HIP HIP HOORAY! TINKLE TURNS 40 THIS YEAR! ie se Wol.40No.749 / WHERE LEARNING MEETS FUNRajani Thindiath Group Art Director ‘Savio Mascarenhas Assistant Edit Aparna Sundaresan ‘Sub-Editor Devika Soni Jr. Sub-Editor Rebekah Sarah Jose Artists Archana Amberkar, Vineet Nair Letterer and Designer Prasad Sawant Jr. Colourist Sachin Adhare Studio Coordinator Pranay Bendre Editorial Coordinator Gayathri Pillai Cover Design & Layout Prasad Sawant cEO Preeti Vyas Business Head (Tinkle) Shilpi Bhatnagar Digital Strategy and Transformation Head Deepesh Kothari Editorial Director - Digital & Brand Solutions Kuriakose Vaisian Sr. Manager Subscription & Customer Service Surekha Pendse HiFriends, ‘Many of you write in to say that you consider Tinkle your frlend—a funny, helpful friend: And that’s what we laok for in a friend, right? ‘Someone who makes us laugh and someone who's always got our back? So, I'm sure all of you must be excited about Friendship Dayon the second of August! Qoooh-kay, Inspector Inspector has started on his DD rant. Which means we'll be here all day, we don't make our escape. Unfortunately, for the DD, any friendship with Inspector Inspectoris destined for failure. However, 'm sure when they escape Inspector Inspector theyll oin the Tinkle Team in wishing you alla fun and laughter-filed Friendship Day! Affectionately yours, Rajan * Acriminal duo consisting of Rascal the goon and Pascal the inventor who forgets his inventions Ea (© Amar Chitra Katha Pvt.Ltd. [All ights reserved. No part of this publiaton ay Be repfeducéd without the express consent of Amar Chitra Katha Pt. Lis Any reproduction, modification, distebution, transmission, republication, display, or exploitation in ay way of the content), in whole or in part, ofthis publication is stritly protiited. Edhorsn-Chiet: Rajan! ThicdathBOOSTS MAKE KIDS ENHANCES IMPROVES. 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OUT AND ABOUT Colours Sachin Adhare Pencils & Inks Vineet Nair Letters Pranay Bendre NO SENSE ALINAYS SO) GRUMPY? MMM UH-OH, HUMAN ALERT. HEEL TO TAKE A PICTURE’ OF THESE GHOSTS. DID SHE (Se ai UST SAY “GOT TO TAKE A ¢ PICTURE"? SHUFFS MY. BACKPACK SPLIFFS IS TOO HEAVY! IT'S SLOWINS ME DOWN. AND THE GHOSTS ARE CLOSING IN! OF HUMOUR, THAT'S WHY. K DID SHE TAKE A PICTURE OF US WITH HER “SPIRIT CREATURES, SEEN AS BIRTHMARKS ON A YOBYODHA. INVOKED ON TAKING YOSIC POSES BR AND BALA'S PRAANIS: CARACALS, SHARKS, FIREFLIES, SCORPIONS, COBRAS, LINICORNS, EAGLE NONE OF THE POSES OR TECHNIGUIES ARE TO BE ATTEMPTED WITHOUT EXPERT GUIDANCESTOP. STOP. STOP. ‘SHE DROPPED IT. SOMETIME LATER AT VIDYASHRAY— WHERE ON EARTH HAVE YOU TWO ‘SHARKS BEEN? FOREST, PEACOCK*. A HUMAN FROM THE CITY, WE THINK, SAW US AND TOOK A PICTURE OF US WITH HER WHOA! THIS PHONE IS AND SHE DROPPED SINGING NOW! HER BAS TOO WHEN WE CHASED HER. THANKS FOR THE GIFT, HUMAN! HOW DO YOU SEE THE PICTURE IN THIS PHONE? "ONE OF UISTAD STI'S PRAANIS. HER OTHER PRAANIS ARE TIGER, TORTOISE, CRANE AND CROCODILEHEY! YOU ‘STOPPED THE ‘MUSIC, INICORN! NO FAIR! NOT OUR PROBLEM, TIGER. 