Kiran Comics was an Indian Comic line published in the late 80s by Kiran Publications, India, and Distributed by India Book House

India Book House

India Book House Pvt. Limited is an importer, distributor and publisher of books and magazines in India.Formed in 1952, India Book House published paperback editions of children's authors such as Enid Blyton and Frederick Forsyth, as well as magazines such as Tintin and Asterix, often in Indian...

 (IBH), India. Like most of the other publications of the era, Kiran Comics too relied upon the reprinting of the popular international comics characters. In the hey-day of the comics in India, this was the common practise, and was solely responsible for the lack of original Indian Comics

Indian comics

Indian comics are comic books and graphic novels associated with the culture of India. India has a long tradition of comic readership, characters from centuries-old myths and folktales have adorned the covers of children's comic books in India for decades...

 Characters until Diamond Comics

Diamond Comics

Diamond Comics Pvt. Ltd. is the largest comic book distributor and publisher in India.-Overview:Diamond Comics is responsible for popular Indian comics characters such as Chacha Chaudhary. Diamond Comics has been publishing many foreign characters comics such as Phantom, Superman, Batman,...

 and Manoj Comics

Manoj Comics

Manoj Comics was one of the leading comic book houses in India along with its competitors like Raj Comics and Diamond Comics. Other than the regular characters, the prime strength of Manoj Comics was the stories based on Kings-Queens, Prince-Princess, Demons, Dragons, Ghosts and moral values....

 came with their original characters line-up and we saw the development of the genuine Indian comics and their eager adoption by Indian Comic Lovers. Soon the comic publications dealing with only the international characters fled away, and Kiran Comics was not the exception.

Head Office

Kiran Publications
P.O. Box

Post Office box

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 525
New Delhi

New Delhi

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The comics were distributed by the
India Book House Magazine Company, Bombay - 400 001

Characters

Characters	Owner
Tarzan Tarzan Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...	Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. is an American company founded in 1923 by author Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is based in Tarzana, California. The company holds the rights to the literary works of Burroughs that are still protected by copyright .Burroughs was one of the first artists to...
Tarzan's Son Korak	Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema...	Larry Larmon Pictures Corporations, USA