Nagraj

Nagraj
Publication information
First appearance Issue No 14 "Nagraj" (1986)
In-story information
Alter ego

{Earlier} Mr. Raj, Public Relation Officer of Bharti Communications.

{now} Mr.Nagraj Shah CEO Snake Eyes Securities
Team affiliations Brahmand Rakshak,Panchnag, Sheetnag, Neernag
Notable aliases Snakeman, Greenman, Green Death, Venomous Gunpowder, Nag-Samrat
Abilities
  • Ageless
  • Superhuman strength,
  • Super regenerative healing factor
  • Sixth sense
  • Infrared sensing
  • Expert martial artist
  • Unique hypnotism
  • Poison-bite
  • Snake-spit
  • Venomous breath
  • Skin shedding
  • Millions of microscopic shape shifting snakes in his body
  • Shape shifting
  • Psychic powers (telepathy, teleportation, telekinesis)
  • Explosive snakes, etc.

Nagraj ("Snake-King") (नागराज in Devanagari script) is a fictional superhero appearing in Raj Comics,.[1] Created in the late 1980s by Sanjay Gupta, Nagraj has changed a lot in his 25 years in print, both in terms of looks as well as powers and abilities.[2][3]

Overview

The debut issue of Nagraj was written by Parshuram Sharma and illustrated by Sanjay ashtputre.After that Pratap Mullick illustrated the character for around 50 issues, ending in 1995. Since 1995, the illustration work of Nagraj has been taken over by artist and writer Anupam Sinha.

The name Nagraj is derived from the word "Nagaraja"(Hindi:नागराजा ) which is itself made up of two words "nāga" (Hindi:नाग) and "raja" (Hindi:राजा) where the word "nāga" means snake and "raja" means king. Nagraj is believed to have been inspired by the mythological Ichchhadhari Nag (shape shifting snakes) and historical Vishmanushya (venomous human). His stories create a rich blend of mythology, fantasy, magic, and science fiction. Many of Nagraj's fans 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 that are prevalent among the masses.

Nagraj was originally conceived as an enemy of international terrorism. Interestingly, in his debut issue, Nagraj was unleashed as an international terror weapon by the evil scientist Professor Nagmani. Nagraj, in this first mission, was tasked with stealing a golden statue of a Goddess from a temple that was protected by tribal devotees, snakes, and by a mysterious 300-year-old Sadhu named Baba Gorakhnath. Nagraj succeeded in his task, but upon confrontation with Gorakhnath and his mystic black mongoose shikangi, was defeated. Gorakhnath read his mind and discovered that Professor Nagmani had implanted a mind control device in the form of a capsule in Nagraj's head, to keep him under his control. Gorakhnath operated and removed the capsule from Nagraj's head, setting Nagraj free of Professor Nagmani's control. Nagraj then became Baba Goraknath's disciple and vowed to eliminate crime and terror from the Earth. Since then, Nagraj has thrice toured the world and defeated many villains and terrorists.

Nagraj lives as Raj (After Nagraj Ke Baad, he is under disguise of Nagraj Shah) in a fictional Metropolitan City Mahanagar as an employee of a TV channel that he owns secretly.

Fictional character biography

In ancient times, there existed a kingdom known as Takshaknagar, ruled by King Takshakraj and Queen Lalita. The couple had no worries except for one fact that, they had no children. The absence of a prince or princess made Nagpasha the only potential heir to the throne. Nagpasha was the younger brother of the King Takshakraj. Knowing that he was the only potential heir to the throne, Nagpasha started living a lavish worry-free life.

As time passed, Queen Lalita started getting depressed for not having a child of her own. The king realised the cause of her depression and became upset as well. The couple used to pray to their family deity Dev Kaljayi for his blessings. Dev Kaljayi also knew of their grievances, so one day he blessed them to have a great child. His blessings came true as the queen soon became pregnant and the whole kingdom rejoiced, except for Nagpasha. The birth of this child meant the loss of the throne for him, so he decided to kill the child before he was born.

