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17 Dec, 11 tweets, 5 min read

Time for a few Hindi heroes from the '70s* and '80s: the first Golden Age of Indian comics!

(*you can tell by the sideburns)

Totan Ka Kahar, from Manoj Comics. He clearly likes playing Doom. A lot...

The original Super Commando Dhruva, from Raj Comics. Yes he can fight robot dogs. No he doesn't know how stairs work.

He-Man and She-Ra! Oh hang on a minute...

Tausi Aur Giddh, from Tulsi Comics. You get the idea.

Ran Rahim in The Ghost Palace, from Manoj Comics. He's hard to lick in a clean fight!

Janbaaz Jwala, from Radha Comics. Apparently he cannot be hurt by fire. Axes however...

Nagputra, from Goyal comics. He punches people when they're not looking...

Hatyari Train, by Raj Comics. Similar to Northern Rail in England...

Gaddar, from Fort Comics. Punching Bizarro World Mr T by the look of it...

Avengers: Infinity War (Hindi reboot). Would watch...

Apologies for any mistranslations in this thread: my Hindi may be less rusty than my Khmer, but it's still pretty feeble!

More Golden Age comics another day...

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