{"id":1405,"date":"2005-04-23T00:40:52","date_gmt":"2005-04-23T05:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=1405"},"modified":"2006-03-27T07:14:04","modified_gmt":"2006-03-27T12:14:04","slug":"indian_superher_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/23\/indian_superher_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Superheroes (updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Amardeep<\/A> directs our attention to the  Indian Superheroes page<\/A> at the  International Catalogue of Superheroes<\/A>. While it’s no Museum of Black Superheroes<\/A>, it goes alot further than just Indian Superman<\/A> and the new Spiderman<\/A>.   Among my favorites were Koushik<\/A>, a cyborg spy working for “Research & Analytic Wing, the super-secret intelligence service of Indian Government.” What boy wouldn’t like a superhero like this:<\/P>\n

During one mission, his right arm got severely injured and had to be amputated at the wrist. One genius scientist from the espionage service replaced it with a very special robotic arm. This robotic arm has many secret powers including being able to fire bullets (used as a gun in emergencies) and spraying paralyzing gas which can paralyze even an elephant for a few hours. It also has nails which he can extended out from the hand and use like claws. Those nails can also be shot at any object, like a double-edged knife. The arm can be used as a laser gun; has a hidden transmitter\/receiver near the wrist; and is so flexible that when he wears a glove, nobody can make out that it is a robotic arm. <\/BLOCKQUOTE>\n

\"\"<\/A>There is also Jumbu<\/A>, about whom virtually nothing is known (Real Name: Unknown, Identity\/Class: Unknown, Occupation: Unknown, Affiliations: Unknown, Enemies: Unknown, Known Relatives: None, Aliases: None, Base of Operations: Unknown, First Appearance: Unknown, Powers\/Abilities: Unknown, History: Unknown) except<\/EM> that he is “One of the earliest Indian costumed superheroes.” What his constume is, exactly, is very hard to tell. I also don’t understand why he’s wearing his chuddies<\/A> on the outside of his tin cans, except that this is what happens when you take fashion advice jointly from Superman and the Hulk. <\/P><\/p>\n\n

UPDATE: Check out the other 21 superheroes listed at the Indian Superheroes page<\/A> including Chacha Chaudhary<\/a>, Chacha-Bhatija<\/a>, and Supremo<\/a>. [I should have mentioned Chacha Chaudhary, but had no interest in any of the live action superheroes being discussed.] You can also go straight to the Raj Comics<\/a> and Diamond Comics<\/a> websites. There you can indulge in your Chacha Chaudhary nostalgia for RS 15 per comic<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amardeep directs our attention to the  Indian Superheroes page at the  International Catalogue of Superheroes. While it’s no Museum of Black Superheroes, it goes alot further than just Indian Superman and the new Spiderman.   Among my favorites were Koushik, a cyborg … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}