#754: मधुमुस्कान कॉमिक्स #82

Happy Republic Day to all Indian friends!

आज वक्त है, हिंदी के rare  मधुमुस्कान कॉमिक्स  #82 का, एक नहीं, 4 विदेशी popular characters इस अंक में हैं| वैसे ये #78 से ही आ रहे हैं।  

Famous five के हिंदी नामों के तर्ज पे इनका का भारतीय नाम दिया गया| चलिए, एक की तो पोल मैंने पहले ही ख़ोल दी थी:
स्मिता aka Kelly Green
बाकी 3 को पहचानने की कोशिश कीजिये|

सुलेख: अरुण  भनोट

अनुवाद: वी. वी. जोसफ /महेंद्र चोपड़ा

Year: 1985 

Edited by: PBC

Scanned by: Gaurav The Devil. All credits go to him

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#743 - Smita (MMC) aka Kelly Green

Writer Leonard Starr and Artist Stan Drake teamed up in 1980 to create Kelly Green targeting  an adult audience and featured nudity and violence, the likes of which would have horrified most of the western comics readers of that time.

In 80s, it was difficult to digest Axa in India, and Madhu Muskan Comics advertized as character with  Indian cultural touch 🤐

Hindi version has disappointed with poor translation, forcefully giving Indian names ...

Kelly Green as Smita... and so on. Why? Were the team members big fans of a south Indian adult film star "Sxxx Smita" of that time?

In fact, Kelly Green comics are  one of the best-looking crime comics ever produced.  

Till 2015, only 4 were released in Eng and 3 in Hindi (vol 2 to 4).

Classic Comics Press has released Kelly Green: The Complete Collection

(272 pages; 8 1/2 x 11 Hardcover; black and white with 16 page color section)

It has vol. 1 to 4 and one more - never before published in English,

Volume 5 - The Comic-Con Heist.

Volume 1 - "The Go-Between!"

Volume 1 - "The Go-Between!"