Tinkle Comics

The Million-Pound

Bank Note

Based

on

a story by Mark Twain

Script:

Rajani Thindiath

Illustrator & Colourist

:

Abhijeet Kini

NEWMAN, HAO 80UGHT A MILLION-POUNO 8ANK NOTEF~OM THE8ANK OF ENGLANO.THENOTE

WAS ONE OF ONLY TWO ISSUEO 8Y THE8ANK FO~ SPECIAL T~ANSACT10NS

-ITELL YOU AL, IF A CHAP WENT OUT WITH THIS 1,000,000-POUNO NOTE HE WOULO BE AQQESTEO! ESPECIALLY IF HE COULO NOT ACCOUNT FOQ HOW HE GOT IT ANO OOES NOT HAVE ANY OTHEQ MONEY TO HIS NAME!

THEY8EGAN LOOKING FO~ A MAN TO WHOM THEYCOULD ENT~UST THENOTE

-HOW HE IS POOQ

ABOUT CEQTAINLY

THAT BUT IOOUBT

FELLOW? WHETHEQ HE

IS HONEST! SHIFTY EYES!

NOW THAT FELLOW SHOULO 00 ! HE LOOKS LIKE A OECENT CHAP ANO SEEMS TO

HAVE HIS WITS ABOUT HIM.

HELLO, YOUNG MAN. I AM AL NEW MAN ANO THIS IS MY BQOTHEQ, ABEL. CAN YOU TELL US

SOMETHING ABOUT YOUQSELf ?

NOT A JOB EXACTLY ... BUT YOU CAN CALL IT AN OPPOQTUNITY ! IS THIS ABOUT A JOB THEN! I WOULO BE SO VEQY GQATEfUL! HMM...WELL THEN WE HAVE A PQOPOSITION

fOQ YOU IN THIS ENVaOPE. THEQE'S A

LETTEQ THAT WILL EXPLAIN EVEQYTHING TO YOU ANO... SOME ...MONEY. OON'T OPEN IT NOW. GO HOME ANO THINK ABOUT IT.

!f THERE'S MONEY, ! CAN EAT! !T'S BEEN TOO LONG

SINCE MY LAST MEAL. BRING ME THE OAY'S SPECIAL ANO BE QUICI( ABOUT IT!

,RESTAU

""'--!Jea~

s;~

Ve

Ie,,! !da the e"cltJJ'e! J'a/fflfI/thPaf lirte,.eJ't !d,.

30

!1IjJ'.

Reta,." /t at tk ed d! that tlitre a,,1!da 1fI/!!

hail'ea IWflat<r!.

/rIe.

1fI11!le alNa!

pI"

the /eNPI,

J'p

10

/(&t attelff/t t& e&/(taet

THOSE GENTLEMEN MUST BE MAO! If I TA\(E THIS . NOTE TO THE POLICE OQ THE BAN\(, I WILL BE AQQESTEO -WHO WILL BELIEVE MY STOQY?! BUT If THEY'QE LENOING ME THIS MONEY WITHOUT INTEQEST fOQ ONE MONTH, I CAN USE IT TO GET CQEOIT. I CAN PAY Off MY OEBTS LATEQ WITH THE QEWAQO THEY'VE

MA"K T"'EO THESUITON -NICE! I'LL

BUY IT!

CAN IPAY YOU L.ATEQ... YOU SEE I

DON'T HAVE ANY SMALL CHANGE

WITH ME.

YEAH QIGHT ! YOU HAVE ONL.Y L.AflGe

CHANGE, EH?

IAPOl.OGlsE !OF COUQsE YOU CAN HAVE ANY SUIT YOU WISH -IN FACT IHAVE THE VEQY THING FOQ YOU!

BUT MY GOOO MAN, ICAN'T PAY FOQ IT UNl.Ess YOU CAN

GIVE ME CHANGE OQ AQE WILl.ING TO WAIT INFINITEl.Y !

OON'T WOQQY ABOUT IT, sIQ! ICAN WAIT TILl. ETEQNITY ! NOW TQY THIS SUIT, slQ !

FPOM THEN ON, MAPK WENT ON A SPENDING SPPEE. HE 80UGHT SHOES, HA TS AND HOPSES AND STAYED IN THEMOST EXPENSIVE HOTELS. PPOPPIETOPS

WOUL.D TAKE ONE L.OOK A T HIS 8ANK NOTE AND OFFEP

, HIM EVEPYTHING ON CPEDIT.

