The story of Lord Krishna's birth begins with a tyrant. In the kingdom of Mathura, King Kansa's atrocities were reaching a tipping point and trouble had reached the heavens. The Shiva devotee was extremely powerful and had various boons that protected him in battle, including several destructive weapons. Answering to the pleas of the gods, Lord Vishnu assumes Krishna's Avatar to end the evil king Kansa.

Kansa, unaware of his doom, prepares for the expansion of his kingdom and agrees to let his sister Devaki get married to the Yadava prince Vasudeva in the hopes of taking over the Yadava clan too. When Devaki gets married, Kansa is warned by an Akashavani ( a beam from the sky that predicts the future) that one of the offspring of Devaki would bring his end. In his paranoia, Kansa locks up Devaki and Vasudeva and subjects them to a life of misery and captivity. He kills every child Devaki bears and is constantly vigilant about his surroundings.

However on the night of Krishna's birth, a divine light guides Vasudeva to carry Krishna across the Yamuna river to the town of Vrindavan. The head of the Gopa tribe, Nandaraja's wife Yashoda, had also given birth. The divine light guides Vasudeva to switch the baby and return to his cell. The gates of the cell open mysteriously and Vasudeva finds every guard unconscious. As he steps out with Krishna in a basket, he gazes at the night ravished by a storm. As he makes his way towards Vasudeva, he stops due to a flooding river and tries his best to cross it. Ultimately, Lord Vishnu's snake, Shesh Naag, comes to the rescue and shields Vasudeva from the storm. As the snake protects Vasudeva, he carefully crosses the river. Every time Krishna's feet touch the water, the level of water decreases. Vasudeva is awestruck by the miracle he just witnessed and moves on. As he makes his way into the Gopa household, he finds everyone asleep. He leaves the baby beside Yashoda, and returns with the other baby, feeling saddened to abandon his child.

As soon as Kansa finds out about the baby, he grabs it and exclaims, "I shall murder anything that threatens my reign." Devaki begs him not to kill it and pleads that the prophecy must have been wrong as her daughter isn't meant to bring the end of Kansa but to no avail. When Kansa tries to kill the baby, it transforms into a Devi ( goddess ) and warns Kansa of his end. "Your end will come soon and he is already alive in your kingdom". She tells him that his death will be timely and then vanishes.

Kansa believes the prophecy to be partially untrue and sighs with relief. He lets his sister and Vasudeva live in a separate palace, unaware about Krishna until the latter's youth. Little did he know that he would meet his end at the hands of Lord Krishna

I loved these graphic comics more than perhaps Marvel or DC because I would see these gods in temples around India too. Something that really fascinated me and I would always pick Krishna