Diamond Comics was started with Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd in 1978. It was re-established in India after partition in 1950 as Punjabi Pustak Bhandar.

The parent company, Bhartiya Bhandar Pustakalaya, was started in 1907 in Pakistan. Phantom comics are available on Amazon.in Diamond Comicsĭiamond Comics was founded by Gulshan Rai in 1978. The Phantom and Mandrake by Lee Falk were the most published titles, along with Bahadur, a purely Indian comic book hero. Indrajal Comics were also published in several Indian languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, and Marathi with 803 issues published in full colour, generally running for 27 pages, with the Phantom appearing in 414 issues. Starting with the adventures of the Phantom for its first 32 issues, the comics also began featuring other King Features characters like Mandrake, Flash Gordon, Kerry Drake, Buz Sawyer, Rip Kirby, Mike Nomad, Garth, Phil Corrigan, etc. The adventures of Phantom became a rage with Indian readers, he was rechristened Vetaal in Hindi

The first Indrajal comic, Phantom’s Belt (Vetal Ki Mekhla in Hindi) was released in March 1964.

Marathi (as Chandoba) and Malayalam (as Ambili Ammavan) editions appeared in April 1952 followed by Gujarati in 1954 and English in 1955. The Kannada edition first appeared in July 1949 followed by Hindi in August 1949. Chakrapani, a friend of Nagi Reddy, was the man behind magazine.Ĭhandamama was first published in Telugu and Tamil (as Ambulimama). The founder editor of the magazine was B.Nagi Reddy who later became a leading film producer in South India. The first edition of Chandamama was released in July, 1947. Even after 50 years, Amar Chitra Katha is still India’s favourite storyteller. Across its social media channels, ACK has a following of 400,000 people, whereas its app downloads clock in at close to 500,000. Read TINKLE (E-Magazine) reviews & author details.

The publishing house has expanded its base beyond the realms of print, with a robust library of digital content as well, over the years, including multiple TV shows, web series, podcasts, board games, mobile apps, and movies. Buy TINKLE (E-Magazine) online at best price in India on Snapdeal. With over five million copies sold, it remains the company's best-selling title till date, and is now more than 50 years old. Amar Chitra Katha's first original Indian comic book, Krishna, was a big hit.

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