3 WHILE YOU TWO i WERE BUSY SHIMMYING, T OPENED THE HUMAN’S, BAG. LOOK! ENTIRELY YOUR THE HUMAN CAN'T SURVIVE IN PROBLEM. WE DON'T HARM THE THE FOREST WITHOUT FOOD AND INNOCENT. FIND HER, RETURN WATER. THE CLOSEST CITY IS FAR HER THINGS AND MAKE HER FROM HERE. SHE WON'T BE ABLE DESTROY THAT PICTURE. TO GET BACK SAFELY. HOW'RE WE : 7 I'VE SUID IT ‘SUPPOSED TO DO INNOCENTS? INTO ONE OF THE THAT?! DISCOVERING US POCKETS OF THE ead BAG. NOW THIS IS WORLD |S NOT WHERE WE LAST INNOCENT. BY THE " SAW HER. WHERE'D WAY, DO YOU HAVE She dor THE PHONE? I SEE HER FOOTPRINTS HERE. SHE RAN ON THE MLD. YOU'RE SPIRIT CREATURES, FOR GOODNESS SAKE! USE YOUR POWERS AND WITS. NOW, ‘BEGONE! UH-OH. AND THESE ARE A TIGER’S PRINTS. A REAL TIGER. LOOKS LIKE A TIGER CALIGHT HER SCENT AND STARTED CHASING HER.SHE’S NOT FAR REMEMBER ALL THE THINGS THAT USTAD STI'S TIGER HAS NO SENSE OF HUMOUR FOR? Ree natal ~~ y VIVIDLY. TWIDDLY,, WIDDLY EARS! ‘SUCH FUN! ‘SHE'S NEVER GOING TO OUTRUN A TIGER. SHE'LL BECOME ITS LLINCH BEFORE SHE CAN SAY, *SHOO, kitty!” WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN MIND? STSK TSK WHY PLAY WITH THE HUMAN WHEN YOU CAN PLAY WITH US, KITTY? WOW! WHAT A ROPE YOU HAVE FOR A TAL, KITTY! WHY NOT LUISE IT AS ALASSO? WHEEEEEE!TOO SLOW! TOO SLOWI YOU CAN” CATCH US! € WELL, REMEMBER THAT ONE THING WE DECIDED WE'D NEVER DO? I THINK IT'S TIME FOR THAT. WHAT PRETTY STILL TOO SLOW, KITTY. WHAT'S THE MATTER? | |= FEEL LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER? HYUK HYUK! WOW. THAT IS ‘ONE TOUGH KITTY. STILL DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE UP ON THE HUMAN FOR, LUNCH,SO LONG, KITTY! DON'T WORRY; I AIMED FOR A SOFT PATCH OF GROUND IN THAT PART OF THE FOREST. YES! YES! WE DID IT! WE DID IT! WE'RE THE BEST! OH! ERRMMMM... WE HAD | TO DO SOMETHING FOR HER, eee Oe RIGHT? OH YEAH, THE BAG! T’M RETURNING IT TO HER. OH, BUT THAT PICTURE! BEEN SEEN, AGAINI NOOO! MY PHONE! CARE OF OUR LITTLE PICTURE PROBLEM. LET'S GO BACK HOME. A 5 I BECAUSE UISTAD STI'S TIGER, BAGk, NOT BECAUSE OF THE Heke We CONE, STOCK UP ON TIGER BLT BECALISE SHE ‘ YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR! THINKS THIS FOREST IS HAUNTED. WITH US! ‘SPEAKING OF THE TIGER, NICE OF IT TO HAVE ACTED AS OUR GUINEA PIG, EH?hee test your knowledge at the Tinkle Game Show! € 4 > Answer questions about Tinkle issues 748 and 749 and the Tinkle Toons. « And stay on your > toes as you hoot é to fun general knowledge questions from around the world. All phrased in Tinklese of course! What's Tinklese? The language of Tinkte! ‘ > You need to be fast and attentive. But most impor! cantly, so ee eed to know Tinkle ’ : it’s your best friend! rome CIEE oa seo ece el ele Tela @ @tinklecomicsstudio Retinoic) ‘W @TinkleMagazineYour Story. Our Comict Meet Suppandi, the cheerful goof! | gS, 'o He has worked in multiple jobs and never lasted in any of them ast aday orto. He earnestly fo} listens to instructions from his employers but then applies his iN ‘own literal logic to them. What s happens then? Utter mayhem! Story