HANUMAN TO

THE RESCUE
HANUMAN BRINGS THE SANJEEVANI
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© Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd, 1983, Reprinted July 2009, ISBN 81-89999-34-6
Published & Printed by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt. Ltd., 14 Marthanda, 4th floor,
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AYOPHYA ATTACKED LANKA, RAVANA,
THE KING OF LANKA, H/M SELF ROPE
O U T O N E PAY TO THE B A TTLEF/ELP .

IN THE COURSE OF THE PAY'S EVEN AS

HURLEP H/S LAKSHMANA
LAKSHM ANA. F E U . ...

...AA/P PROVE AWAY THE M IGHTY

...RAM A CAME FORW ARP ■•.
RAKSHASA. .
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 HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
B U T IT WOULI? TAKE
EIGH TEEN Y E A R S TO
GO TH ER E AN P
E BACK! /

r I C O U LP PO GO, HANUMAN. LOOK

IT IN MUCH FOR A GOLPEN
L E S S TH AN CREEPER WITH BLUE
EIG H TEEN FLOWERS.
V H O U R S.

IT GROWS ON E ITH E R 1 C A S T A S IP E VOUR

SIPE O F T H E RIVER A N X IE T IE S , LORP RAMA
WHICH FLOWS POWN LAKSHM ANA W ILL BE
ONE OF T H E PEAKS OF I k SAVE P . .
M OUNT OANPHA- A
M APANA.

W rZ rS L Jf I LEAVE A T
once.
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AS HE FLEW ALO N G , S U P P O R TED 3 s/ TH E W /NP, R A M N A SAW H /M FROM LANKA.

 HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
S EN P KALAN EMI KALANEMI WAS /? FEARFUL MONSTER. W/TH
TO M E | FOUR H EAPS, E/GHT EVES A N P E/GHT ARMS .
WAS ALSO A MAG IQ A N . [

~ HANUMAN IS> ON HIS WAV fO

y E S , UNCLE MOUNT GANPhAMAPANA TO
K A LA N E M I, I N E E P GET THE VISHALVA-KARANI
t YOUR H E LP . V
FOR LAKSHMANA WHOM
L I W0UNPEP IN BATTLE lOQfiN.

IF LAKSHMANA POES NOT <50 TO MOUNT GANPHA­

INHALE THE FUMES OF MAPANA ANP PESTROy
THE HERB BEFORE PAY BREAK, HANUMAN WITH yOUR PES TR O Y
HE WILL PIE ANP TH EN RAMA ^ MAGIC. A HANUMAN ?
k TOO WILL PIE OF GRIEF. y
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OH WHAT USE WOULP
THAT BE TO A PE/H? MAN?
FOR I SHALL SORELY MEET
MV PEATH AT HIS HANPS
IF I GO AFTER HI/M.

THERE'S A FEROCIOUS
CROCOPILE PROWLING
KALANEM! USEP HIS MAG/C TRANSPORT HIMSELF TO M O UNT
GANPHAMAPANA. I— TT------------- / \ Y . J S

THERE HE TRANSFORMED HIMSELF INTO ... CREATE? A BEAUTIFUL HERMITAGE

A HERM IT ... f v ) I / VI \ \ \ OUT OF THIN AIR ... I ---------

AHP SAT POWN OUTSIDE IT,

HE SHOULt? BE
COMING ALONG ANY
MOMENT NOW.
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GREETINGS
HOLY SIR.

WHAT GREAT GOOP GO ANP 0ATHE IN THAT

FORTUNE IT IS T O RIVER, MY CHILP ANP I AM IN GREAT
HAVE A G U E S T ! THEN VOU CAN j HASTE, SIR.
REFRESH VOURSELF A
_ON FRUITS.

I HAVE NO TIME FOR VOUR Q U EST HOW CAN I SENP

FOOP ANP PRINK. I AM CAN WAIT. YOU AWAY W ITH - ,
LOOKING FOR A HERB OU T FEEPING
CALLEP VISHALYA— ^ YOU ? IF ONE FAILS
KARANI. ^ T O PERSUfcPE H IS ]
G U E S T T O EAT,
HE IS SURE TO
J
fl
B E DOOMED.
 HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
LOOK AT TH E GO ANP BATHE W fT. IF ALL RIGHT
CLEAR SPARKLING YOU PO S O , I PROMISE I'LL PO A S
WATER OF YOU WON’T FEEL THIRSTy YOU S A Y .
T H A T RIVER. FOR A W H O L E S ^

TH E CROCOPILE WILL HAkUMAN W APEP IN TO

TEAR HIM TO PIECES. THE RtVER. ...
ANP I SHALL GO TO
NOW HE'S
RAVANA ANP CLAIM
PONE FOR

TO SPLASH A B O U T .

