Manoj Comics was one of the leading comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 houses in India

India

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 along with its competitors like Raj Comics

Raj Comics

Raj Comics is an Indian comic book line published by a division of Raja Pocket Books.Raj Comics' best-known characters include Nagraj, Super Commando Dhruva, Doga, Parmanu, Shakti, Bhokal and Super Indian.-History:...

 and 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,...

. 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. Almost half of the Manoj Comics published comics fall in these categories. They also published illustrations for some of the world-famous stories like Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, better known simply as Gulliver's Travels , is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of...

, though these are very rare to find these days.

Due to changing tastes, and children preferring to read foreign comics from DC

DC Comics

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 and Marvel, Manoj Comics were finally closed down. Manoj Comics was the last major Indian comic book company which got shut down just before the end of the dark age of the Indian comic industry.

Characters

• Aakrosh
• Ajgar
• Akdu Ji - Jhagdu Ji
• Amar-Akbar
• Amar-Rahim-Tingu
• Anguthelal
• Aslam
• Baby
• Bunty
• Chacha Paropkari Lal
• Chatur Chaudhary
• Computer Singh
• Crookbond
  Crookbond
  Crookbond was a character of Manoj Comics, a popular comics company of India. He was given this name to resemble James Bond, and called hismelf "The Chela of James Bond". Unlike James Bond, this Indian Bond was very humorous during his missions...
  
  
• Gangaram Patel aur Bulakhi Nai
• Hawaldar Bahadur
• Hawaldar Gaindaram
• Indra
• Inspector Manoj
• Jasoon Patang
• Jasoos Garamchand
• Jataayu
• Jitendra
• Kaan
• Kalapret
• Kallu
• Kanga
• Karnal Karna
• Machini Lal - Afeemi Lal
• Mahabali Bheem
• Mahabali Shera
• Mahanayak Kids
• Makdirani
• Manku-Jhanku
• Ram-Rahim
  Ram-Rahim
  Ram-Rahim as the first and most popular characters to appear on Manoj Comics, a popular comics strip in India. Ram and Rahim were two different characters playing role of secret agents....
  
  
• Saagar-Salim
• Shaark
• Secret Agent Sulemaan
• Sherbaaz
• Shreeman Funty
• Sikander
• Space-Man
• Super-Thief Rustam
• Tinni
• Toofan
• Topchand Bandookdas
• Totan
• Trikaldev
• Uncle Charlie
• Vidhvans
• Vinaash
• Vinod-Hamid
• Yugandhar

Series

• Bhoot-Pret Tantra-Mantra
• Bhoot-Pret Tantra-Mantra Jadoo-Tona
• Commando
• Dark Tales
• Dracula
• Jaadui-Vichitra Lok Kathayein
• Thrill Action Adventure

External links

• MANOJ COMICS FANS ON ORKUT
• 'MANOJ COMICS MADNESS' ON ORKUT
• MANOJ COMICS