One day when the queen was going to pray to Deva Kaljayi, Nagpasha replaced the curtained plate of her offerings to the god with one containing a dead mongoose. The Snake God got angry and knocked her unconscious with his venomous breath. The king sought forgiveness from the Devta and pleaded with him to cure his wife, to which the Devta refused. Then the desperate king tried to commit suicide. Not able to withstand a devotee's death, Deva Kaljayi showed him a way to save the queen's life. He gave a crystal to the king and told him to treat it with the queen's medicine. The crystal would divert all the poison from the queen's body to the child's body. However, due to the ill effects of the poison. the queen would lose her fertility.

The kingdom was highly grieved, as was the king. Nagpasha was overjoyed that he was now the sole heir to the throne. When the child was born, everyone believed him dead because his whole body was blue and showed no signs of life. As per Hindu rituals, the newborn baby was thrown into the river.

Nagpasha rejoiced and went to Deva Kaljayi; the deity that also protected the grand royal treasure in form of a giant two-headed snake, and asked him to hand over the royal treasures, telling him that now he was the sole heir to the throne, so the treasure rightfully belonged to him. Deva Kaljayi refused and told him that the "real successor" to the throne was alive and when the time comes the treasure will be handed over to him. Enraged, Nagpasha raised his sword against the deity only to be thrown away by a mere flick of the giant snake's tail. Nagpasha fell upon two bowls, one containing the highly toxic venom (halahal,the greatest form of venom as believed by Hindus) which destroyed his face and mixed with his blood, and the other containing Amrit, which made him immortal. Simultaneous effects of both made Nagpasha an immortal, venomous man. At that time, Nagpasha could not tolerate the changes in his body and fainted.

When the king was informed of the happenings by Dev Kaljayi, he realised that his son was not dead and he also realised the potential dangers to his son's life. So he ordered his faithful astrologer Vedacharya, who had great knowledge of Tilism to enclose the treasure in a Tilism which could be broken only by his son. Vedacharya made the tilism with the co-operation of Dev Kaljayi to ensure that no one, except for the king's son, will be able to break the tilism, not even immortal Nagpasha. When Nagpasha came to his senses, he realised that he had lost the treasure. Enraged, he murdered the king and the queen.

The child, floating away on the river in his state of suspended animation, got stuck somewhere in bushes. He laid there for a long time.

Meanwhile, the snake deity Deva Kaljayi appeared in the dreams of King Maniraj and his wife Queen Manika, rulers of ageless Ichchhadhaari naags, living secretly on an invisible island in the Indian Ocean called Nagdweep. He told them the location of the baby and asked them to cure him. They did so and discovered that the baby was far more venomous than the greatest snake on Nagdweep, which was Mahatma Kaaldoot, indicating that he had divine venom of the god. Initially, the raj vaid was unsure whether he would be able to cure the child, but since Dev Kaljayi himself asked the king for his treatment, he was assured that the treatment will work. According to the rules, no one was permitted to bring an outsider to the island, so the king decided to keep his presence a secret.

Many years passed and the treatment started showing results and, although still in the suspended animation, the color of the baby had gradually changed to green. The king gave the news to the queen and they decided to adopt the child, since they had no child of their own. Their decision was heard by Vishandhar, an evil Tantrik who wanted to become the ruler of the island, but was afraid of Mahatma Kaaldoot. He attacked the secret area where the baby was kept and escaped with him, but fearing the wrath of the god, he decided not to kill the baby and instead placed him back into the same bushes in the river where he was found. His plan failed as the queen soon got pregnant and gave birth to a daughter who was named Visarpi.

Vishandhar never knew that the baby that he left astray was cured enough to regain his senses. First, his face and later, his whole body, turned normal color and he started crying. A priest of the nearby temple located him and gave him to Professor Nagmani, who was wandering in the nearby forest searching for snakes. For unknown reasons, the priest narrated a fake story that the child belonged to a woman, who was a devotee of the Snake God. He also said that the child was blessed by an ichchhadhari naag, so he asked Nagmani to bring up the child and allows him to avenge his mother.