Script Pencils & Inks Colours Letters ShravaniChetan Aashline R.A. Archana Amberkar_— Tarun Karanmayil__Pranay Bendre ‘SUPPANDI, IF YOU PROVE YOURSELF TO BE A QUICK LEARNER, T'LL LET YOU WORK AT THESE DIFFERENT COLINTERS VERY SOON. UNDERSTOOD? FOOD PACKAGES, AWATCH, A MENU THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS! IF IT ‘STAND AND EVEN HAS HAPPENED THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE DAY Wl KETCHUP SACHETS THE DAY, IT MUST BE ONE ee EON ‘AND STRAWS! OF THE EMPLOYEES. Sy T WILL INVESTIG— COUNTER. THERE WILL BE NO WHAT?! THE = NeREE MELEE NG | MUATELTHE,, | [ScSUT 1 RAS ONLY TAKING WITH ME. YOUR FIRST DAY! 1 i OUR FIRST DAY! | | “THE BOARD SAYS! TAKE AWAY:DE) eae ACT Cle CI SCAN) LAMY OS IES AS FRIENDSHIP) DAY) WiTH| YOUR) FRIENDS?) HERE)S A Te FUN AND) SIMPLE RECIPE THAT) YOU CAN) WHiP, 0D Go 0) Ot) God la 2)August fsa DUN aE ol NTA LAS Pa DL STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM ON TOP OF ONE VANILLA CAKE SLICE EMC e Nel Mh men alot ON TOP OF THE iCE CREAM. RE MD Talo BC ame A eS CAKE SLICE. RC dn LA Ce Le OF NUTS, CANDIES, SPRINKLES OR CHOCOLATES OF YOUR CHOICE. ©) REPEAT STEPS | To 5 iF YOU WANT MORE SANDWICHES. SC ttl See CCST battle ea aoe Voom SOT THE CLASS IX STUDENTS OF SUNFLOWER HIGH SCHOOL ARE EXCITED ABOUT THEI UPCOMING SCHOOL PICNIC. HOWEVER. + 7 HEY SAILESH, WHAT'S WRONG? HOW COME AREN'T YOU EXCITED. | FOR THE PICNIC? } S, ef S, TOON THINE F 11'S NOTHING, CAN GO, AMAN. in ‘AMMAN. OON'T SJ wooey agour ir, G TT DOESN'T SOLNO LIKE NOTHING. COME | 11'S OKAY, AMAN, 11'S Just A PIN. IN ANY CASE, TM f= =v) NOT REALLY IN A \ —p PICNIC MOOD. ‘S OUST... WELL, MY FATHER LOST HIS. JOR RECENTLY. 0 MONEY'S GEEN TieHT. I ONT WANT TO TROLIBLE HIM FUCTHED WITH THE FEES FOR THE PICNIC. T FEEL BAD FOP SALESH, HE SHOULO 6ET TO 60 ON THE PICNIC OUST LIKE US. HE'S SUCH A NICE GUY. ve eee SADOPT’ HUA? ‘ADOPT HIM? WHAT 20 YOU MEAN? YEAH, I AGREE, SALESH HAS HELOED ME ALOTIT'S SOMETHING T LEARNT F2OM MY RECENT TRIP TO AN HCCB FACTORY. HCCB ADOPTS THE VILLAGES NEARBY AND HELPS IMPROVE THE VILLAGERS’ QUALITY OF LIFE, THEY LOOK AT THINGS LIKE SANITATION, HEALTHCARE, PRIMARY EDUCATION AND MUCH MORE. IT'S HCC8’S WAY OF THANKING THE VILLAGERS FOR ACCOMMODATING THEM, TCANT TAKE THIS, GUYS. T HAVEN'T OONE ANYTHING FOR SUCH A GIG SIFT. SAILESH HAS HELPED US OUT ALOT, PIGHT? SUALARLY, WE CAN ALL ‘ADOPT SAILESH RIGHT NOW AND HELP Hint THROUSH THIS DIFFICULT TIME. WHAT Sav? THAT'S NOT TRUE, SAILESH, YOu HAVE J6WEN SO MUCH Tous, T REMEMBER OLRING LAST YEAR'S EXAMS, YOU WERE ALWAYS THEPE TO ANSWER MY QUERIES! WHEN T WAS ANXIOUS ABOUT MY ENNIS FINALS, YOU HELPED ME CALM. MY NERVES AND GET MATCH READY. YOU HELPED ME WIN THAT DAY! THANK YOU, FRIENDS, TAM VERY TOUCHED ey THIS eesTuRE WHEN T FELL Sick FOR A WHOLE WEEK, YOU WOULD COME 8Y MY HOUSE WITH ALL THE NOTES FROM CLASS. THAT YOU CAN THANK WAS SO HELPFUL, YOU'RE A GREAT HeeB, THEY Were FRIEND, SAILESH, THE OUP INSPIRATION! PICNIC WON'T BE THE SAME WITHItis a rainy afternoon and Ina has been sitting by the window, looking at