In ancient times, there existed a kingdom known as Takshaknagar, ruled by King Takshakraj and Queen Lalita who had no children. With time many new artists such as Lalit Sharma and Hemant Kumar have done illustration of Nagraj. Nagraj has changed a lot in his 25 years in print, both in terms of looks as well as powers and abilities. He also led to increase in frequency of Two-in-One comics, which combined Nagraj and Dhruv and started happening once in a year. The Khajana arc by Anupam Sinha set up the backstory beautifully, and discredited Nagmani many years after the comics began. Anupam Sinha's expansive narration could not completely fit in a single comic, so he used multi-comic stories to layer and enrich his tales. In the middle of the nineties Anupam Sinha (who was already running the mega-successful Dhruv series) took over the helms of Nagraj as well. Many of Nagraj's fans believe that, over time, Nagraj's comics have developed snake mythology of its own, which is unique to the popular Indian beliefs about snakes that are prevalent among the masses.

His stories create a rich blend of mythology, fantasy, magic, and science fiction. Nagraj is believed to have been inspired by the mythological Ichchhadhari Nag (shapeshifting snakes) and historical Vishmanushya (venomous human). Nagraj first appeared in the comics Nagraj GENL #14 which was written by Parshuram Sharma and illustrated by Pratap Mullick.Īfter that Sanjay Ashtpure, Pratap Mullick, Chandu, Milind Misal and Vitthal Kamble alternately illustrated the character for 44 issues, ending in 1995 with Visarpi Ki Shadi. Nagraj is a superhero appearing in Indian comic books published by Raj Comics created in the late 1980s by Rajkumar Gupta. Millions of microscopic shape shifting snakes in his body.Snakeman, Greenman, Green Death, Venomous Gunpowder, Nag-Samrat Nagraj Shah, CEO Snake Eyes Securitiesīrahmand Rakshak (Protectors of Universe), Panchnag, Sheetnag, Neernag

Raj, Public Relation Officer of Bharti Communications Nagraj GENL #14 (release date 1 April 1986)

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