Nagmani realised that the priest was lying, but he took the child. The blood tests of the child showed that the child had minute, microscopic snakes in his blood, filling in for white blood cells. The child had extraordinary healing powers and was extremely venomous. He raised the baby, who became Nagraj.

Plot summary

Nagraj was presented to the world as a creation of Professor Nagmani. He was meant to be an ultimate killing machine, and his original plan was to hire out Nagraj to the highest bidder among villains and terrorist groups of the world.

Professor Nagmani used him for his other experimental projects and leased him for international terrorism. Nagmani always claimed that Nagraj's powers were evolved by feeding him bits of snake poison until his blood itself became poison. He claimed that his venom was a result of snake bites from 1,000 different species of snakes (This echoes the Indian legends of poison-men or women, specifically raised to kill by their kiss) and his other powers evolved when he was treated with ashes of a dead ichchhadhaari snake. In reality, Nagraj was much more poisonous than any species of snakes because his venom was celestial.

Based largely on the Hindu myth of the shape shifting snake, Nagraj derives most of his powers from microscopic snakes that live in his bloodstream, in lieu of white blood cells. He has a number of powers, such as superhuman strength, poisonous breath, poisonous breath and poison-bite, instant healing powers, and snakes that come out of his wrists. The snakes can come out individually or form into ropes, parachutes, and many others, depending on his imagination. His venom is believed to be far stronger than Potassium Cyanide, resulting in the melting of any living being's body if he bites them or vice versa.

For his first mission, he was sold for a sum of $1 million and was to recover an ancient statue. Nagraj succeeds, but then is foiled by the Sage Baba Gorakhnath, who frees him from the mind control of Professor Nagamani. Waking up to a newer world amid the calmness of Gorakhnath, Nagraj takes a vow to eliminate terrorism from the world and works toward achieving this goal.

In his initial issues, Nagraj's powers were too limited, and at times he was even knocked out by powerful human opponents. His strength was also quite human in nature, as he would marvel at his opponent's strength, such as when someone picked up a car. Over the years, Nagraj became powerful enough to not only pick up falling cars single-handedly, but also to achieve feats such as throwing things into outer space effortlessly. This happened in the issue Nagadhish, when he threw the controlling sceptre of a serpent court official into orbit.

It is notable, and perhaps ironic, that Nagraj has now been transformed into a mythical/magical creature facing fantastical creatures as his enemies, with elements of sorcery/magic and even time and space travel.

Powers and abilities

Nagraj, a character in the Raj Comics series,[4] has a huge arsenal of powers of which most can be credited to his divine birth in the comics storyline. Ever since Writer & Artist Anupam Sinha took over the character of Nagraj, his powers and abilities have evolved a great deal making him powerful enough to counter any character of the comic universe. Nagraj is arguably the most powerful superhero in the Raj Comics Universe and is among the most powerful Icchadhari Naagas of his time. Time and again, he has even shown the potential of challenging the Supreme Snake-Gods like Sheshnaag, Vasuki, Takshak, Kaaljayi, and has defeated the likes of Kaaldoot, Trifana, Mahavyaal and Sheetnaag Kumar, who are ranked among the mightiest snakes in their species. Nagraj's blood is a mixture of red blood cells, venom and minute snakes. He can "release" snakes out of his body at his will through his hands and use them for whatsoever purpose he likes, controlling them through telepathy. Though Nagraj gives full liberty to his snakes, his will can keep them inside his body, leading him at times to take enemy snakes inside him. Snakes in his body can be classified into many groups:

Though these are snakes, of many different species, which commonly exist in the real world, being born in Nagraj's body means that they share in Nagraj's extremely powerful venom. Nagraj uses them variably as ropes, ladders, parachutes, shields, boats, spies and messengers. Most notable among them is Naganand, at a time considered right-hand man of Nagraj, he left Nagraj's body to look after the people of Nagdweep at Nagraj's order after he upgraded to become an ichchhadhaari nag. Nagraj has accumulated snakes which weren’t born in Nagraj's body, but it was Nagraj who gave them a place in his body. These snakes are usually snakes carrying some special abilities. They include

