Super Commando Dhruva
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| Super Commando Dhruva | |
 Super Commando Dhruva |
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| Publisher | Raj Comics |
| First appearance | Issue No. 74, "Pratishodh Ki Jwala" |
| Created by | Anupam Sinha |
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| Team affiliations | Commando Force, Brahmaand Rakshak |
| Notable aliases | Chandika, Dhananjay, Black Cat, Commando Force, Vanaputra, Barf Manav |
| Abilities | Master strategist, Can talk to birds and animals, Great agility, Martial arts master |
Super Commando Dhruva is fictional character, an Indian comic book superhero created by writer and artist Anupam Sinha. It is one of a number of titles published by Raj Comics.
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[edit] Origin
Dhruva was born to trapeze artists Shyam (father) and Radha (mother) in Jupiter circus. He was brought up in the circus amongst circus artists and animals. He learnt various skills from circus artists and developed skills to talk to animals and birds there.
Super Commando Dhruva comics series has all the ingredients of modern day pot boiler involving suspense, science fiction and Dhruva's agility and wisdom.
[edit] Plot summary
The series started with the comics Pratishodh ki Jwala (fire of revenge), in which Dhruva's parents were killed by members of Globe (competing) circus. Dhruva vowed to take revenge and used his wisdom and martial arts skills to fight with killers.
After the murder of his parents he was adopted by I.G. Rajan Mehra, an honest police officer. Mrs. Rajni Mehra loves Dhruv as much as her own son while their daughter Shweta puts her life at risk to help Dhruv bhaiya.
Later in the series (in Khooni Khaandaan, Ateet and Jigsaw), it was revealed that Dhurva has a family in France with Grandfather, Uncle, Aunt Marcell and a cousin brother Luka. His father Shyam lost his memory thanks to Dhurva's Aunt. She along with her son tried to kill Dhruva. Her aunt's son Luka had told Dhruva that his father was a murderer, accused of the murder of a police officer named, Lubek in France. Dhruva went to France and met Lubek's daughter Vera. She helped him in his investigations which proved that his father was innocent.
His original family is in Paris but after this story he never visited them and continued to stay with I.G. Rajan Mehra.
[edit] Attributes
'Dhruva' in Sanskrit means 'axis', which indicates one who remains in his position no matter what happens. The character has handsome looks and a muscular body, but does not have extraordinary superpowers like other comic heroes. He does, however, understand the language of animals and birds, a result of his upbringing in a circus, and they help him from time to time by reporting crimes happening in Rajnagar, the fictional city where he lives with his parents.
[edit] Powers and abilities
His only seemingly supernatural power is the ability to understand and talk to animals and birds (even sea creatures). Although this can, to some extent, be attributed to his childhood spent in Circus with all sorts of animals. Other than this, he is an excellent hand to hand combatant, with experienced in all major martial arts. He is a perfect marksman too. He is also a first class detective and a brilliant strategist who is able to follow minute clues to locate and counter villains, much more powerful than him. He is observed frequently to face super human villains and is able to win over them by his sheer intelligence. Apart from this he also has the ability to breathe under water, thanks to his friend Dhananjay's gift.
One great strength of Dhruva, as shown in each of his stories, is his ability to utilize objects around him as weapons to disarm or capture his enemies (he has vowed not to kill). He shows the practical application of scientific knowledge and inventive use of common items. In the multi-hero stories, it is always Dhruva who plans a way to defeat the powerful villains by strategically using the powers of other heroes.
Every night Dhruva patrols his city Rajnagar on his special motorbike to prevent crime. Unlike many super heroes he does not use a disguise.
Dhruva is also the founder and head of "Commando Force" a three member team (Peter Massy, Renu & Karim Shah) which helps him fight crime in Rajnagar.
Recently, his sister Shweta, who is a good science student, has given Dhruva a patch-up. So Dhruva now has, apart from his 'Star Transmitter' (to contact his commando headquarters), Boots which become roller skates with a little movement of his toe. And above all 'Star Line' a metallic rope with which he can use to swing from wall to wall much like 'Batman'. This rope is contained in the metallic bracelets given by Shweta along with metallic star-shaped blades called 'Star Blades'.
[edit] Family, friends and allies
Dhruva has been adopted by I.G. (Inspector General) Rajan and continues to live with his foster parents. His foster sister, Shweta, although appearing to be a normal girl, is in fact a heroine in her own right. She has saved Dhruva numerous times under the guise of 'Chandika' (name of a Hindu goddess). He believes that his sister is a very sweet and innocent girl with a weak heart and stomach and has no idea about her identity as Chandika. Dhruva loves his sister very much and can go any ways to protect her. He has a long list of friends including Dhananjay, Samri, Vanputra, Barf Manav, Black Cat, Kirigi, Lori and his love Commander Natasha, who is shown to have married and filed and won a decree of separation from him in the latest Nagayan series. Dhruva and Natasha also have a son named Rishi. It has been revealed in later Nagayan issues that separation was a ploy, to allow the Commander to penetrate her father's home. According to the latest issue, the ploy has been busted and she is in captivity of her father.
He has his own syndicate called Commando Force which helps him to fight crime.
He has had many adventures with Nagraj. These pairings lead to events similar to the Batman - Superman pairings in the DC Universe.
[edit] Controversy
Many Dhruva fans feel that new comics are not up to the standard of his older comics by Anupam Sinha. They whole heartedly point out that there is too much use of fairy tale in his recent comics written by Jolly Sinha, others argue that stories them selves are not as powerful and deep as they use to be. Although the additions to his costume are welcome, as Dhruv himself points out, "In this age of increasing crime and smarter criminals, you have to move on too." Still, many are correct in criticizing the recent magic-myth effusion into Raj Comics for its decline and also that of Dhruv, who has always been a normal person who fought normal criminals. Too many magical creatures has spoilt the legacy of Dhruva comics.
