POSTING ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF HINDI GARTH COMIC STRIP PUBLISHED IN INDIAN NEWSPAPER "HINDUSTAN" IN 1965-AS-"हमलावर "
THE INVADERS
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A prospector’s camp
deep into the blue mountain ranges of Virginia-
Jo, sam wake up
wake up!
Uhh!Is something
wrong?
Sam ! look down there in the valley!
Zeek smith his daughter joe and their companion sam stare
at a strange flying soccer like thing
floatin g at the bottom of the bowel shaped valley floor---
This thing was not there in till last evening!
It must be about 400 yards wide , if it is something ,it
seems to be floating above the ground level!
It must have somehow descended from the skies last night!
Pa! this is a space ship! A space ship!- cries zeek’s
daughter joe
Joe- pa! believe me this is a space craft from some alien world in space ,I have
seen such picture in the comic books!
Zeek- shut up jo sam and me don’t believe these modern
things!
“I think we should get closer to it and see-suggests sam.
Right o, you stay here-says zeek
Two men descend
halfway down the long slope…
Sam- I will move forwards you stay back and be on the
lookout if this thing makes a movement!
Zeek- ok sam but be very careful moving ahead!
Sam descends down the slope holding a rifle in his hands…
Joe watching from above[thinking]—I can bet it is a
spaceship from someother planet , probably youg men from Venus
or some other planet ….
Suddenly sam is enveloped in
flames and is instantly
incinerated….
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SAM! Zeek shouts watching his friend burnt alive and turned
to ashes..
At the edge of the valley
a horrified joe watches the gruesome sight-no! these space men are not
good men!
Zeek- sam is dead ,they have killed him!
Th ewall of flames suddenly disappears leaving behind blackened
charred remains of sam’s body
Zeek warns joe who is coming running down the slope-“jo stay
back….back!
They have incinerated sam….i tell you they have come from
outer space…
Zeek- “I don’t care who they are, but they have killed my
friend and I cannot stay silent!’
A strange being comes out of the space craft and begins to
float in the air
Oe warns her father “pa! don’t shoot!”
Zeek- “jo this is not human it looks like an insect!”
Zeek raises hi rifle and is beginning to take aim when joe
warns him-“ it is no use shooting at him bullent won’t affect him , I told you
he is an alien as I told you these aliens have powers!
A disembodied voice seems to emanate from the strange insect
like “thing”—don’t come any nearer, using force will be counterproductive!
Otherwise you will be killed!
This inhuman voice clearly reaches zeek and his daughter
joe!
Akind of ray protects
our space ship and it can be fatal !
Zeek- what is “fatal” joe! There is something does not seem right here
Joe- it means some protective force field which can kill you
the way it has killed sam.
Hissing noice from
the rock as if there is some gas leak and joe and zeek start choking—“ugh… can’t
breathe!”
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ZEEK Smith has regained consciousness and finds himself and
joe tied and bound by ropes –
joe “papa you were right!”
zeek- I guess was I intoxicated some how?
No papa this was the
doing of those insects!they killed sam and used some gas to overcome us iguess
we are inside their space craft…
A screen suddenly
glws on the wall-
“listen earthlings”
Ooh !you cruel insect! Shouts zeek
You cruel insect you killed my companion sam!- shouts zeek
“ shut up”
We have orders if you don’t obey our orders and talk to
anybody other than the one chosen your death is certain! Because there is a
tiny bomb inside your body which will go off if you start thinking of betrayal
Uh huh!
Joe- they must have done something while we were unconscious.
Zeek- what did he mean by that? Small bombs inside our body
and how can they blow up if we have any wrong thoughts in our minds? I don’t
understand joe!
Oe- papa they can surely do this… if we don’t obey their
orders these bombs will explode
This earth woman is right!- says the alien.
Harsh disemboweled voice of the ‘insect’ drones on….
--“you will be given a small but powerful communicator!”
“and here it is!” a triangular black box with screen appears
on a raised platform in front of bound and tied father daughter duo.
Zeek- joe how do these dumb ‘isects’ speak?
Joe-I tild you pa they are not dumb , they have a very
developed superior mind and intellect!
You take this communicator to a man called lumiere who is in
your capital city Washington at the moment-instructs the worm like alien.
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Now you will see a photograph of professor lumiere to whom you have to go….
