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(1961 - 1970) Post-Independence
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Indrajal Comics - Prince Orq
Govind Brahmania
"Indrajal Comics was a comic book series in India launched by the publisher of The Times of India, Bennet, Coleman & Co in March 1964. Back in the 1960s, when The Phantom comic strip by Lee Falk grew very popular in India, Anant Pai and others in Indrajal Comics collected them and published it as a comic book.The artwork of the covers for the initial 50 issues was done by B.Govind, which were highly regarded by Indian comics readers. Indrajal Comics covers essentially had three styles. The first with a small logo at the top left, featuring a child with a magic lamp, which was later replaced with just a magic lamp logo, with full-page cover art. The second was a thick horizontal section with a portrait of the Phantom, in a colored circle at the top-left, and the title Indrajal Comics beside it. The third and the last cover design had a larger horizontal section, with Indrajal and a small portrait of the Phantoms, with COMICS written in large letters. The earliest of the covers were drawn and painted by different artists. Later on too, they were drawn by artists like Shehab. Later on, cover art also included original artwork from the strip itself, apart from the ones drawn by artists. The Indrajal Comics covers typically depicted intriguing scenes from the main title story within. Artists like Shehab and Shekhar drew covers for foreign features like the Phantom, Mandrake, Flash Gordon, and others. The scenes which went on the covers were typically chosen to be intriguing so that they evoked interest and curiosity in the readers. May it be a scene in which the hero of the story in peril, or some action scene, or some other scene of significance, Indrajal Comics covers were very vibrant and original."
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Amar Chitra Katha - Krishna
Anant Pai
Amar Chitra Katha is an Indian publisher of Indian comics and graphic novels. The first comic from Amar Chitra Katha (ACK) was Krishna , written by Anant Pai himself in 1969 and illustrated by Ram Waeerkar. The company was founded in 1967 by Anant Pai and is headquartered in Mumbai. Most of its comics are based on religious legends and epics, historical figures and biographies, folktales, and cultural stories. It is said that 10,000 copies of the first edition of Krishna were printed, and it took about two years to sell them. The title went on to sell half a million copies.
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(1971 - 1980) Post-Independence
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Amar Chitra Katha - Urvashi
Pratap Mullick
Amar Chitra Katha is an Indian publisher of Indian comics and graphic novels. The company was founded in 1967 by Anant Pai and is headquartered in Mumbai. Veteran artist Pratap Mullick portrayed different side of Urvashi’s personality with his brushes. Kalidasa, the Sanskrit poet and dramatist is the author of Vikramorvashiam, the Sanskrit drama from which this book has been adapted. Most of Amar Chitra Katha comics are based on religious legends and epics, historical figures and biographies, folktales and cultural stories
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Amar Chitra Katha - Jayaprakash Narayan
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Anant Pai, popularly known as Uncle Pai, was an Indian educationalist and creator of Indian comics, in particular the Amar Chitra Katha series in 1967. Jayaprakash Narayan, popularly referred to as JP or Lok Nayak, was an Indian independence activist, theorist, socialist, and political leader. The country recognised Jayaprakash Narayan as an honest, brilliant, and selfless Gandhian. In Amar Chitra Katha, they have narrated Jayaprakash Narayan’s story.
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(1981 - 1990) Post-Independence
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Indrajal Comics - The Vindictive Ghost
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Indrajal comics was a comic book series in India launched by the publisher of The Times of India, Bennet, Coleman & Co, in March 1964. The Phantom is an American adventure comic strip, first published by Lee Falk in 1936. The Phantom first appeared in the Illustrated Weekly of India. Indian publisher Indrajal Comics began publishing a Phantom comic book in English; later they published it in many Indian languages.
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Chandoba Marathi 1990 (Chandamama)
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Chandamama was started in Telugu by B. Nagi Reddy and Chakrapani. Chandamama was a classic Indian monthly magazine for children. It is very famous for its illustrations. It was published as a long-running mythological/magical story that ran for years. The editor of this magazine was Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao.
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Indrajal Comics - The Jaws Of Treachery
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Indrajal Comics was a comic book series in India launched by the publisher of The Times of India, Bennet, Coleman & Co, in 1964. The publishers decided to cancel the series in their 27th year of production. The last issue was #805, published on April 16, ‘The Jaws of Treachery.’ A total of 803 Indrajal Comics were published, excluding #123 and # 124, which were not printed due to an industrial strike.
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(1991-2000) Post-Independence
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Amar Chitra Katha - Jawaharlal Nehru
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Jawaharlal Nehru is part of the Amar Chitra Katha. This book deals with the family and early life of Jawaharlal Nehru. From his father he learned social etiquette; from his mother, India's age-old philosophy and culture. From his Muslim mentor, he learned to respect different faiths, and from his English tutor, the best of Western and Indian thought. But none of them could have moulded the young Jawaharlal Nehru into the fiercely idealistic Indian so famous throughout the world today, a distinction he achieved by his own intelligence, keen observation, and hard work.
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Chandamama 1998
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Chandamama was started in Telugu by B. Nagi Reddy and Chakrapani. Chandamama was a classic Indian monthly magazine for children. It is very famous for its illustrations. It was published as a long-running mythological/magical story that ran for years. The editor of this magazine was Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao.
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Indrajal Comics - Escapade In The Jungle
Govind Brahmania
Escaped in the Jungle was released by Indrajal Comics on 1988. It was published as #717th story.
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