Spider-Man India

Spider-Man India Costume Design
Spider-Man India Costume Design 

Press Releases – Gotham Comics

SPIDER-MAN INDIA–SPIDER-MAN EXTENDS FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD TO STREETS OF BOMBAY!
Bangalore, India (June 14, 2004)–Marvel Comics & Gotham Entertainment Group–Indian pub­lish­ing licensee of Marvel Comics and the lead­ing pub­lish­er of inter­na­tion­al com­ic mag­a­zines in South Asia–announces the launch of Spider-Man India. 

Spider-Man India inter­weaves the local cus­toms, cul­ture and mys­tery of mod­ern India, with an eye to mak­ing Spider-Man’s mythol­o­gy more rel­e­vant to this par­tic­u­lar audi­ence. Readers of this series will not see the famil­iar Peter Parker of Queens under the clas­sic Spider-Man mask, but rather a new hero–a young, Indian boy named Pavitr Prabhakar. As Spider-Man, Pavitr leaps around rick­shaws and scoot­ers in Indian streets, while swing­ing from mon­u­ments such as the Gateway of India and the Taj Mahal. 

Mumba’s (Bombay’s) first web-swinging super­hero will be joined by a rein­ter­pre­ta­tion of the clas­sic Spider-Man vil­lain, the Green Goblin–reinvented as a Rakshasa, an Indian mytho­log­i­cal demon.

5 thoughts on “Spider-Man India

  1. Samuel John Klein

    Oh, wow. This can’t be for real.

    It’s just too darned silly.

    Must there be an ana­log to every major American cul­tur­al icon in every society?

  2. Chris

    two ques­tions…
    1.) will this be a cow friend­ly comic?
    2.) Won’t the aver­age Bombanian (is that a real term?) be able to iden­ti­fy this aus­pi­cious hero by his ankles and foot wear?

  3. Anonymous

    Im glad to see that you are posting.Hope that all is well… We miss the Slant in our part of the blogosphere!

  4. Pariah Burke

    Samuel: I thinks it’s genuine.

    Chris: I sup­pose so (to both).

    Anonymous: Life’s been hec­tic, espe­cial­ly on the week­ends. There’s a new Slant now–with a contest!

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