HE MADE NEWSPAPEk' HEADUNES AND WAS EVEN CAPICA TUPED IN A POPUL.AP MAGAZINE

-AND AFTEP THA T THEPE WAS NO PEST FOP HIM. EVEPYWHEPE HE WENT IT WAS

-OH MY ! THAT IS THE fUNNIEST STOQY I'VE EVEQ HEAQO! WON'T BE fUNNY fOQ ME WHEN I HAVE TO PAY Off MY OEBTS AT THE ENO Of THE MONTH!

THEN AT A OINNE~ PA~TY, MA~K MET A Glt:?t..HE LIKEO INTENSELY - PO~TlA LANGHAM. THE TWO GOT TALKING ANO HE NAWATEO HIS ENT/~E STO~Y TO HE~.

OHYES !HOW AQEYOU GOING TO PAYOff YOUQOEBT? IT MUST BE STAGGEQING!

ACCO~OINGLY, AT THE ENO OF 30OAYS, MA~K Pf;JESENTEO HIMSELF AT THE NEWMAN ~ESIOENCE. HE TOOK PO~TIA ALONG WITH HIM

-GENTLEMEN, THIS IS MY fQIENO, POQTIA LANGMAN. I HAVE COME TO QETUQN THE

MILLION-POUNO NOTE.

WONOEQfUL ! I'VE WON THE BET! ABEL, YOU OWE ME

ACTUALLY SIR, I ENJOYEO MYSElF- THIS LAST ONE MONTH ANO I fOUNO MY fUTURE WifE IN

THE PQOCESS. WHAT BETTER REWARO COULO I ASK fOR?

If YOU WOULO PAY THE OEBTS I HAVE INCURREO THESE LAST 30 OAYS THAT WOULO BE A'GREAT KINONESS

ON YOUR PART!

ARE YOU SURE? I

CAN OffER YOU

ANY POSITION YOU OESIRE OR THE CHOICEST GifTS IN MY POSSESSION!

I AM SO HURT PAPA. I WOULO HAVE THOUGHT YOU HAVE AT LEAST ONE THING THAT MARK

WOULO REALLY WANT!

THE NEWMANS CASHEO

THE NOTE AT THE BANK

ANO AFTErllT WAS

CANCELLEO PrlESENTEO IT TO THE HAPPY COUPLE AS A WEOOING GIFT.

A Day in the Life of

the Defective Detectives

Writer

:

R

.

Nalini

Illustrator

:

Abhijeet Kini

Colourist: Umesh Sarode

IF YOUl2 INFOl2MATION ABOUT THE KIONAPPING

IS l2IGHT / WE'LL l2EACH JUST IN TIME TO NAB

THEQE'S THE MAN WHO WAS SNEAKING

INTO YOUQ HOUSE, MQ. QAO! HAO IT NOT

BEEN fOQ THOSE TWO BOYS ...

QELAX, I'VE MANAGEO TO PAQK OUQ CYCLES ... FIQST, WE PICK UP STUFF TO EAT ANO THEN WE QUSH TO THE NEAQEST BUS STOP! OH, MY POOQ BABY! YOU'QE . SAFE NOW! MAMMA'S HEQE!

THEQE! OH, THEQE AQE TWO Of THEM ... OON'T THEY LOOI( A LITTLE YOUNG fOQ

.

THAT'S HOW YOUNG BOYS EAQN POCI(ET MONEY THESE OAYS ...

THE DEFECTIVE OETECTIVES A~E DEFINITELY IN A ~USH. BUT THE O~IVE~ OF THE BUS THEY'VE BOA~OED SEEMS TO BE IN A G~EA TE~ HU~~Y

-THE OQIVEQ'S BEHAVING LII(E HE TOO IS TQACI(ING

ACTUALLY, THOSE TWO BOYS SAW THIS

MAN GET INTO THE BUS ANO IMMEOIATELY

THAT MUST Be OUQ NAMeLess fQleNO WITH SOMe MOQe INfOQMATION ON THe KIONAPpeQS ...

SAM !!!

YOU

THe UNKNOWN

INfOQMeQ ?!

SUQPQlIlIse !! YOU GUYS

AQe SO weOICTABLe ...

fALLING fOQ THe SAMe

TQICKSoveQ ANO oveQ

AGAIN...Hee Hee Hee!

