By Anant Mathur (July 03, 2012)
The Amazing Spider-Man releases today, my first memory of Spider-Man is when the original Spider-Man (1967) cartoon was broadcast in India on Doordarshan in the 1980s. I can still remember, it was sponsored by Gold Spot and I loved watching it as a kid. Later on when I got into comic books I read and purchased many Spider-Man comics. I think every teenage boy could relate to Peter Parker/Spider-Man.
Spider-Man is so popular the world over that in 2004 a Spider-Man: India comic was released. It ran for 4 issues featured the Indian version of Peter Parker called Pavitr Prabhakar along with Meera Jain (Mary Jane Watson), Auntie Maya (Aunt May), Uncle Bhim (Uncle Ben), Nalin Oberoi (Norman Osborn), Aadi (Eddie Brock/Venom), Hari Oberoi (Harry Osborn) did not appear but was mentioned.
When the original Spider-Man film series was released a decade ago with Tobey Maguire, I was disappointed by the fact that instead of Spider-Man making his webbing it came out of the wrists automatically after the spider bite. In the comic book, Peter Parker is an amateur scientist and freelance photographer who develops the webbing in his home after he gets bitten by a radioactive spider. But this was not the case in the films - so as a comic book fan this disappointed me and it's one of the things I'm hoping they will rectify in the reboot.
As a fan, I'm really looking forward to the release of The Amazing Spider-Man. All I hope for is that it lives up to the comic book.
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