Nagfani snakes may have additional powers:

Nagraj's body gets divided into minute particles making him almost ethereal and immune to physical damage, also temporarily disabling his power to eject snakes out of his body. This form of Nagraj is called Maanas Nagraj. Ichchhadhaari nags. They may or may not be of the same species but all snakes possessing the power of shape-shifting come under this category. They include a big bunch of ichchhadhaari naags banished from Nagdweep. It is quite notable that some of them possess such great powers which rival Nagraj's own, but they all hold great respect for Nagraj. While some of them live in his body just cause they have no better place to live, others live willingly to learn something from Nagraj's way of life. Most notable names among them are :

His main source of power is his mani which grants him almost every imaginable power. For entering Nagraj's body he has to remove his mani from his possession so he hides it in micro form at some place in Nagraj's dress. He though looks and behaves like an idiot and talks non-sense, but he is the one who can never be underestimated. Unlike other snakes in Nagraj's body, Naagu decided to live in Nagraj's body for no reason other than watching movies, which becomes easier living in city. He is a true movie lover and remembers all dialogues of his favourite movies be it Bollywood or Hollywood.

Nagraj's Venom
Nagraj's venom is the most powerful venom of the world, so much so that direct contact with it results in instant death and melting of body. He gained his venom through the blessings of snake deity Deva Kaaljayi, who himself was blessed by Lord Shiva. It is explained that Lord Shiva who holds the strongest venom of the universe synthesised during Samudra-Manthan, gave a minor portion of it to Deva Kaljayi who holds a dilute form of it and Nagraj holds an even more dilute form of it. The different ways in which Nagraj uses his venom also results in various powers he is said to possess. Like : Vish-funkar Nagraj uses his breath to force out his venom in vapour form, depending upon its concentration the vish-funkar can cause a variety of damages to his enemies. Its effects include temporary blindness, drowzyness, black outs, deaths and for once it even caused fire. This power of Nagraj once as a side-effect temporarily cured Richa (love interest of Super Commando Dhruva) of her disease pertaining respiratory system. This is among one of the oldest displayed powers of Nagraj.


Vish-dansh

This is simply a snake-bite. Since Nagraj has divine venom more often than not this power when executed properly

results in an opponent's instant death,[1] though exceptional beings able to withstand the poison include the Deva Kaljayi, himself and enemies who didn't have a biological body. It was suggested in one issue that the venom inside Nagraj's teeth is far more vicious than the venom in his blood, perhaps so much so that Nagraj might die if he bites himself.


Vish-fuhaar

Nagraj can spill out high amount of liquid venom from his mouth. Since liquid form is much more concentrated in

comparison to vapour form therefore it causes more damage in comparison to vish-funkar, it is said that use of this power has negative effects on Nagraj weakening him temporarily cause it results in sudden drop of venom inside his body decreasing the number of sukhsham-sarps too.


Vish-varsha

This is one of the lesser known applications of Nagraj's venom. Nagraj once under the influence of evil powers spilled his venom as vish-fuhaar over the ocean and heated it using his dhwansak-sarp forming venomous clouds, the clouds

rained a very dilute form of his venom which was still extremely powerful. Whosoever came in contact with it died instantly and their bodies melted. After the clouds cleared there were many human skeletons lying at various places as a proof of the viciousness of Nagraj's venom.


