Long before Batman, Captain America,Spiderman and a host of Marvel’s superheroes made their way to our economically-liberated shores, two caped and masked marvels had already winged themselves into the lives of thousands of young people, circa the 1970s, a time when graphic art in comic books was taken for granted, quite forgetting how powerful the medium was to get the message home.

They both looked ridiculous. One wore XS purple tights and a mask and was called ‘Phantom’ and the other wore a top hat, a slim moustache and a cape and went by the name ‘Mandrake the Magician’. But the things they did! It was all one could do to collect every last paisa of pocket money we had and run to the neighbourhood newsstand, where in a single vertical file, these comic books were suspended by the sheer willpower of a clothesline clip (which in itself was a feat). Read more..  http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-remembering-phantom-and-mandrake-the-magician-2105877