Facts about Indian Spider-Man
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Indian Spider-Man Origin
In 2003, Sharad Devarajan, Suresh Seetharaman, Jeevan J Kang co-created the character and original comic series, Spider-Man: India, which made its debut in 2004
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Movie debut in 2023
Almost 20 years later, the Indian Spider-Man made an appearance in the movie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse in June 2023
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Meeting Stan Lee
Stan Lee was not actively involved in the day-to-day operations of Marvel, when creating ‘Chakra the Invincible’ but he eventually did get it signed from him
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Desi Spider-Man
Indian readers are able to see for the first time, Spider-Man bouncing off rickshaws, climbing the Gateway of India, and celebrating Diwali with his aunt Maya
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Relatability to character
Since Devarajan co-created Pavitr Prabhakar, he has had thousands of people tell him how impactful it was to see a Spider-Man that looked like them
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