articles and pictures of asteroids for a college project. But now, Mynah has just walked in. Let's listen in on their conversation. ‘Are you reading about asteroids, In are rocky little objects that are founc You could've just asked me about them. They, space and most of them are found in— 2% \ Hmm... but did you know that no two asteroids are the same Sip) because they wore all formed at different distances from the Sun? ~) Yes, but asteroids don’t come to Earth as small bits. In fact, every year an asteroid the size of an biome comes hurtling towards Earth but it burns up in the atmosphere. But if an asteroid BB larger than 1 or 2 km in width hits Earth, then the impact would be felt all over the planet. I do. But of them, only 1,409 asteroids could be a potential y threat to our planet. That is stil a pretty high number though. oF : Fa. \Ha! Of course, | knew that. The word cereals comes from ceres. Talking about names, did you know. pp nat the International Astronomical Union (IAU) does not allow asteroids to be named after pets? ‘That is true, Ina. But despite how less their mass is, do you know how big they can be? Pp,s'2 In the asteroid belt s the largest asterold, measuring 531 km in diameter! y A Deu Ogee ee a ee mea Taker Porta Crea ee Mare enh ils MOE geek Tue Y ts BU ca eeItis a rainy afternoon and Ina has been sitting by the window, looking at articles and pictures of asteroids for a college project. But now, Mynah has just walked in. Let's listen in on their conversation. ‘Are you reading about asteroids, In are rocky little objects that are founc You could've just asked me about them. They, space and most of them are found in— 2% \ Hmm... but did you know that no two asteroids are the same Sip) because they wore all formed at different distances from the Sun? ~) Yes, but asteroids don’t come to Earth as small bits. In fact, every year an asteroid the size of an biome comes hurtling towards Earth but it burns up in the atmosphere. But if an asteroid BB larger than 1 or 2 km in width hits Earth, then the impact would be felt all over the planet. I do. But of them, only 1,409 asteroids could be a potential y threat to our planet. That is stil a pretty high number though. oF : Fa. \Ha! Of course, | knew that. The word cereals comes from ceres. Talking about names, did you know. pp nat the International Astronomical Union (IAU) does not allow asteroids to be named after pets? ‘That is true, Ina. But despite how less their mass is, do you know how big they can be? Pp,s'2 In the asteroid belt s the largest asterold, measuring 531 km in diameter! y A Deu Ogee ee a ee mea Taker Porta Crea ee Mare enh ils MOE geek Tue Y ts BU ca eeTHEIDINNER} WingStar has been through alot inthe past year. While she formed a superhero Wingo Si ar Collective called Startion with ZingStar, ‘THE RELUCTANT SUPERHERO RADY erara her friends Zee and Fee Mad Mixer and DroneStar, she also faced more dangerous . Story & Script ‘enemies. One of them was sb, a superfan Rebekah Sarah Jose Colours Sachin Adhare of hers who tried