Chitra Bharti Kathamala was a popular
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publication during the early 1980s. It was the comic publication line of one of the India's biggest publishers of Engineering and technical books -
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and Company Ltd,
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. They finally ended publishing comics in the late 1980s.
Head Office
The head office of Chitra Bharti Kathamala was S.Chand and Company Ltd. Raamnagar, New Delhi, Pin 110055. The company still publishes educational books, and its head office remains the same. They, however, do not publish the comic series any more.
Frequency/ Language
The Chitra Bharti Kathamala enjoyed moderate success. The company used to publish one comic every
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making it a total of 24 issues in a year. The comics were published both in
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and
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languages.
Characters and Themes
The following were the regular characters in the Chitra Bharti Kathamala Universe:
* Secret Agent 005 - Junior James Bond
* Space Star (Captain Gaurav)
* Private Detective Kapil
* Chandru
* Manasputra
* Bhabhi Ji
* Chocolate (Collection)
Apart from these regular characters, themes ranged from fairy and knight tales, general, social and comical stories to the biographies of historical personalities and details of historical monuments and events.
List of Chitra Bharti Kathamala
List of Chocolate Comics
Sangam Series (Reprint Collection)
Comic book publishing companies of India
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