Nagraj

Nagraj ("Snake-King")(नागराज in Hindi) is an Indian comic hero from Raj Comics who arguably can be termed as the longest living Indian action comic Superhero. Created in the late 1980s by Indian artist Late Pratap Mullick,Nagraj has changed a lot in his life of more than 20 years both in terms of looks as well as stories. Despite the fact comic culture had once almost vanished in India, his fan base still increased & is expected to increase tremendously after his first animated movie is released.

The debutant issue of Nagraj was written by renowned writer Parshuram Sharma. Ever since 1995 the illustration work of Nagraj has been taken over by ace artist & writer Anupam Sinha. Today whatever Nagraj is, is because of these legends of Indian comic industry Pratap Mullick & Anupam Sinha.

The character of Nagraj is believed to be inspired by mythological Ichchhadhaari Naags (shape shifting snakes),historical Vishmanushya (venomous human) and arguably Marvel superhero Spiderman. His stories serve a rich blend of mythology, fantasy, magic & science fiction. Many Nagraj's fan believe that over time Nagraj's comics have developed a Snake Mythology of its own which is unique to the popular Indian beliefs about snakes prevalent among the masses.

Nagraj was originally conceived as an enemy of international terrorism. Interestingly, in his debut, Nagraj was unleashed as an international terror weapon by the evil scientist Professor Nagmani. Nagraj in this first mission was tasked to steal golden statue of a Goddess from a temple protected by tribal devotes, snakes & by a mysterious more than 300 years old Sadhu named Baba Gorakhnath.Nagraj succeeded in his task but upon confrontation with Gorakhnath & his mystic Black Mongoose Shikangi was defeated. Gorakhnath read his mind & found out that Professor Nagmani had implanted a mind controlling device in form of a capsule in Nagraj's head to keep him under his control. Gorakhnath operated & removed the capsule from Nagraj's head setting Nagraj free who became his disciple & vowed to eliminate crime & terror from the Earth. Since then Nagraj has thrice toured the World & defeated many villains & terrorists.

Presently Nagraj lives as Raj in a fictional Metropolitan City Mahanagar as an empolyee in a TV Channel secretly owned by himself.


Nagraj fact file :-
Age : Ageless
Height : 6'-2"
Weight : 89 Kgs
Eyes : Blue
Hairs : Black

Total comics available :-
Around 120

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