Indian Comics

I have been collecting Indian and US comics for sometimes, but not avid collector, just for sake for myself. I am more in to picture stories or "Chitra Katha" from india as I like the stories and art inside.

For longest time, I did not know how many titles or how many comic books existed. Most people knows about "Amar Chitra Katha" comics, there are also Indrajaal comics, Manoj Comics, Radha Comics, Aadarsh Chitra Katha, Chaturang Katha and many many more ...

I finally got completed list from web here, and started to see which I had in either physical copy or e-copy and I realized that I have some long way to go. Hardest part if some of Amar Chitra Katha or ACKs retired but never republish the copy in to circulation, so that meant only way to get copy was to buy it from second hand vendor or person, which is sometimes very hard to find, at least for me.

Best Amar Chitra Katha list with details: Here Source

Following Titles are out of Circulation now and some are not easy to find.

041. Chhatrasal
048. Tarabai
068. Tukaram	(but in a new 3-in-1, #10057 Poet-Saints of India)
078. Shridatta	(but in a new 5-in-1, #1035 Stories from the Kathasaritasagara)
094. Narsinh Mehta	(but a the new 3-in-1, #10057 Poet-Saints of India)
098. Pundalik (and Sakhu [Sukh-Bai])
102. Nagananda	(but in a new 5-in-1, #1036 Kadambari and other ancient classics)
123. Ekanath	(but in a new 5-in-1, #1027 Poets and Thinkers)
129. Malati and Madhava	(but in a new 5-in-1, #1036 Kadambari and other ancient classics)
132. Ranak Devi
139. Prince Hritadhwaja	(but in a new 3-in-1, #10051 Tales From The Puranas)
140. Humayun	(but in a new 5-in-1, #1031 Great Mughals)
144. Purandara Dasa
181. Guru Har Gobind	(but in a new 5-in-1, #1021 Famous Sikh Gurus)
182. The Battle for Srinagar
186. Tiruppan (and Kanakadasa)
190. Kannappa
192. Ranadhira
208. Jayadeva
222. Samarth Ramdas
227. Sadhu Vaswani
232. Dara Shukoh & Aurangzeb	(but in a new 3-in-1, #10050 The Mughal Court)
236. Bahman Shah
245. Tyagaraja	(but in a new 3-in-1, #10057 Poet-Saints of India)
256. Sakhi Sarwar
265. Echchama the Brave
281. Shunahshepa
282. The Taming of Gulla	(but in a new bound set Great Indian Classics)
285. Joymati
286. Thanedar Hasan Askari
296. Mahamati Prannath
298. Damaji Pant (and Narhari)
303. Senapati Bapat
304. Doctor Kotnis in China
306. The Story of a Scientist
310. The True Conqueror	(but in a new 5-in-1, #1037 The Fearless Boy and Other Buddhist Stories)
317. Annapati Suyya
320. Chandrapeeda
326. Tales of Avvaiyaar
328. Rajbala (and Ajit Singh)	(plus "Bir Singh and Sunderbai")
340. The Making of a Swordsman	(but in a new 5-in-1, #1037 The Fearless Boy and Other Buddhist Stories)
348. March to Freedom 1	("Birth of the Indian National Congress"; incorporated into The Story of the Freedom Struggle)
350. Guru Ravidas
360. March to Freedom 3	("The Saga of Indian Revolutionaries"; incorporated into The Story of the Freedom Struggle)
364. Khudiram Bose
366. Patali Putra	(but in a new 5-in-1, #1035 Stories from the Kathasaritasagara)
368. The Nawab's Dream
370. Raja Desing
374. Hamsavali	(but in a new 5-in-1, #1035 Stories from the Kathasaritasagara)
376. Lila & Chanesar
378. Shringabhuja	(but in a new 5-in-1, #1035 Stories from the Kathasaritasagara)
380. Padmavati
388. Sundarasena
394. Pulakeshi II
407. Kohinoor	(but in a new 3-in-1, #10050 The Mughal Court)
414. Mahatma Gandhi	("The early days", with #416 as a Special Issue; see also March to Freedom series)
416. Mahatma Gandhi	("The father of the nation", with #414)
418. The French Revolution
422. Louis Pasteur (and Marie)
428. Napoleon Bonaparte
430. An Exciting Find	(re-issued in 2012 not as a single but as part of a new 2-in-1 special issue titled as next)
432. The Indus Valley Adventure	(re-issued in 2012 not as a single but together with #430 as a new 2-in-1 special issue)
433. The Quick Witted Birbal	(was new #602, but withdrawn)
434. The Chosen Bridegroom	(but in a new 5-in-1, #1035 Stories from the Kathasaritasagara)

Some of the above listing have been re-released with new numbers or in special 5in1 comics, but many are not easily available.

 Chaturang Katha (CK)

 
Chaturang (or Chaturanga), literally "four colors" or "four aspects", is best known as the Indian ancestor of chess but is also used in many other contexts. The IBH Chaturang Katha series, which consists mostly if not all of love stories, was apparently published between 1976 and 1980 and had at least 18 titles, the lowest known issue number being #501, the highest #517. Some were later reprinted in the original ACK series proper, though perhaps with the title changed. There were apparently 20 titles in all, including the 16 listed on this back cover (thanks again to Ajay Misra; many can be downloaded online from here):

#501 Padmavati

ACK #380 Padmavati

#502 Hamsavali

ACK #374 Hamsavali

#503 Lila & Chanesar

ACK #376 Lila & Chanesar

#507 Sundarasena

ACK #388 Sundarasena

#508 Shringabhuja

ACK #378 Shringabhuja

#513 Rani Rupmati

ACK #412 Roopmati

#517 Muladeva

ACK #424 The Clever Dancer

#504 Virvar

#505 The Strange Sacrifice

#506 Chemmeen

#509 Heer-Ranjha

#510 Nildevi

not in ACK;

#511 Sassi Punno

not in ACK;

#512 Lavanyavati

not in ACK;

#514 Chandraprabha

not in ACK;

#515 Rupinika

not in ACK;

#516 Mastani

not in ACK;

#518 Mirza Sahibanh

not in ACK;

#519 Kandarpa

not in ACK;

#520 Chauladevi

not in ACK;