9
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IT M OVEP FORVUH&P SILEA/TLY A N P S M F T IX .

H E LUA/QEP FORW ARP . . .

 HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
AMP FLUNG r r TO TH E SHORE

THEN MB POUNCE? ON IT AND AS H E S TEP P ED AW AY FROM

TORS O PEN IT S ER E A S T . P T it s carcass— i

W HAT N O W ?

ONCE WHEN I WAS

I AM A CELESTIAL PANCING.MY FOOT
PANCER. . ACCIPENTALLY
TO U C H EP TH E
PERSON OF

B
INPRA.
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HE WAS 6 0 ENRAGEP BEWARE OF TH E
TH A T HE TU R N EP ME FALSE HERM IT, O SON
INTO A CROCOPILE... OF TH E W INP ! a
ANP PECREEP T H A T
I SHOULP LIVE IN THIS
RIVER TILL I WAS
k li be r a t e p By y
you.

KALANEM I MEANW HILE AS FOR TH E WEALTH

WAS MAKING PLANS IN TH E TR EA SUR E
FOR THE F U TU R E . H O U S E S EVERYTH ING
T H E FALSE
I M UST MAKE SURE I G E T WILL BE PIVIPEP
H E R M IT ?
TH E BEST HALF OF LANKA EQUALLY. SO TOO TH E
THE W ESTERN COAST H O R SES A N P T H E
COULP G E T FLOOPEP. I'LL E LEP H A N TS . j
TA K E* TH E # > . / . ,
EASTERN
PART.

r ANP i'l l t a k e
4 h e b e a u t if u l
q u e e n M ANPO-
PARI FOR
L. M Y S E LF.
 Y -V O U 'R E BACK* PLEASE THROW ASIPE
HAVE SOME YO U R FR U IT,
. FR U IT. FALSE O N E ..

ANP PREPARE i'l l p o w h a t

FOR ^OUR T H E CRO CO PILE
DEATH, ^ C O U L P N 'T.

THE EA R TH SHOOK THEN HANUM AN FLU MG HIS

AS THE COMBATANTS ADVER SAR Y TO THE GROUND
W RESTLED W ITH f AND*.
ONE AN O TH ER.
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COILING HIS TAIL ROUNP H/M HURLEP H /M JN TO THE 3KY

IN LANKA , A T HAVANA'S COURT

IT ’5 KALANEMI \ HE HAS
FAILEP IN H IS M ISSIO N .
T H A T HERB M U S T N O T
w REACH LAK SH M AN A^
HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE

RAVANA WAS THE MASTER. O F THE THREE

WORLPS A N P THE SUN, TO O , H A P TO OBEY
HIM . WHEN H E CAME —
LISTEN TO M E . V E S T E R -
[#W, I GRIEVOUSLY
W0UNPEP LAKSH/WANA.

m n
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SOME TIM E LATER. t HANUM AN WHO WAS

SEARCHING FRANTICALLY FOR TH E H ERB, 14/AS
STARTLER TO S E E A R O S Y GLOW O N TH E
H O R IZO N . — ^
------» [ W H A T ! is T H E
: H H . eaN REAPV
v ' o X - to r is e f

7//£ Sd/A/ GOD'S CHARIO TEER WAS

I MUST STOP S TA R TLE D TO S E E A H U G E M O N KEY
HIM AT ONCE} PRO PPING DOW N FROM TH E S K Y A N P
BARRING TH E R O A P TO TH E E A S T.

H E W HIPPED H IS H ORSES
R O U N P TOW ARDS TH E
W EST . P -------------------------
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L IS T E N , O P E V A J AM
T H E SON OF TH E WIN P .
I HAVE COME TO G E T
A HERB WHICH COULD SW E
LAKSHMANA'S l i f e .

IF LAKSH/WANA P0 NOT RISE

P IE S , RAMA T O O BEFO RE
WILL PIE OF A LAKSHM ANA
BROKEN H EAR T. IS
TO HEALTH,
I BEG VO U.

MV
SYMPATHIES
ARE W ITH
R A M A ,0
SON O F
TH E WINP.
 HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
AS TH E S U N LE A N E P .. - HANUM AN C AU G H T A N P BEFO R E H E KNEW
FOR W A R P ••• HIM IN A W H A T W AS H APPENIN G
B U N P LE P HIM U N D E R
EM BRACE.