THINK AGAIN, QAVI -

we

'

v

e

oeCA

oe

THENEXT OAY -WHAT HAVE YOU

BEEN QEAOING fOQ SO LONG? IS THEQE A CASE THAT QEQUIQES OUQ EXPEQTISE ?! "QOBBEQY AVEQTEO IN INOIQA NAGAQ ...

THIEf fALLS Off

LAOOEQ ...TWO BOYS

HELPEO NAB HIM..."

"THE QUEEN Of SMUGGLING, MAQIE, WAS AQQESTEO YESTEQOAY AfTEQ TWO AMATeU(;' OeTeCTlVeS GAVE DETAILS Of HEQ HIDEOUT IN QAVAL VILLAGE TO THE POLICE..."

KING VIKTOI2 OF LA VOI2IA WOULO OISGWSE

HIMSELF ANO MINGLE WITH HIS PEOPt.£ TO FINO

OUT HOW THEY WEI2E FAI2ING UNOEI2 HIS I2ULE,

LATE, ONE EVENING, ASHE WAS WALKING TH120UGH THE POOI2EST PAI2T OF HIS CAPITAL CITY-OUM-OEE-OUM-OEE-OUM

r

BE WOQSE. OUM-OEE-OUM- OEE-OUM

r

THE

HAPPY

'O~~lER

Illustrator: Savio Mascarenhas

Script

:

L

.

Prabhu

I EARN ENOUGH TO SUPPORT

MYSEL.f EACH

OAY!

WHY SHOUL.O I NOT GET

CUSTOMERS? IT HAS

NEVER HAPPEN EO BEfORE.

THE L.ORO I(NOWS

I NEEO CUSTOMERS. HE PQOVIOES.

'.

THE NEXT MOr;>NlNG WHEN THE COBBLEr;> WENT TO SIT A THIS USUAL PLACE ON THE

PAVEMENT-00 YOU HAVE A LICENCE TO PQACTISE YOUQ

I'VE HEARO THE I(ING HAS

INTROOUCEO A LICENCE

FOR COBBLERS. 010

YOU GET ONE?

SO YOU OION'T 00

ANY COBBLING TOOAY ... OION'T THAT

ANYONE CAUGHT , SNEAKING INTO THE

I

fOQEST WILL BE SEVEQELY PUNISHEO !!I CJ 0.

.

.

I

r.

{

TiNKLE

09121

WHEN MY fQIENOS ANO IWEQE TOLO

WE COULO NOT COLLECT WOOO, WE

OISPEQSEO. ANO THEN SOMEBOOY

TOLO ME THAT THE PALACE GUAQOS

WEQE SHOQT Of SOLOIEQS. I WENT

THEQE ANO ENLISTEO !

(

ONLY TILL ISAVE ENOUGH

TO GET A COBBLEQ'S LICENCE.

fOQTUNATELY THEY PAY OAILY

WAGES SO ICOULO EAT. AS I

SAIO, THE LOQO PQOVIOES!!

f.

THE NEXT OAY THE COBBLE" WAS GIVEN HIS UNlFO"M WHICH INaUOEO A HELMET ANO A SWO"O. THE COBBLE" ST"APPEO ON THE SWO"O ...

IN THE EVENING WHEN THE KING T"'UMPHANTLY MAOE HIS WAY TO THE C088LE!7S HOUSE

-NOT A SOUNO ! MUST BE WOQQIEO SICK ABOUT HOW TO PULL.ON TILL.

THE ENO Of THE MONTH. NOW HE KNOWS WHOM HE HAS TO THANK

fOQ THE CAQEfQEE LIfE HE HAS BEEN ENvOYING

SO fAQ!

I WAS WOQQIEO ABOUT YOU. I HEAQO THAT THE

PALACE GUAQO HAS STOPPEO

GIVING OAILY WAGES. HOW AQE YOU MANAGING?

I PAWNEO ONLY THE BLAOE. IT CAN BE OETACHEO fQOM THE HILT, ANO IT IS MAOE Of THE fiNEST STEa!

WILL YOU HAVE SOME

CHEESE? IMANAGEO

TO GET A STALl( Of

( WHAT 00 YOU

\ THINI( THEY'LL 00 "_" TO ME?! ."-"', '-.

