I remember one, subtly named ‘nagraj aur super commando dhruv’. Ah okay, forgive and forget. And certainly glad to connect with old Raj comics fans .

Now now..be nice to the poor snake boy. Also do you remember some of the comics in which both of them were together and kicked some major ass together.

Dhruv had an antagonist duo who used a cricket bat and a ball as weapons. It didn’t seem to work, the entire setup was too awkward, and I believe they appeared in only one issue. OTOH, I can imagine some of my young cousins in India getting worked up over a Tendulkar action figure:I can see it finding a niche in the cricket-crazy 7 year old crowd.

Upbhransh:

I used to be a big fan of Dhruv, and *embarrisingly looking down* Nagraj too!

You should be embarrassed. Nagraj sucked. Dhruv kicked ass .

Why can\’t superheroes be short? Should kids, esp short kids, be taught being tall is cool and conversely being short is shameful?, imagine the self esteem a short kid will have when he grows up if he is fed these kind of ideas. Indians don\’t associate men doing musicals to homosexuality, they are used to seeing their heroes do song and dance sequences in movies. The more I observe the more iam coming to beleive that american men are sexually insecure who try to be careful not to do, say or wear anything that may be considered even remotely gay. Whatever happened to \”be yourself\”.

What inspired the author to post on this topic now was that it was in the news. As I said before, I’ve linked in the first line to a previous post on Indian Superheroes, and my perspective wasn’t negative about them.

What inspired me to put it down was that this is pretty lame, and I’m speaking as a male who spent a lot of my childhood playing with comic book and other action figures. This one takes the cake. Can you imagine a Babe Ruth comic book where he has a flaming baseball bat? C’mon. Just b/c you like the sportsman doesn’t mean he’d make a good superhero. And before you say it’s just an ABD thing, read this.

You never know, the “catcher” might become quite popular in some demographics

Which is why I am slightly miffed at the post……this is not the first action figure to come out of the india….this is not even the first ‘superhero’ action figure to come out of india……..so the only reason that must have inspired the author for this put-down post is that its an action figure based on a cricket player…….maybe at a sub-conscious level but it does appear still an effort to put down the game and its heroes…….

God only knows why….

This effort although, seems to be a bit OTT