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| Spider-Man | |
| Full Name: | Paviitr Prabhakar |
| First Appearance: | Spider-Man: India (Volume 1) 1 |
| Created by: | Jeevan Kang, Suresh Seetharaman, Sharad Devarajan |
| Home Universe: | Earth-50101 |
| Alignment: | Good |
| Status: | Alive |
| Place of Birth: | India |
| Citizenship: | Indian |
| Base: | Mumbai, India |
| Affiliations: | Spider-Army, formerly Superior Spider-Army |
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| Hair Color: | Black |
| Eye Color: | Brown |
| Unique Features: | {{{18}}} |
Paviitr Prabhakar (of Earth-50101) is an alternate version of Spider-Man/Peter Parker that was given the powers of a spider to become Spider-Man in India.
History
Early life
Pavitr Prabhakar, is a poor Indian boy, lives in a village and moves to Mumbai with his aunt Maya and uncle Bhim to study after getting half a scholarship. His parents died some years ago. Other boys at the school tease him and beat him. He knows his Uncle Bhim is struggling to support him and his Aunt Maya, and pay the school. Only Meera, a girl from school, befriends him.
Becoming Spider-Man
Meanwhile, Nalin Oberoi, a local crime lord, uses an amulet to perform an ancient ritual, where he gets possessed by a demon committed to opening the gate for other demons to get back to Earth. While being chased by other kids, Pavitr encounters an ancient yogi who gives him the power of a spider, to fight the evil that threatens the world. While discovering his powers, Pavitr refuses to help a woman being attacked by several men. He leaves the place, but comes back when he hears his uncle's cry, who was stabbed when he tried to help the woman. He then dons a costume and becomes "Spider-Man".
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Nalin Oberoi becomes human again, transforms his doctor into Doctor Octopus (without the usual mechanical arms he has demon arms that look's similar to his mechanical arms), and sends him to kill Spider-Man, as instructed by the demon voices. Doc Ock fails, and Spider-Man makes it to the newspapers, where he is deemed a threat.
Oberoi kidnaps Pavitr's aunt, taking her to a refinery outside Mumbai. There he betrays Doctor Octopus, blasting him away with a ray. Spider-Man arrives and fights Oberoi, who has also kidnapped Meera. He lets both aunt Maya and Meera fall. Spider-Man dives for his aunt, but then fails to rescue Meera, who is saved by Doctor Octopus, that is just coming back to exact revenge on Oberoi. Pavitr reveals his identity to Meera and asks her to take his aunt away. Oberoi gets rid of Doctor Octopus for good, and touches Spider-Man with the amulet. A Venom-like creature tries to take Spider-Man to the dark side, but he remembers his uncle and rejects the evil. By doing so, the link between the demons and Oberoi is shattered, and he becomes human again. Everything goes back to normal, and Pavitr celebrates with his new girlfriend Meera, Diwali the Hindu festival of lights, with his aunt.