Meghdoot
Meghdoot was a popular Indian comic book character published by Nutan Comics. The character of Meghdoot was loosely based on the concept of Flash Gordon.

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Meghdoot, Characters in Indian Comics SeriesMeghdoot was a famous character in Indian comics magazine and was regularly featured in Nutan Comics. The character of Meghdoot was inspired by the western comics strip of Flash Gordon. Meghdoot traveled across the universe in his conquests of exploring and discovering new planets and civilisations. He met with different people and alien species in his various adventures and helped them in solving their problems. Meghdoot was very popular amongst Hindi comics readers, but gradually faded with the advent of modern comics as it failed provide comics of better quality.

Concept of Meghdoot
The plot of Meghdoot was much similar to Flash Gordon. Established scientists from around the world discovered an eminent danger approaching the earth that is bound to destroy the entire planet. A gigantic comet was about collide with earth somewhere in near future. After a series of tests, Meghdoot is chosen and was given the mission to destroy the meteor and rescue the planet. During his adventurous journey to save the earth, he met with the princess Jwala, daughter of Singahi, emperor of Mars. The people of their kingdom were negatively affected by the same comet, as it had obliterated their home planet almost a thousand years ago. Since then Jwala has transformed herself into an energy of light and eventually, by using her powers, she assists Meghdoot is rescuing the planet from the eminent doom of the comet. Ultimately Jwala sacrificed her life to protect earth and its inhabitants.

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