ABSTRACT
As the fantastic familiar is enhanced through the fictional funnelling of developments in science and technology, superhero comics fall into the category of science fiction. The vaigyanik and paravaigyanik elements might be distinguishable and counterpoised, or they might be intertwined and latticed. They converge and diverge with the effect of injecting a plotline with the fluidity of the fantastic familiar. The principal difference between the heroic and the villainous does not lie in the source of their powers, even though on occasion it may appear as such. Travel through time forms a recurrent part of speculative fiction, and Indian superhero comics are no exception. The comic book tales display a promiscuous debt towards vernacular traditions and modern developments, any aspect of which might be harnessed in the mission to protect humanity against threats that fester across myriad time-spaces at alarming levels.
