SPIDER-MAN in the STREETS OF BOMBAY
What's this about Spider
Man in
India?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...
Posted: Mon - June 21, 2004 at 04:35 PM