Ichchhadhaari Shakti and its origin

According to the comic storyline inspired from a popular puranic storyline which has many alternate versions,

Vishwamitra a king who turned into a Rishi and wished to become a Brahmarshi (which he later became) once promised his disciple Trishanku to send him to heaven alive with his body. This alarmed the Gods who to protect the rules of the universe decided not to let this happen. When Rishi Vishwamitra applied his power to send him towards heaven, the Gods applied counter-force to oppose him. This resulted in a stalemate. Despite all his efforts Vishwamitra failed to fulfil his promise. This enraged Vishwamitra, he saw this act of the Gods as his insult, so he used his power to call upon the power which was used for the creation of the Universe. He started creating a new heaven for sending Trishanku there to keep his words. Seeing the powers of the rishi and alarmed by his act the gods themselves descended upon earth and convinced him to drop his decision. Vishwamitra after realizing that Trishanku had evil intentions left him hanging. (It is believed that he is still hanging somewhere between heaven and earth alive cause Vishwamitra gave him half of his powers). Vishwamitra called upon the power himself, but he couldn't send it back so he entrusted this power to his disciple, a snake Mahatma Kaaldoot. Minor portions of the power passed on to his future generations and resulted in a new species of snakes the Ichchhadhari naags (shape-shifting snakes). Most of the snakes don't know all the uses of this power and used it only for shape-shifting purposes but this power can do anything, even creating living beings. It is least used but most effective power of Nagraj, celestial as its origin is this power's true extent was unknown to everyone for quite a long time. Since Nagraj had lost a very major part of this power courtsey See Through, he doesn't try stupid stunts and makes minimum use of this power cause if he tries shapeshifting into something beyond his power limit then he might not be able to reform a new body and left bodiless like See Through or maybe even die. Applications of this power:
Shape-shifting

Nagraj even when limited on power has been seen successfully switching between his real and snake form. He can use this power to divide his body into particles and rejoin them within 3 seconds making him invisible and intangible temporarily. At times in case of emergencies Nagraj has temporarily taken powers from the ichchhadhaari naags of Nagdweep granting him access to use the full extent of this power. Nagraj also has a number of ichchhadhaari naags in his body, and though he hasn't yet, he can take their powers too, in times of emergency. Nagraj when high on this power can undergo amazing transformations and can change into anything imaginable. In theory, this power has no limits.


Hypnotism

Nagraj has a unique hypnotic effect, formerly considered a separate power, this power was later explained as an

application of his ichchhadhaari shakti. Utilizing this power Nagraj can cast a hypnotic reality upon his surroundings using his eyes.[1] Breaking this hypnotic fate is extremely difficult and going against it is impossible. Nagraj and his snakes can cast normal hypnotism too.
Body-fusions

Nagraj at times has used this power to fuse with his allies to bring down a powerful enemy. He can perform two types of

fusions :

many heads and hands. Every individual retains his or her own identity and set of powers. Nagraj used it for the first time fusing with the legendary five in order to fight against a creature created by Nagina .

identity. The new identity has new set of powers born from the combination of the participants' sets of powers. Nagraj displayed this power for the first time fusing with Lava to become Agni-Nagraj (Fire-Nagraj). The new born identity could release 'burning snakes' and could breathe 'venomous fire'. Psychic powers
Telepathy In addition to his ability to communicate with snakes, Nagraj contacted Super Commando Dhruva telepathically when he was trapped in a parallel dimension containing evil souls.
Psychic force

In the debutant issue of Nagraj, after his introduction Professor Nagmani said : This later proved to be true, when Nagraj

achieved the feat using his ichchhadhaari shakti. Though the latter claim has not been substantiated, Nagraj's psychic potential has been demonstrated during his battle with the Mahamanav (an advanced creature having enough psychic capabilities to wipe out entire planets) in a psychic power battle.

Known relatives and close friends

Nagraj, along with his deeds, has earned a large amount of friends, many of whom appeared just once, but some that appeared more often, and still fewer that became permanent figures in Nagraj's stories. Here is a list of some very well known characters in his comics :

Enemies

Innumerable enemies of Nagraj have appeared in Nagraj's comics; many died, but some lived on to appear again. Here is the list of Nagraj's major enemies that are still alive and who can be expected to make a comeback in future issues :