-:--------..;;:.-.:...:: " \

---NOTHING

IF"', \\

: MOUTH SHUT! . ~lv

-:. YOU'QE NOT THE )::

ONLY ONE WITH' :: "A SECQET !! /);: , '

.

.

'

I'LL PUT HIM BEHINO BAQS FOQ THQEE MONTHS! THAT

WILLSTOP HIM SINGING

r,;. ()

YES ...YES...I WAS A MAGICIAN! I CAN MAKE THINGS VANISH ...BUT ONLY OCCASIONALLY! THAT IS WHY

I JOINEO THE PALACE GUAQOS, YOUQ MAJESTY! NOBOOY BELIEVEO I WAS A MAGICIAN !!

THA T EVENING AS THE COBBLEt:' WAS PUTTING TOGETfiE" A MEAL

-I'VE COME TO TAI(E YOU TO MY PAL.ACE

r

r

r

THAT'S A BIG JUMP

fOQ ME, YOUQ

MAJESTY

r

I AL.WAYS SAY...

Prank Calls !

on

Illustrator: Archana Amberkar

Colourist: Umesh Sarode

THE HOUDAYS WEf;>EON AND TH12EEFk'IENDS - A12UN,

NEIL AND JAY - WE12ESPENDING THEI12AFTE12NOONS

AT A12UN'S PLACE

-OHA-OHA-OHA-OHA

!YOU

ARE OEAO, SPACE BOY!

90

0

0

M

YOU HAVE NOT

RECJ(ONEO WITH

MY BLASTER,

I AM SOQQY ? WHICH NUMBEQ 010 YOU WANT? HA\(UNA MAT AT A,

BUOOY

!

SOQQY, BE HAPPY!

~

y

MAOAM, I/M CALLING FQOM THE WATEQ

OEPAQTMENT. WE HAVE JUST QEPAIQEO A MAJOQ

PIPELINE. CAN YOU

PLEASE TUQN ON YOUQ TAP ANO LET

THE WATEQ QUN?

YES, THE WATEQ IS QUNNING NOW. WHAT AQE YOU WAITING FOQ ?! TQY ANO CATCH IT

!

F~OM THATOAY ON, EVE~Y AFTE~NOON WAS SPENT IN

MAKING Pt:lANKCALLS TO OIFFE~ENTNUMBE~S - OON'T PL.AY WITH

THe PHONe, BETA!

YOU MIGHT GeT

INTO TQOUBLe !

IT'S JUST

FUN, QAMU KAKA.OON'T

WOQQY!

I'M AFQAIO, SIQ,

THe FIQe HAS

CAuseo A

SHOQT CIQCUIT ANO HAS

FOUNO ITS WAY

INTO INOIVIOUAL CONNeCTIONS!

HELLO, I AM SPEAI(ING fROM THE

BEST BUS SERVICE. WE ARE

CONOUCTING A CUSTOMER

OUTREACH PROGRAMME. 00

YOU REGULARLY USE THE

BUS SERVICE?

MA'AM, 00 YOU

I(EEP ANY USEO

BUS TICI(ETS ! If ANY Of YOUR TICI(ETS HAVE SERIAL NUMBERS ENOING WITH 'lORO, YOU CAN WIN A SURPRISE GifT!

THEN TOOAY'S YOUR

LUCI(Y OAY ! TAI(E THOSE

TICI(ETS TO YOUR LOCAL

BEST OEPOT ANO COLLECT YOUR PRIZE! OH WOW! THANI( YOU! I WISH I COULO BE AT THE OEPOT WHEN

SHE ASI(S fOR

HER PRIZE!

YOUR NAME IS ARUN ANO YOU HAVE BEEN

MAI(ING PRANI( CALLS

TO PEOPLE WITH YOUR

fRIENOS, ..:JAY ANO

WHAT ?! WHO'S THIS! ! AM CALLING fQOM THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.WE HAVE QECEIVEO COMPLAINTS A80UT PQANK CALLS MAOE fQOM YOUQ NUM8EQ! THA T EVENING -HELLOOOO? LAKHAN ! YES, ! HAVE

SCAQEO THE 80YS AWAY! THEY WON'T KEEP THE PHONE LINE

8USY ANYMOQE.

ANO WE'VE 8EEN

TQOU8L1NG SO MANY PEOPLE .

TOO! IT'S NOT QIGHT !!