. .. ER ...

AGENT TALL CHIEF ...

WHAT NEWS DO YOU

I Spy

Writer:
Rajani Thindiath
Illustrations and Colouring:
Abhijeet Kini

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BRING?

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550 June - 08

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!

r--

ALL RIGHT, AGENT

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

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550 June - 08

,-------------~----------WHAT WAS HE ,,:. HOW WOULD

, DOING IN YOUR,' \,
I KNOW! "
"
HOUSE?,,'
~
- - - , , __ -,'
"
...... - ,- ,
,

I
,

I
,

\:

"

AND HOW DID YOU

CONDUCT YOUR
INVESTIGATION, MAY
I ASK?

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550JUne-08

Story: Khyrunnisa A.
Script: Anomita Guha
Illustrations and Colouring: Abhijeet Kini
IT WASA 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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