The quality of drawing is also degraded, specially with the inking of Vinod. It is far from what it used to be in "Udantashtari ke Bandhak" or "Grand Master Robo", where Anupam Sinha did great job with not just the story but drawing also. Most readers recommend to bring Manu, Lalit or Digwal for the inking in Dhruva comics to make it a world class comics.
Another common suggestion is to release Dhruva comics in English also. That would popularize these comics among international readers also.
[edit] Enemies
His arch rivals are
- Grand Master Robo
- Chandakaal
- Mahamanav
- Bauna Vaman - In Hindi, Bauna means dwarf and Vaaman was an incarnation of Vishnu which he had taken as a dwarf. However, this Vaaman is a villain. He is a little dynamite. Short and stocky with cocky hair style which make him conspicuous. He is mechanical buff. Remote Controlled gadgetry is his kind of thing. He is regular visitor to jail-courtesy Dhruva. Bauna Vaaman specialists in creating mechanical bugs and toy gadgets that are remote controlled and are used by him to harass , menace and terrorize his enemies.
- Suprema - A bald woman who is the boss of a powerful terrorist organisation. A competitor to Grand Master Robo.
- Dhwaniraj
- Doctor Virus - He is sickening news for all. Degenerated virus expert who puts his knowledge to evils purposes. Plagning society with crimes is his idea of great deed. He uses various viruses as his weapons of terror and naked blackmail. Dr.Virus is capable of cooking up genetic horrors. Micro-biology and genetic science is his forte.
- Jigsaw
- Quiz Master
- Nostredamos -A villain who uses zodiac signs as weapons. Arrested by Dhruva and sent to jail. Escaped from jail, helped Dhruva to solve a case. Dhruva got his case re-opened and got his jail term reduced.
- Super Nova - His weapon is light. He uses ultra-violet rays as laser beams and makes his enemies blind by destroying their eyes. He had blinded Dhruva also. It was later revealed that Dhruva was not blind. But Dhruva acted well like a blind man.
A similar character to Dhruva is Devdoot, the protagonist of Sitara Comics, created by Abhijit Onkar. He uses scientific acumen and common sense to solve mysteries, helped by his 6cm scientist friend Chhotu, in his adventures.
[edit] Titles
Raj Comics has published a number of titles on Super Commando Dhruva.
| Title |
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| SCD - A1 Atit |
| SCD - A2 Jigsaw |
| SCD - Aatank |
| SCD - Aatma ke chor |
| SCD - AC1 Aaya Chumba |
| SCD - AC2 Chumba Samraat |
| SCD - AM1 Andhi Maut |
| SCD - AM2 Shadyantra |
| SCD - Anth |
| SCD - AS1 Aadamkhoron Ka Swarg |
| SCD - AS2 Swarg ki tabahi |
| SCD - Awaz ki tabahi |
| SCD - Barf ki chita |
| SCD - Bauna Vaman |
| SCD - BC1 Black Cat |
| SCD - BC2 Robo kaa pratisodh |
| SCD - BC3 Commander Natasha |
| SCD - Bhoochal |
| SCD - Challenge |
| SCD - Chandkaal Ki Waspi |
| SCD - Chumba Ka Chakravyuh |
| SCD - Circus |
| SCD - CK1 Champion Killer |
| SCD - CK2 Akhiri Daon |
| SCD - Commondo Force |
| SCD - Daldal |
| SCD - DH1 Dhruv Hatyara Hai |
| SCD - DH2 Shahanshah |
| SCD - Dhruva Khatm |
| SCD - Dhruva Shakti |
| SCD - Digital |
| SCD - Doctor Virus |
| SCD - Doosra Dhruv |
| SCD - Dracula Ka Hamla |
| SCD - Dushman |
| SCD - Grand Master Robo |
| SCD - Gupt |
| SCD - Hatayari Raashiyan |
| SCD - Jung |
| SCD - Kaal Dhawani |
| SCD - Khirigi ka kahar |
| SCD - Khooni khandan |
| SCD - Khooni khiloney |
| SCD - Kohram |
| SCD - Kolahal |
| SCD - lahu_ke_pyase |
| SCD - M1 Mahakaal |
| SCD - M2 Nishachar |
| SCD - M3 Kalyug |
| SCD - Mahamanav |
| SCD - Main Samay Huin |
| SCD - Master blaster |
| SCD - Match |
| SCD - Maut ka olympic |
| SCD - Maut ke Chehre |
| SCD - MD1 Maine mara dhruv ko |
| SCD - MD2 Hatyara Kaun |
| SCD - MJ1 Spider |
| SCD - MJ2 Website |
| SCD - MJ3 World Wide Web |
| SCD - Mujhe maut chaahiye |
| SCD - Mummy ka qahar |
| SCD - Pralay |
| SCD - Pratishod ki jwala |
| SCD - Quiz Master |
| SCD - R1 Robot |
| SCD - R2 Super Commando Dhruv |
| SCD - Roman hatyara |
| SCD - Roohon Ka Shikanja |
| SCD - Saja-E-Maut |
| SCD - Samri ki jawala |
| SCD - Sanhar |
| SCD - SH1 SuperHero |
| SCD - SH2 Farishta |
| SCD - Shakti |
| SCD - Sheetan |
| SCD - Sheh aur mat |
| SCD - Spider |
| SCD - Suprema |
| SCD - Tanashah |
| SCD - Udantashtari_Ke_Bandhak |
| SCD - Udti maut |
| SCD - Vampire |
| SCD - Varankand |
| SCD - Video Villain |
| SCD - Vinaash Ke Vriksh |
| SCD - Vinaash |
| SCD - Voodo |