Comics list

Nagayan Series

Amazing friends of Nagraj

List of all published comics of Nagraj

Issue no. Comic's name

GENL-0014 NAGRAJ

GENL-0019 NAGRAJ KI KABRA

GENL-0026 NAGRAJ KA BADLA

GENL-0031 NAGRAJ KI HONGKONG YATRA

GENL-0033 NAGRAJ AUR SHANGO

GENL-0039 KHOONI KHOJ

GENL-0050 KHOONI YATRA

GENL-0051 NAGRAJ KA INSAAF

GENL-0065 KHOONI JANG

GENL-0072 PRALAYANKARI NAGRAJ

GENL-0081 KHOONI KABILA

GENL-0085 KOBRAGHATI

GENL-0114 BACHCHON KE DUSHMAN

GENL-0150 PRALAYANKARI MANI

GENL-0151 SHANKAR SHAHANSHAH

GENL-0172 NAGRAJ KA DUSHMAN

GENL-0175 ICHCHHADHAARI NAGRAJ

GENL-0200 NAGRAJ AUR KAALDOOT

GENL-0220 NAGRAJ AUR JADUGAR SHAKURA

GENL-0234 NAGRAJ AUR BAUNA SHAITAAN

GENL-0240 NAGRAJ AUR TAJMAHAL KI CHORI

GENL-0250 NAGRAJ AUR LAAL MAUT

GENL-0270 KABOOKI KA KHAJANA

GENL-0280 NAGRAJ AUR THODANGA

GENL-0295 NAGRAJ AUR TOOFAN JU

GENL-0320 NAGRAJ AUR JADU KA SHAHANSHAH

SPCL-0001 NAGRAJ AUR SUPER COMMANDO DHRUVA

SPCL-0005 NAGINA KAA JAAL

SPCL-0008 NAGRAJ AUR BUGAAKU

GENL-0350 AJGAR KA TOOFAN

GENL-0375 BAKORA KA JADOO

GENL-0390 PIRAMIDON KI RANI

GENL-0420 NAGRAJ AUR MISTER 420

GENL-0444 THODANGA KI MAUT

GENL-0470 BEM BEM BIGELO

SPCL-0016 FIR AYA NAGDANT

SPCL-0020 NAGRAJ AUR NAGINA

SPCL-0025 NAGRAJ AUR MISS KILLER

SPCL-0029 NAGRAJ AUR TUTEN TU

SPCL-0031 ADRISHYA HATYARA

SPCL-0035 NAGRAJ AUR KANJA

SPCL-0036 NAGRAJ AUR PAPRAJ

SPCL-0039 VIJETA NAGRAJ

SPCL-0042 VISARPI KI SHAADI

SPCL-0046 SHAKOORA KA CHAKRAVYUH

SPCL-0049 NAGRAAJ KA ANT

SPCL-0054 JAHAR

SPCL-0057 NAGPASHA

SPCL-0060 KHAJANA

SPCL-0065 CRIME KING

SPCL-0067 RAJNAGAR KI TABAHI

SPCL-0071 VISHKANYA

SPCL-0075 SNAKE PARK

SPCL-0081 ICHCHHADHARI

SPCL-0088 KENCHULI

SPCL-0090 PRALAY

SPCL-0093 VINAASH

SPCL-0102 JAHRILE

SPCL-0106 BAAMBI

SPCL-0110 TANASHAH

SPCL-0113 SOORMA

SPCL-0120 SAPERA

SPCL-0125 FUN

SPCL-0129 NAGIN

SPCL-0137 KALIYUG

SPCL-0142 VISH AMRIT

SPCL-0155 SAMMOHAN

SPCL-0169 RAAJ KA RAAJ

SPCL-0185 KOHRAAM

SPCL-0189 KAYAMAT

SPCL-0202 MRITYUDAND

SPCL-0206 NAGDWEEP

SPCL-0211 TRIFANA

SPCL-0213 MAHAYUDDHA

SPCL-0217 AGRAJ

SPCL-0225 NAGRAJ KA KAHAR

SPCL-0231 TAANDAV

SPCL-0235 JALJALA

SPCL-0241 AATANK

SPCL-0246 DUSHMAN NAGRAJ

SPCL-0253 SHAKTIHEEN NAGRAJ

SPCL-0264 NAHIN BACHEGA NAGRAJ

SPCL-0271 SANGRAAM

SPCL-0279 KAALCHAKRA

SPCL-0293 KUNDLI

SPCL-0304 VIDHWANS

SPCL-0315 PARKAALE

SPCL-0323 ELANE JUNG

SPCL-0337 KALI MAUT

SPCL-0344 SANHAAR

SPCL-0351 NAGRAJ AMERICA MEIN

SPCL-0365 AATANKWADI NAGRAJ

SPCL-0385 NAGRAJ AUR DRACULA

SPCL-0400 DRACULA KA ANT

SPCL-0420 KOLAHAL

SPCL-0435 VISHHEEN NAGRAJ

SPCL-0460 ICHCHHADHARI CHOR

