Batul, Bantul, Batul the Great, or Bantul the Great is a popular Bengali comic strip character created by Narayan Debnath. It first appeared and yet 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 comic book format and as an animation series.
Narayan Debnaths first comic book characters in color were for the comic strip and book Batul The Great. By Debnaths admission, he thought up the idea of the superhero while returning from College Street, Calcutta. He has remarked that the character of Batul was influenced by his pal Manohar Aich, the well-known Bengali bodybuilder. The name came to him instantly and he thought up the figure of the protagonist rapidly. Initially, he did not know what he foresaw as a future for Batul and did not give him any superpowers.
Narayan Debnaths first comic book characters in color were for the comic strip and book Batul The Great. By Debnaths admission, he thought up the idea of the superhero while returning from College Street, Calcutta. He has remarked that the character of Batul was influenced by his pal Manohar Aich, the well-known Bengali bodybuilder. The name came to him instantly and he thought up the figure of the protagonist rapidly. Initially, he did not know what he foresaw as a future for Batul and did not give him any superpowers.