THEN HE R US H ED BACK TO
GAN PHAM APANA . i----------777— ) N O T MUCH T IM E
L E F T . S6/SHENA SAIP
IT'S A G O LP EN
C R E EP ER W ITH
BLUE FLOWERS*— „

••• B U T I C A N 'T A S HE WAS W ANDERING A R O U N P , H E

SEE AN Y SUCH CAME ACROSS SO M E G A N PH A R VA S -
PLANT H E R E . TH EY W ER E SIN G IN G A N P PANC/NG ^ H
TH E Y WILL KNOW
W H ER E I CAN FINP
1 TH E HERB. A
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GOOD P EO P LE , PLEASE THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT W H AT IS HE
TE L L M E W HERE I COULD BATTLE BETW EEN MV /WASTER, TA L K IN G
FIND T H E PLA N T CALL- RAMA ANP TH E LORD OF ABOUT P A
EP V I5 H A LV A -K flR ftm ., LAN KA. RAM A’S B R O TH E R
LAKSHMANA LIES A T PEATH'S. AND W H AT
POOR- IS TH A T <3L0W1
— AROUND HIS
A R M P IT ?

s
ill

WE HAVE NEVER NOW T E L L U S WHY Y L E T GO

HEARD OF ANYONE YOU HAVE REALLY I OF M E .

S
ILLEP R A M A . T H E ^ COME H ER E.
3NLY KIN GS W E
KNOW A R E OUR
OW N— T H E GREAT
HOO HOO A N P
HA HA • ^

TH E GANDHARi/AS CROW P E P ROUND H E M A P E H IM S ELF AS HUGE A S A HILL

HIM , TEASING HIM A N P PULLIN G
A T H IS HAIR.. HANUM AN M AS
E N R A G ED . P----------- — -----“ — 5 T
 HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE

gg A N P STRUCK BACK A T H IS
TO R M EN TO R S .

B U T H AN UM AN P U LLE P THEIR. BOW S ...A N P BROKE TH E M .

A WAY FROM T H E M ...

PANDEM ONIUM BROKE O U T AM ONG

TH E GANPHARVfiS A N P HAN UM AN ^ RAMA A N P ^
W OULD H AVE P E S TR O V ED TH EM THE O T H E R S M U S T
A LL IF H E H A P N O T S U D D E N LY BE W AITING
R E M E M B E R E D H IS R E A S O N FO R ANXIOU&LV FO R
MV R E TU R N , r-
B EIN G TH E R E .
I CAN’T WASTE
TIM E FIGHTING
THESE PEOPLE.
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 HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
RAM A A N P EV ER YO N E
E L S E W ER E AM AZED TO
SEE H AN UM AN P ES C EN P-
W ITH A H U G E
M O U N TA IN .

L A T E R , W HEN H E H A P TH EN TH E ...A N D H E L D I T TO
LOW ERED H IS LO A D , A N P PHYSICIAN W E N T LA K S H M A N A 'S N O S E .
EXPLAIN ED H IS D IFFICU LTY BACK TO TH E
IN FIN D IN G TH E H E R B , CAMP , M A D E A
SUSH EN A H IM S E L F W E N T P A S TE O U T O F
U p W IT H H IM A N D GATHERED TH E H E R B S ...
TH E P LA N TS H E W A N TE D .

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SO ONCE AG AIN ,
HANUMAN PICKEP
UP M O UN T
GANPHAM APANA--
 HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
S E V E N H U G E U O N -F A C E P R AK SH ASA S
TOOK OFF A FTER . H A N U M A N . r-----------------

HE'LL FIND IT
DIFFICULT TO DEFEND
HIMSELF WITH THAT
/MOUNTAIN IN HIS
HAND. HA HA HA I

TH E S EV EN RAK& HA&AS S U R R O U N P E P H A N U M A N

L E T ’S S E E
HOW BR AVE
VOU AR E NOW
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B U T A S T H E Y M O V E D C LO S ER , H E ...A N D B EFO R E TH EY KNEW W HAT
S U D D E N LY S H O T O U T H tS TA IL . . . W AS H A P P EN IN G , C O ILE D I T R O U N D
SIX O F TH EM .
HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
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HE CRUSHEP SOME LEAVES ...P R O P P E P THEM ...A N P SPRIN KLEP TH E
OF THE PLANT WHICH H A P IN TO W A TE R ... W ATER OVER THE
H EALEP - LAKSHM ANA ... G AN PHARVAS. I ~Z— ?

ONE B Y ONE THE WHAT

GANPHARVAS BEGAN H AP PEN EPP
TO S IT UP. |-----------H

WHERE
AM I ?

LOOK, THERE'S THE HANUM AN P IP N O T W A IT TO F IG H T

MONKEY WHO ATTACK- A TH EM . ---------------------------------------------------
EP CIS I

77/£ GANPHARVAS
R USHEP A T HANUMAN.
 HANUMAN TO THE RESCUE
AND SPED 3ACK TO LANKA HIS COMRADES
R AISED A LOUD
CHEER. W HEN
THEY SAW HIM .
HANUMAN HAS
R ETU R N ED I

AS HANUMAN WHAT IS THAT SHINING

SALUTED RAMA UNDER YOUR ARM* SON
OF TH E WIND? A
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