SPCL-0490 KHALNAYAK NAGRAJ

SPCL-0500 SAMRAAT

SPCL-0515 SOUDANGI

SPCL-0520 RAKSHAK NAGRAJ

SPCL-0525 SARV SHAKTIMAAN

SPCL-0545 LAAVA

SPCL-0555 VINAASHLEELA

SPCL-0565 PAAGAL NAGRAJ

SPCL-0580 MASIHA

SPCL-0585 CHAKRA

SPCL-0600 MADYUSA

SPCL-0620 CHHOTA NAGRAJ

SPCL-0635 SO JA NAGRAJ

SPCL-0650 SHESHNAAG

SPCL-0660 BHANUMATI KA PITAARA

SPCL-0670 NAGADHEESH

SPCL-0680 VARTMAAN

SPCL-0700 FLEMINA

SPCL-2240 FUNKAAR

SPCL-2265 VARAN KAND

SPCL-2270 GRAHAN KAND

SPCL-2280 HARAN KAND

SPCL-2281 HARI MAUT

SPCL-2285 JAHREELA BAROOD

SPCL-2290 SHARAN KAND

SPCL-2295 MAMBER

SPCL-2300 NUMERO UNO

SPCL-2305 OPERATION SURGERY

SPCL-2310 DAHAN KAND

SPCL-2315 MISSION CRITICAL

SPCL-2320 TEEN SIKKE

SPCL-2325 JUNG MAUT TAK

SPCL-2335 RANN KAND

SPCL-2340 SAMAR KAND

SPCL-2350 NAGRAJ UNDER ARREST

SPCL-2355 ITEE KAND

SPCL-2360 ORMETA

SPCL-2365 AANKH MICHOLI

SPCL-2370 PANCHVA SHIKAAR

SPCL-2375 26/11

SPCL-2379 GEHRI CHAAL

SPCL-2385 NAGRAJ KE BAAD

SPCL-2393 FUEL

SPCL-2395 VENOM

SPCL-2396 HALLA BOL

SPCL-2397 LEVEL ZERO

SPCL-2400 RONIN

SPCL-2405 KAAMIKAJE

SPCL-2410 TOMO

SPCL-2415 SHIKATA GA NAI

SPCL-2425 ABHISHAPT

SPCL-2430 AVASHESH

SPCL-2445 CHUNAUTI

SPCL-2449 HEDRON

SPCL-2450 AADAMKHOR

SPCL-2455 NAGRAJ HAI NAA

SPCL-2460 KYUN HAI NAGRAJ

SPCL-2464 INFECTED

SPCL-2465 I-SPY

SPCL-2470 MRITYUJEEVI

SPCL-2475 AADAM

SPCL-2480 ORDER OF BABEL

SPCL-2485 NEW WORLD ORDER

SPCL-2490 KAAL KARAAL

SPCL-2500 MAKBARA

Nagraj and Super Commando Dhruv

New media

Numerous attempts have been made by Raj Comics to expand Nagraj into other media. However most attempts have been unfruitful. In the late 1990s, Raj Comics tried adapting Nagraj into a live-action television show in India. A few episodes were shot. However, the show never made it to the television screen. The reason cited was the poor quality of the special effects. Raj Comics was not satisfied with the quality of the show. The production of more episodes was placed on indefinite hiatus. The three episodes that were made are available on CDs, which were distributed freely as an attachment to digest-sized comic editions. (Khalnayak Nagraj, Samraat, and Saudangi)

Nagraj was also set to feature in a proposed animated television series. Once again the show never made it to the television screen. An episodic series was in works, and a teaser was uploaded on YouTube featuring Nagraj and his arch enemy Jadugar Shakoora. However, since then there has been no news about the series. It is assumed that production has stopped because the production company Rtoonz's website has since disappeared.

