Raj Comics
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| Raj Comics | |
|---|---|
| Type | A division of Raja Pocket Books |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Headquarters | New Delhi |
| Key people | Sanjay Gupta,Manish Gupta,Manoj Gupta |
| Industry | Comics |
Raj Comics is an Indian comic book line published by a division of Raja Pocket Books.
Affectionately called "The Home Of Action Super Heroes" by the fan press, Raj Comics' best-known characters include Nagraj, Super Commando Dhruva, Doga, Parmanu, Shakti, Bheriya, Bhokal, Anthony, Fighter Toads, Bankelal and Super Indian.
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[edit] History
In year 1986, a comics company was opened by Mr. Rajkumar . He named it Raj Comics. His sons Sanjay Gupta, Manish Gupta and Manoj Gupta became the head of the Raj comics. Manish Gupta is the president, Sanjay Gupta is the editor and Manoj Gupta is in Finance Department.
The company focuses mainly on superhero-centric comic books. The majority of their output is in the Hindi language, but a few titles and 'special editions' have been translated into English.
The division of Raja Pocket Books, Raj Comics was founded in 1986 by Sanjay Gupta and Manish Gupta. It has produced close to 3500 comics till date.
Raja Pocket Books started publishing Raj comics and King Comics simultaneously. King comics lasted for about 5 years. After that, some heroes of King comics like Gamraj were merged in Raj comics. Not to be confused, Raj comics and King comics were two divisions of Raja Pocket Books. They used to publish comics using same artists and writers in both comics.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Major characters
The major characters in Raj Comics are:
- Nagraj
- Super Commando Dhruva
- Doga
- Parmanu
- Bheriya
- Bhokal
- Inspector Steel
- Anthony
- Shakti
- Tiranga
- Super Indian
- Fighter Toads
- Bankelal
- Gojo
- Ashwaraj
- Yoddha
- Blind Death
- Gamraj
- Tilismdev
- Shukral
- Prachanda
- Friendie
- Jaadugar
- Goldheart
[edit] Series
- Thrill-Horror-Suspence Series
- Huoooo-Series
- X-Series
[edit] Other comics
Other than the regular characters, Raj comics in the pattern of Manoj comics also publishes other stories involving fairy tales, knight tales, detective and other sort of stories.
[edit] Offices
There are mainly three offices of Raja Pocket Books situated in New Delhi. The Office of Raj Comics is situated at 330/1, Burari, New Delhi. The office of Rtoonz Academy Of Animation And Illustration and other distribution ofiices are situated in New Delhi.