The” worm “disappears from the screen and another picture
takes it’s place-“professor lumiere”
You will hand over this communicator to him and tell
him about our powers and what you have
seen of us , tell him that further instructions will be given on the
communicator.
Enough! Cries out
zeek as once again a cloud of gas envelops joe and zeek
Zeek comes to his senses being shaken up to wakefulness by
his daughter –“ I was having a nightmare about
and those giant “insects” who killed sam.
Joe it was not a dream ,it really happened,look at that
communicator which they gave us.
Zeek- Really? where
did that big ship go ?
Asmall screen is
flickering on the communicator--- “ you will not be able to see our ship now,
obey the orders!- instructs the “insect”
Joe- you carry it very carefully pa and don’t say anything
to anyone apart from professor lumiere otherwise we have had it.
Zeek- these ordinary insects that have sewn tiny bombs…so
that we can’t tell anyone this is unfair …
Joe – neither was killing poor sam…..but they killed him!
We will have to go to Washington pa.. even if we have to pay
every last penny of our meager saving.
Zeek- but how would we find them?
Zeek and joe are in Washington joe [following and calling out a tall well built man in a
hotel lobby- hey mister ! who turns and greets oe-hello[it is garth!]joe asks
him- how can we find professor lumiere we saw his photograph in the newspapers
and learnt that he was in Washington..
You are probably his companion will you please help us?
Garth- your work seems urgent and important!
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PROFESSOR LUMIERE is in his hotel room when garth enters-
Lumiere—lecture , television interviews,dialogues with
American scientiss are all so exciting and interesting but I am so exhausted!
Garth- I understand professor
But probably you would be glad to meet my new friends they
have something important they want to give !
Garth- professor meet zeek and his daughter joe!
Joe-[holding the communicator in her hands]—professor we are
glad to see you.
Garth- joe ,zeek meet professor lumiere!
Zeek speaks out while joe is putting the communicator down gingerly on a side table as professor
lumiere is starting to stand up]-yes he exactly looks like his picture which
the “insects” showed us!
Garth-“insects”?
Joe-pa! shut up!
Zeek- but I did not say anything!
Insects told us to tell professor lumiere about them after
we hand over the communicator !
Joe—looking sideways at garth--- yes but no one else should
overhear us!
Joe [addressing garth]- -look sir I have to speak with
professor alone!
Zeek-she is telling the truth,these insects who have come from outer space have put small bombs inside my and Joe’s body,
and if we talk to anybody other than professor lumiere ,they will explode!
Zee- holding his mouth- oh! I have spilled the beans!
Joe[shocked at stupidity of her father]- oh pa!
Garth[mystified at the turn of events]- what is all this?
Joe- papa just told to you everything about those “insects”
he should have been blown up!
Zeek- but I am all right joe probably these small bombs have
long fuse..
Joe probably they think that you are an imbecile so they
decided to forgive you!
Zeek[offended]- ok friends! Listen to me I did not do anything, I am only an imbecile..
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GARTH AND PROFESSOR LUMIERE ARE busy examining the
communicator—
Garth- I am sorry professor I dis not realize that they were
dimwits!
Lumiere- I am surprised where did they find this? There is
no switch or button on the outside but it has got excellent design.
Joe- tis gets started on its own now and then ,so that those “insect aliens” come to know about
us.
Garth is holding the communicator in his hands when it’d
screen suddenly glows and comes to life—“professor look!”
Joe—this is one of them “insects”
“alien on the communicator screen”- o! lumiere?
Professor-yes!
‘Insect’---“now we can see you and hear you! Who is this
other man with you?”
My friend garth, but who are you? Asks lumiere
The alien “insect” drone on The persons who have come to you
got lucky, their bombs did not explode, listen to their story , I will contact
you again in 10 minutes. Screen is dead.
Zeek –see? Didn’t I
tell you? “Insects from outer space have tricked and fooled us!”
They have the powers, miraculous powers, strange gadgets
like the one you read about in comic strips!
Joe- pa! He know everything he is a professor !
Professor addressing garth who is putting down the
communicator –ok now leave that thing alone and listen to the story our friends
have to tell us.
joe and zeek have told their yarn-…so we st off for
Washington and found you here exactly like those insects had told us!
Joe- in comic book stories sometimes good aliens also come
from space but these were evil who killed sam mercilessly .
Garth – but probably they do not want the world to know that
they are here, what is their objective?
Communicator screen starts to glow again-
Lumiere- maybe we shall know now?
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