In November 2007, an agreement was signed between Motion Picture Corporation and Raj Comics to produce a high quality 2D Movie featuring Nagraj.

Published series

Nagayana

Raj Comics is publishing a landmark new series featuring Nagraj named Nagayana. It was first intended to be a four-part mini-series, but later, the series was extended to include more issues. Raj Comics has also decided to publish it world wide. It's a story based on a hypothetical future world casting Nagraj and Super Commando Dhruva 25 years into the future. Largely based on Hindu epic Ramayana, the story narrowly follows the same storyline as of the epic, but with Raj Comics characters filling in the places of original characters. The reason for the extension of the mini-series was to tell various sub-plots and the series was finally declared to be an eight-part series. The last part is Iti Kaand, which is an 128-page issue released on 10 March 2009. The new series is as follows:

Nagayana Comic Issues[5]
Issue No. Comic Title Publication Status
1 Varan Kaand Published
2 Grahan Kaand Published
3 Haran Kaand Published
4 Sharan Kaand Published
5 Dahan Kaand Published
6 Rann Kaand Published
7 Samar Kaand Published
8 Iti Kaand Published
9 Upsanhaar Published

World Terrorism Series

A new series named "Aatanqharta Nagraj" or "Nagraj-World Terrorism Series" is being published parallel to the "Nagayana" series. In this series, Nagraj is travelling around the world to fight and eliminate terrorism.[6] World Terrorism Series" is being written by Mr. Nitin Mishra.

This series includes:

Nagraj Ke Baad

'Nagraj ke Baad'(After Nagraj) is a three-part series (Nagraj ke baad, Fuel, and Venom) starting with a comic of the same name. It deals with a time when Nagraj is killed by his enemies and now the world is facing serious threats from the villains.

Nagraj Parallel Series

These days Raj Comics have published three parallel series of Nagraj, where each Nagraj is involved in a different universe. There are the following three parallel Nagraj series:

Nagraj – The original ongoing series of Nagraj, which is being illustrated and written by Mr. Anupam Sinha.

Aatankharta Nagraj– This Nagraj appears in the World Terrorism series. In the series, Nagraj no longer resides in Mahanagar. but instead, is travelling in different parts of the world fighting terrorism. This series, until now, has not portrayed villains with supernatural powers, but are more like gangsters or dons of different countries/cities. It is illustrated by Mr. Hemant and written by Mr. Nitin Mishra.

Narak Nashak Nagraj – This Nagraj is a bit different from the original Nagraj in appearance. He wears a jacket and a trouser and has longer hair. He also possesses different powers (Sheetika, Takshika, and Agnika) than the original Nagraj. He also rides on a flying snake named Sarpat. Until now, the series has shown him fighting vampires, demons, zombies, etc. It is illustrated by Mr. Hemant and written by Mr. Nitin Mishra.

References

  1. ↑ "Why Nagraj, Dhruva, Doga aren't finding space on big screen&? (view pics)". India TV News.
  2. ↑ "In pics: Top comic characters". jagran.com. 25 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Golden childhood memories: Favourite comics of 90's". jagran.com. 11 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Trinaa Prasad (7 May 2014). "The Indian Superhero League: A Look at the Desi Avengers". NDTV.com.
  5. ↑ http://comicvine.gamespot.com/nagayana/4050-30920/
  6. ↑ http://comicvine.gamespot.com/nagraj-world-terrorism/4050-26789/

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