Raj Comics - History

History

Raj Comics was started in 1986 by Rajkumar Gupta.

The company focuses 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. It has produced close to 35,000 comics to date. Raj Comics has become a legend over the years. Around the start of 90s, Raj Comics were so popular, because of its characters such as Dhruv, Doga, and Nagraj, that children and young teenagers started to rent hundreds of comics to other readers who were unable to buy the comics, even though the comics were economically priced and several discounts were provided to regular and guide-readers. Renting and lending of comics, as well as exchanging stickers based on these heroes, became so popular that not just kids, but their parents as well, started to consider comics a good habit of reading. Sometimes comics did become hazardous for students at school who were reading them instead of paying attention to classes. Disciplinary action was taken against students who were found reading comics in class, so this is a testament to the almost religious status of Raj comics among the Indian youth. Raja Pocket Books started publishing Raj Comics and King Comics simultaneously. King comics only lasted for around 2 years. After that, some heroes of King Comics, like Gamraj, were merged into Raj Comics. A recently released issue, based on common wealth games, also featured a King Comics character known as "Vakra."