With more than 400 comics in 20+ languages that have sold 90+ million copies to. It is synonymous with the visual reinvention of the quintessentially Indian stories from the great epics, mythology, history, literature, oral folktales and many other sources. as they are not coming with new title anymore (if any its very very occasional). Amar Chitra Katha also issues a collection of individual comics as a set of "3 in one" or "5 in one". Amar Chitra Katha, our flagship brand, was founded in 1967 and is a household name in India. amar chitra katha has almost all the reprints comics only. Īs of May 2014 Amar Chitra Katha have released 465 titles (454 individual issues and 11 special issues).
Amar chithra katha series#
Few other special issues issued as part of the new series such as Tulsidas Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagawat Purana and Mahatma Gandhi are not numbered but are considered as part of the official title list of Amar Chitra Katha. Three extra-long special issues were also published and numbered from 10001 onwards – Valmiki's Ramayana, Dasha Avatar and Jesus Christ. Similarly, although most of the old series have reappeared in the new series, certain issues such as Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis Pasteur etc. Limited, as an attempt to correct the colonial bias of children’s literature in India.The comics were modelled on the British and American Classics Illustrated series, which mostly adapted works of fiction into comics, with a. However some issues such as Kalpana Chawla, JRD Tata etc. 1 Amar Chitra Katha (ACK, literally ‘the Immortal Illustrated Stories’) comics were started by Anant Pai in 1967, under the aegis of India Book House Pvt. New series issues typically appear in a deluxe format and are usually reprints of titles in old series. The old series runs from #11 to #436 and the new series starts from #501.
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With a national distribution across all major book retailers, hundreds of small bookstores and thousands of vendors, the titles remain immensely popular in the classic illustrated format. Titles which were published in only one of the series have been indicated with a "NA" against the series in which they did not appear. With more than 400 comics in 20+ languages that have sold more than 100+ million copies to date, Amar Chitra Katha is a cultural phenomenon. The table below shows the numbering as part of the old series as well as that of the new series.
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This is a list of titles in the Indian Amar Chitra Katha comic book series.