Rajah is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe

Marvel Universe

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Publication history

Rajah first appeared in Super-Villain Team-Up #8 (October 1976), and was created by Steve Englehart

Steve Englehart

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 and Keith Giffen

Keith Giffen

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. The character subsequently appears in Incredible Hulk #292 (February 1984).

Fictional character biography

Kabir Mahadevu is an elephant trainer and rider from India

India

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. He first performed with the Circus of Crime

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during a stay of theirs in Europe, and later rejoined with them in the United States.