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.
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?
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?
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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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