For those among us who know only Dhoni and gang and probably heard of Tendulkar (god of cricket), there was a cricketer, who reigned the World of Test Cricket from the early seventies to the early eighties. He came to the cricket scene with a bang in 1971, scoring 774 runs in 5 Tests (didn't bat in one innings to add to the greatness) against the mighty West Indies, which included 2 double centuries against the likes of Wesley Hall, Charles Griffith, Gary Sobers et al.
That year was a change in Indian cricket, when India moved from an also-ran to become a leading nation, when in 1971, they followed up a marvelous victory in the Windies, with a win over England in the same year.
This cricketer, soon became a superstar. What announces the arrival of a superstar better than a comic book series depicting him as the hero. Remember the Supremo series based on Amitabh. Well this cricketer had a comic book series named after him - SUNNY - and I have great pleasure to present here the first issue. Unfortunately I am missing the cover and so I do not know the name of the story.
Download the comic here.
If someone among you knows more about the series, please do let us all know more by commenting.
Though there is mention of the next one in the series, If I had been the cricketer, I would have stopped any further stories in the series.
But it is fun to identify some of the Indian cricketers of those times who also are depicted in the story. As also Raj.
Enjoy,
Venkit
Update (3 Feb 2018) by PBC: There were 3 comics in English only, this one is 1st.
Venkit Bhai,
ReplyDeleteI have two covers of Sunny comics will give the links here, check it with the story.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/116582112500905488258/albums/6113372050119158177/6113372046552761522
Thanks/Regards
Please download the first cover. That is the cover for this comic. Shivbhai, it would be good if you can provide the inside of that cover also.
ReplyDeleteActually the comic is a refreshing read,very tongue-in-cheek and nicely written. And yes, it is great fun to identify yesteryears cricketing greats, and they have great one-liners too( 'You Handsome devil, you' !).I remember the release of the comics when I was a kid and thought it pretty lame though I had never read the comics. This is my first post and I am happy to tell you that I have been a great fan of this blog(and Phantom!) and have been following it for years now. Great Job.
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ReplyDeleteDo you have a version of these comics available in English as well? I have been searching for the Famous Five illustrated comics online, unsuccessfully! :(
@Leslin I had shared some years ago. Links are fixed. There are 3 more, I'll try to solve those too.
ReplyDelete@Venkitachalam Subramanian Found all 3 covers, updated your post.
ReplyDeleteIt's confirmed that, these were 3 only, it was 1st.
One friend is trying to arrange all 3 - new scans.
Any luck for others 2 comics?
DeleteThanks a lot for sharing Bhai
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