Tom Spurgeon's recent link to an article about how Western comic heroes have been over-shadowing homegrown Indian comic-heroes in recent years made me think of an issue of Raj Comics that my buddy Roark picked up in Little India many years ago and that I kind of permanently borrowed from him because...well, just read it and you'll understand why. The hero of the comic is Nagraj, and is described on the Raj Comic's website as: "a man-o-snake who can transform in either form at will. Millions of snakes resides in him in micro-form making him a dynamo of snakes powers. He reels snakes or snake-ropes called nag rope out of his wrists for various purpose. His eyes hypnotize, his poison breath sears and his bite kills. Weapons do no harm him as his micro-snakes instantly heal the wounds."
This particular issue features guest appearances from many western heroes you might find familiar (including Lou Albano?!), and Nagraj leaves no doubt about who, in fact, is 'the greatest':
