![]() Comic lovers have rummaged through scrap dealers’ junkyards for two decades since then. Many lost their childhood comic collection either while relocating for work or higher studies, or to their parents who gave their treasure away to scrap dealers. “Back then, there was little else for kids to do for indoor entertainment than read stories of superheroes and mythological creatures,” says Kunal M Shah, 42, a Mumbai-based casting director who was nicknamed comic king by his school mates because of his collection. Stories told in sequential panels featuring pithy writing accompanied by snazzy illustrations caught children’s imagination. Indian comics were cheaper and readily available then, compared to their international counterparts like Marvel and DC Comics. Most of them grew up in India in the ’70s and the ’80s. These comics establish a direct link between the collectors and their childhood. ![]() “A collector from the US bought the same issue for Rs 4 lakh later.” Each of the first 10 issues of Amar Chitra Katha is worth Rs 30,000-35,000, Ansari adds. Shahid Ansari, a Delhi-based bookseller, once sold an old Indrajal issue for Rs 1 lakh.
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