Based on story sent by

Defective Detectives Sandeep Kapoor

Illustrator and Colourist:
The Fishy Story Abhijeet Kini

AGENT WOLf BANE, fEAQSOME OUO !

HAVE YOU NOTICEO... WHO'QE THEY! THE
THEQE HAVE BEEN NO UPSTAQTS!
THE CQIMINALS
CQIMES fOQ A WEEK! AQE LYING
LOW, AGENT
NIGHT SHAOE !
THEY fEAQ THE
fEAQSOME
OUO!
 TICK-TICK!
TICK-TICK!

WHAT-OO-WE-OO?
WHAT-OO-WE-OO?
WHAT-OO-WE-OO?
 WOl2SE ! WITH ALL THE WE NEEO TO STOP THIS,
fiSH OESTl20YEO, AGENT WOLf BANE!
fISH-LOVEl2S WILL
GO ON A l2AMPAGE!

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, I WAS WAITING

INSPECTOl2, fOl2 A fl2IENO IN BUT INSPECTOl2,
IOION'T If I HAO THE
THE LOBBY ANO
OIAMONO ON ME,
STEAL THE THE NEXT THING I YOUl2 MEN WOULO
OIAMONO! KNOW I'M HAVE fOUNO IT
Al2l2ESTEO fOl2
WHEN THEY
THE THEfT ! SEAl2CHEO ME !
 HE MEANS THEQE
IS A BOMB IN THE
FISH! LISTEN!

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

in Ooty
HOW EXCITING
fOR YOU,
AMA" WAS VE"Y EXCITEO - OEAR!
HEY, MA! OUR
CLASS IS GOING
ON A SCHOOL TRIP
TO OOTY NEXT
WEEI(ENO!

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 WHAT ABOUT YOUQ THE SCHOOL NEEDS fUNDS
PQINCI ? I QEMEMBEQ HIM BUT PQINCIPAL JAGMOHAN
TELLING ME HE HAD TO HAS TO CONVINCE COL.
MEET A SCHOOL DESHMUI(H, THE TQUSTEE,
TQUSTEE IN OOTY TO SIGN SOME
THIS MONTH. DOCUMENTS fIQST.
PRINCI...SIR...IOION'T RELAX, AMAR ! ANO YOU OON'T
YOU'RE NOT NEEO TO WORRY
SAY ANYTHING! I
OION'T EVEN THINI( IN ANY ABOUT
ANYTHING! TROUBLE! ME...ER...WATCHING
YOU L1I(EA HAWI(
IN OOTY
EITHER!

NO! I'LL BE STAYING AT A 1...1 MEAN, WE'LL

HOTEL, NOT AT THE SAME LOOGE
AS THE STUOENTS. BESIOES, I'LL MISS YOUR
BE FAR TOO BUSY WITH THE COMPANY, SIR!
TRUSTEE!

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 - WELL, YOU MUST SOQT IT OUT
YOUQSELVES! I HAVE TO GO SEE
WHAT ?! NO PLACE COL. OESHMUKH AT ONCE!
FOQ THE BOYS TO
STAY? THAT'S
ABSUQO!
 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 ! THANk:: YOU
HE NEVEQ MEANT fOQ BQINGING
TO HUQT ME! 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!

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HALF KNOWLEDqE Script: L. Prabhu
Illustrator: Ajit Vasaikar
A tale from Bhutan 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 AREN'T THESE
A THOUSANO THE SAME
YEARS! 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-TE-
HIS E-OUCATION.
DiFi'Tln
SO RAVI. .. ER ...
AGENT TALL CHIEF ...
WHAT NEWS DO YOU
BRING?

D'T"TI~ :ru
I Spy \\SJ

Writer:
Rajani Thindiath
Illustrations and Colouring:
Abhijeet Kini
4 I
TINKLE 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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,-------------~-----------
I WHAT WAS HE ,,:. HOW WOULD "
, DOING IN YOUR,' \, I KNOW! "
" HOUSE?,,' ~ - - - , , __ -,'
...... - ,- , "
, I
, I
, I

\:
 AND HOW DID YOU
CONDUCT YOUR
INVESTIGATION, MAY
I ASK?

8 InNKLE550JUne-08
 Story: Khyrunnisa A.
Script: Anomita Guha
Illustrations and Colouring: Abhijeet Kini

IT WASA RAINY SATURDAY AND AMAR WAS BORED. NOTHING TO DO?! WHY DON'T YOU
CLEAN UP THE APPALLING MESS
I HATE BEING IN YOUR ROOM!
STUCK AT HOME
ALL DAY WITH
NOTHING TO DO
BECAUSE OF THIS
STUPID RAIN!
 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 ER ... IT'S KIND OF YOU,
LOOKS! THANK YOU FOR RATAN, BUTYOUR
. SHOWING ITTO ME, SIR! UMBRELLA MAY NOT
f WISH MY FRIENDS MAKE IT BACK IN ONE
COULD SEE IT! PIECE!
ACHOO! COLONEL BOGLE! I'M 50 DON'T WORRY, AMAR.
SORRY ... ' HAD TO LEAVE YOUR YOU CAN GET IT BACK
UMBRELLA BEHIND! IT ... IT FLEW WHEN THE WEATHER
OFF INTO A TREE! , CLEARS UP! . ,
 IFHEONLY
KNEW! IT'S SO EASY
FOR BUTTERFINGERS! •• ~, , ,. I I

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