Tulsi Comics
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Tulsi Comics was an India
n comics
publisher in the late 80s and early 90s, and was a division of Tulsi Pocket Books
, Raj Comics
or Manoj Comics
, and because of this, the company finally shut down in 2004.
Another reason for Tulsi Comics failure was that they produced story arcs in a minimum of 2–3 parts, and they never gave a complete story in a single issue. Since most of the comic readers in India are children who had limited pocket money, this practice ultimately backfired, and it lost popularity among its reader base. Chief among these was a huge story arc of Jamboo spanning several comics lasting for more than a year.
Though this whole series was among the best Tulsi has ever offered creatively, this long continuing series, along with introducing a lot of new characters like Yosho (formerly advertised as Osho), Yoga, Baaz and Mr. India led to its death. The new characters were just not as exciting and older characters were multi-part stories.
Tulsi comics character "Jamboo" was their most successful character, created by a Ved Prakash Sharma, followed by Angara and Tausi.
Both of them had the final showdown with Jambu killing him with the planet's water (which has acidic properties and only the protection against it is a special element from the native planet). Instead of finishing the story arc, they continued the series by introducing "Sarkata". He finds the head who tells him that his body has liquid which can cure all diseases and grant immortality. He also tells a fake story to gain Jamboo's sympathy.
The quest begins to find his whole body as the liquid can only be extracted if the whole body is brought together. After a lot of struggle he finally brings whole of his body together and brings him back to India in order to extract the Miracle Liquid called "Amrit". However, it backfires as he refuses to give anything and reveals his real name as "Sarkanda".
are also published as special issues.)
Some of the famous comics are Jamboo aur Angara ka Yudh, Jamboo aur Tausi, Mar gaya Jamboo, and Jamboo ke bete.
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Comics
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publisher in the late 80s and early 90s, and was a division of Tulsi Pocket Books
History
Backed by Tulsi Pocket Books, a popular publishers of Hindi novels in India, and backed by an established and vast customer base of the novels, Tulsi comics never achieved high success, as they lacked in quality and were not up to the standards of Diamond ComicsDiamond 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,...
, 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:...
or 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....
, and because of this, the company finally shut down in 2004.
Another reason for Tulsi Comics failure was that they produced story arcs in a minimum of 2–3 parts, and they never gave a complete story in a single issue. Since most of the comic readers in India are children who had limited pocket money, this practice ultimately backfired, and it lost popularity among its reader base. Chief among these was a huge story arc of Jamboo spanning several comics lasting for more than a year.
Though this whole series was among the best Tulsi has ever offered creatively, this long continuing series, along with introducing a lot of new characters like Yosho (formerly advertised as Osho), Yoga, Baaz and Mr. India led to its death. The new characters were just not as exciting and older characters were multi-part stories.
Tulsi comics character "Jamboo" was their most successful character, created by a Ved Prakash Sharma, followed by Angara and Tausi.
Plot of the Jamboo storyline
In this storyline, Jamboo gets stranded on a planet. He becomes their ruler by killing the native race's King by beating him in a duel. Later stories explored his improving relations with native race, rebuilding their society and saving them from attacks. Slowly, he discovers his doppelganger by the name of "Shanichar". He also finds out that in previous life he was tortured and killed by him and so when he was created, Shanichar's image and powers were in the sub-conscious mind of the professor whose brain he carries now.Both of them had the final showdown with Jambu killing him with the planet's water (which has acidic properties and only the protection against it is a special element from the native planet). Instead of finishing the story arc, they continued the series by introducing "Sarkata". He finds the head who tells him that his body has liquid which can cure all diseases and grant immortality. He also tells a fake story to gain Jamboo's sympathy.
The quest begins to find his whole body as the liquid can only be extracted if the whole body is brought together. After a lot of struggle he finally brings whole of his body together and brings him back to India in order to extract the Miracle Liquid called "Amrit". However, it backfires as he refuses to give anything and reveals his real name as "Sarkanda".
Frequency
Tulsi Comics were published monthly. The number of comics published every month varied from 6 to 10 (sometimes 1 or 2 digestDigest size
Digest size is a magazine size, smaller than a conventional or "journal size" magazine but larger than a standard paperback book, approximately 5½ x 8¼ inches, but can also be 5⅜ x 8⅜ inches and 5½ x 7½ inches. These sizes have evolved from the printing press operation end...
are also published as special issues.)
Some of the famous comics are Jamboo aur Angara ka Yudh, Jamboo aur Tausi, Mar gaya Jamboo, and Jamboo ke bete.
Head Office
The Head Office of the Tulsi Pocket Books is -- Tulsi Pocket Books
- Delhi Road
- Meerut - 250 002
Characters
- Tausi
- Jamboo
- Angara (Tulsi Comics)Angara (Tulsi Comics)Angara is a character of Tulsi Comics who was very popular during the 80's and the 90's.-Origin:Angara was the brainchild of Dr. Kunal who is research scientist on fictional Angara Island. He teaches the animals present on the island to talk. When a foreign nations attacks the island and Dr. Kunal...
- Yosho
- Yoga
- Baaj
- Mr. India
- Other than the regular characters - Tulsi Comics published comics based on Kings-Queens, Prince-Princess, Demons-Dragons-Ghosts and moral values. Due to the lack of original characters, more than half of the total comics published by the company fall in this broad category.