While Spider-Man India's role in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was relatively small, the character - voiced by Deadpool star Karan Soni - still managed to steal the show.
Becoming an instant hit with fans, the hero was updated in an authentic and respectful manner which many have argued has been missing from the comics in the past. Now, though, Marvel Comics is taking a step in the right direction by giving this web-slinger a brand-new costume.
Just in time for his big screen debut earlier this year, Pavitr Prabhakar, a.k.a. Spider-Man India is back in his very own solo limited series! Kicking off this past June, Spider-Man: India is a five-issue saga written by author Nikesh Shukla and drawn by artists Abhishek Malsuni and Tadam Gyadu.
The series delivers a thrilling fresh chapter for the fan-favourite Spider-Man of Earth-50101, complete with exciting revelations about his home world, team-ups with Earth-616's resident Spider-Men, a new archenemy, and, debuting in the final issue, a brand-new costume!
A modern upgrade (designed by Tadam Gyadu) to Spider-Man India's classic look, you can see it for the very first time right now in Doaly's "New Costume Variant Cover" for October's Spider-Man: India #5.
Spider-Man India debuted in 2004, with an origin story that put a new spin on the wall-crawler in an Indian setting. His series ran for four issues, while the character was created by Sharad Devarajan, Suresh Seetharaman, and Jeevan J. Kang. As noted, Pavitr Prabhakar made his cinematic debut in this year's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse voiced by Karan Soni, depicted as a member of Miguel O'Hara's Spider-Society.
Check out this spectacular new cover art below.
Spider-Man's final battle with the Lizard puts all of Mumbai at risk – and the ravenous reptile’s dangerous experiments have pushed the creature’s powerful ally over the edge. Pavitr’s one chance to save the city may rest with the last friends the wall-crawler ever thought he’d make!
SPIDER-MAN: INDIA #5 (OF 5)
Written by NIKESH SHUKLA
Art by TADAM GYADU
Cover by ADAM KUBERT
New Costume Variant Cover by DOALY
Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar-winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence.
But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is now available on Digital and arrives on Blu-ray starting September 5.