to turn her into a villain What's in store for her and the Pencils & Inks Letters Vineet Nair Pranay Bendre PREVIOUSLY, TASH, KHVATI, MAPUI AND ANGELO WERE INVITED TO DINNER BY TASHI'S COLLEAGUE, DR. REMPLIA. DR. REMPLIA WAS JEALOUS THAT TASH) GOT A PROMOTION OVER HIM AND HE USED THE DINNER PARTY AS AN EXCUSE TO TRAP TASHI AND HIS FAMILY. READ ON TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. DID YOU REALLY THINK I'D LET YOU ALL OFF SO EASILY? YES, TASHI, ALL THAT YOU SAW EARLIER, MY HOUSE, THE STREET, EVERYTHING WAS A HOLOGRAM*. 4) REMPI ‘ON! ‘ LIA, ALL THIS FOR \E PROMOTION?! we alt ROBOT FOR THE SDA** BLT THEY CHOSE YOUR SUIT AS IT WAS MORE MODERN AND SMART. AND THEN THEY PROMOTED YOU! OF 21's se& HOW SMART YOUR INVENTION IS NOW! THIS DOME YOU'RE ALL TRAPPED IN AND THE ROBOT ARE MADE WITH A SPECIAL COMBINATION OF METALS. ONLY MY RIGHT ARM CAN DISABLE THE DOME "AND TAKE YOUR NONE OF US ARE REMPUIA, IT HAND-ME-DOWNS?, SCARED OF YOU BRING IT ON, ergs NO, THANK YOU. ARE MII You DON'T STAND |] [PUNY CHILD! . YOU SCARED, TASHI? CAN HAVE THE te SAEED. TAS) A CHANCE AGAINST PROMOTION. HOLOGRAM IS & PROJECTION OF A 3D IMAGE ENTIRELY WITH LIGHT. IT SHOWS HEIGHT, WIDTH AND DEPTH "SPACE DEVELOPMENT ARM OF THE GOVERNMENT WHERE TASH AND DR. REMPLIA WORKT’M NOT A PUNY CHILI ING WHEN T SAID THE ROBOT IS MADE WITH SPECIAL METALS? OOPS! HURTING YOUR OWN TEAM, iS MAD MIXER"? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING WHEN YOU MADE THESE KIDS SUPERHEROES, TASHI? ICKING RETROSHOCKING BOOMERS —SPECIAL CHEMICAL GRENADES THAT CAN DO VARIOUS THINGS [PERHERO WHO FISHTS WITH ORRES “OFFENSIVE RO} “MAD MIXER IS AENOUGH OF THIS SILLY DRAMA. LET'S SAY BYE-BYE TO ZINGSTAR® FIRST, EH? AND. NOW, GQODBYE ZINGSTAR! YOU KNOW WHAT, LET'S GET YOU FIRST, WINGSTAR TASHI'S PRECIOUS LITTLE GIRL. “HVAT! KANLIM IS A MARTIAL ARTS TEACHER, PART OF THE STARLITION (AS ZINSSTAR) AND MAPUI'S MOTHER **A DRONE CONTROLLED BY TASH KANLIM WHO IS MAPLI'S FATHERWAIT TILL YOU ARE S SMASHED TO BITS. aa Cay Ss yy NOT SO UNBREAKABLE ARE YOU NOW? TRY MY SPECIAL ORRBs! HAHA! MY SPECIAL SLIPPERY-GLITTERY ‘ORRBs! THEY'VE CREATED A SHEET OF GLASS AND ICE.OUST WAIT. TWILL GET YOU PESTS! "AND WHILE YOU TRY TO STAND STRAIGHT, TAKE SOME PLINCHES FROM THIS, YOU WILL NEED KID TOO! WHAT NONSENSE IS THIS?! GET THIS PINK GOO OFF MY QUICK, GET IN, + DRONESTAR! HE IS § - STILL DISTRACTED! ¢ T=‘SGASPE I... NEED... Ali WHAT'S HAPPENING? WHY’S THE ROBOT GETTING WEAK? HE'S LEFT BEHIND SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION AND PARTS OF HIS PRECIOUS ROBOT THOLIGH. ‘WWW! HIS. HOLD IS TOO TIGHT! el iar gust HAPPENED? ‘YOu CUT ‘OFF ALL THE CIRCUITS IN THE ROBOT, DRONESTAR! AWESOME! bel REMPUIA DISABLED THE DOME AND GOT AWAY. I'M SURE HE WILL BE BACK, STARLITION, WE HAVE OUR WORK CLIT OUT FOR US. WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE STARLITION? KEEP READING TINKLE TO FIND OUT!WAS ENERGY METER 749 PUMP UP TINKLE'S ENERGY! eee) PE Va DO YOU THINK So TOO? TAP OR CLICK HERE TO GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK.