Bantul the Great | |
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Genre | |
Author | Narayan Debnath |
Illustrator | Narayan Debnath |
Publisher | Deb Sahityo Kutir |
Magazine | Shuktara |
Handa Bhonda, Nonte Phonte, Bahadur Beral |
Batul, Bantul, Batul the Great, or Bantul the Great (Bengali: বাঁটুল দি গ্রেট) is a popular Bengali comic strip character[1] created by Narayan Debnath.[2][3] Bantul the great is originally India's first untelevised superhero. It first appeared and still appears in a children's magazine called Shuktara and is widely read, not only by children but by adults as well. It has since appeared in a comic book format and as an animation series.[4]