Spider-Man: India

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For the titular character, see Spider-Man (Pavitr Prabhakar).

Spider-Man: India
ISBN 0-7851-1640-0

Spider-Man: India is a

Miguel O'Hara's Spider-Society.[1]

Plot summary

Pavitr Prabhakar, a simple Indian boy from a remote village, moves to

with great power comes great responsibility
, and swears to use his powers for the good of others.

Nalin Oberoi briefly becomes human again and transforms a mild-mannered

doctor
into a demon with four magical tentacles (the Indian version of Doctor Octopus), and sends him to kill Spider-Man, as instructed by the demon voices. Doc Ock fails, and Spider-Man makes his public debut as a hero. He is, however, labeled a threat by the newspapers.

Oberoi kidnaps Pavitr Prabhakar's aunt, taking her to a refinery outside Mumbai. There he betrays Doctor Octopus, blasting him into the ocean with a ray. Spider-Man arrives and fights Oberoi, who has also kidnapped Meera. He drops both Maya and Meera from the top of the refinery. Spider-Man dives for his aunt, but fails to rescue Meera, who is saved by Doctor Octopus. Pavitr reveals his identity to Meera and asks her to take his aunt to safety.

Oberoi gets rid of Doctor Octopus for good and touches Spider-Man with the amulet. A

Venom
-like creature emerges from the amulet and tries to lure Spider-Man to the dark side. Pavitr remembers his uncle's saying about responsibility and rejects the evil. By doing so, the link between the demons and Oberoi is shattered, and he becomes human again. Spider-Man throws the amulet into the ocean, and Oberoi is sent to a mental institution.

Peace is restored to Mumbai eventually. Pavitr Prabhakar begins a romance with Meera, and is shown celebrating the festival Diwali with his aunt. The story ends with a quote from the Bhagavad Gita, showing the Venom-Demon still alive.

Parallels with Western Spider-Man

Spider-Man's alter ego in the comic is named Pavitr Prabhakar, a phonetic distortion of Peter Parker. There are a number of other parallels with the original comic book characters:

  • Meera Jain – analogous to Mary Jane Watson
  • Auntie Maya – analogous to Aunt May
  • Uncle Bhim – analogous to Uncle Ben
  • Hari Oberoi – analogous to Harry Osborn
  • Nalin Oberoi – analogous to Norman Osborn, a local crime boss, and father of Hari Oberoi, who transforms into a demon reminiscent of the Ultimate Green Goblin
  • Aadi – analogous to
    Venom
  • Doctor Octopus – a mild-mannered doctor whom Nalin Oberoi transforms into a demon with four magical tentacles

Later comic appearances

Further information: Spider-Man (Pavitr Prabhakar)

During the Spider-Verse storyline which featured Spider-Men from various alternate realities, Pavitr Prabhakar was seen fighting a mysterious new villain named Karn, whom he mistook for a demon. The Superior Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus' mind in Peter Parker's body) managed to save him and recruited him into his army of Spiders.[2] In the second volume of Spider-Verse set during the Secret Wars event, Pavitr Prabhakar found himself in the domain of the Battleworld called Arachnia, where he teamed up with Spider-Gwen, Spider-Ham, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-UK and Anya Corazon, though none of them remembered their previous encounter during the original Spider-Verse.

Following the conclusion of Secret Wars the team of six Spiders that formed during the event will rename itself and feature in a new ongoing series called Web Warriors, a name that was coined by Peter Parker from the Ultimate Spider-Man TV series during the original Spider-Verse.[3]

In other media

See also: Spider-Man (Pavitr Prabhakar) § In other media

References

  1. ^ a b Polo, Susana; Patches, Matt; McWhertor, Michael (13 December 2022). "Every new Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse character, explained". Polygon. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  2. ^ The Superior Spider-Man #32
  3. ^ "Spider-Gwen Stars in Web Warriors Launched by Mike Costa and David Baldeon #MarvelOctober (UPDATE)". 29 June 2015.

Further reading

External links
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