Spider-Man in India

Lord Omlette writes "I'm really surprised no one else has mentioned this, but Spider-Man is getting redone in India! As an Indian-American, I'm quite excited. (Let's get it out of the way: even our comic book heroes are being outsourced, wtf!) The manga version of Star Wars was pretty good, but off the top of my head I can't think of any other comic books that were redone for a completely different culture. Anyone?"

Well...

[Gamoid]

In Japan, they released manga versions of Spider-man and the X-men. And when I say manga version, I mean manga version--the stories were all redone, with new characters, character names, and written and drawn by manga artists. Japanese Spidey had very little to do with American Spidey if memory serves.

Re:What's he going to swing on?

[BigFire]

I presumed you've never seen the Japanese re-make of Spider-Man manga? Essentially the same story, just taking place in Tokyo.

Marvel Manga

[fiannaFailMan]

There's a Manga version of the Marvel universe [icv2.com]. I saw it in a bookstore the other day.

Re:Just don't touch Superman

[westendgirl]

The Canucks have already got to him [histori.ca].

Re:Am I the only one saying WTF?

[gabbarbhai]

Yep, we do have our own comics. Chacha Chowdhury, Billoo apart from translated stuff like Phantom, Mandrake.. The problem is, the original stuff doesn't have a story line that can hold out for too long. Plus, till recently the quality of graphics was not all that great. Besides, as another reader pointed out here, the brand-name recognition goes a long way, which they are trying to capitalise on here..

Re:Kind of like Turkey remake of Star Wars

[Lost Dragon]

About Turkish Star Wars:

Review 1 [thewavemag.com]

Review 2 [filmthreat.com]

Where to buy it:

Purchase [5minutesonline.com].

I wonder if there's Turkish Star Trek too.

PS: Caveat Emptor.

Re:Captain India

[nkh]

They don't need Captain India, they've already got Dhalsim [cownetwork.ru]. This super hero can also climb everything with his stretching arms.

Re:Well...

[L-Train8]

Spider-Man: The Manga was released in the US in 1997. It was written and drawn by Ryoichi Ikegami. He may be familiar to some american fans, as he was the artist on Crying Freeman and Sanctuary, two popular Japanese manga titles release in the US by Dark Horse comics. Here's a cover: http://www.spiderfan.org/cgi-bin/cover.pl?80123,sp iderman_manga,021.jpg [spiderfan.org]

Turkish Star Trek

[Xhad]

Something Awful Review [somethingawful.com]

Seanbaby Review [thewavemag.com]

Re:What's he going to swing on?

[L-Train8]

The loose fitting dohti looks silly with the skin tight top. The contrast is ridiculous, but I guess it's a comic book, so you have to show the ripped muscles.

Re:What's he going to swing on?

[l810c]

I searched google for pictures and saw that one before I posted. That looks about like Atlanta, A few skyscapers and tons of urban sprawl. Spidey can swing for miles and miles through 40 story buldings and taller in NY, NY.

Re:What's he going to swing on?

[aixou]

From "The Top 10 of Everything 1997" (a bit dated but relevant nonetheless)

Top 10 world cities with most skyscrapers (skyscraper == habitable buildings of over 500ft/152m):

Cityname followed by number of skyscrapers

1 NYC 131
2 Chicago 47
3 Houston 27
4 Los Angeles 21
5 Hong Kong 20
6 Dallas 17
7 Melbourne, Australia 16
8 San Francisco 15
9 Boston 14
10 Atlanta 13
10 Singapore 13
10 Sydney, Australia 13

Spiderman would be a little subpar anyway outside of New York.

Re:What's he going to swing on?

[aixou]

In the book, all of the US cities are written "city, state" (e.g. Atlanta, Georgia), and non-US cities are written "city, country" (e.g. Melbourne, Australia). I just didn't feel like typing all of the states out, and I typed out "Australia" because it seemed more significant a political mass than a US state.

plus I'm a little partial towards Australia, so I didn't mind exercising my fingers a bit :)

Re:What's he going to swing on?

[Bauhinian]

For up-to-date information on skyscrapers, Emporis [emporis.com] (formerly known as skyscrapers.com) is a good source. Here's [emporis.com] a more recent skyline ranking.

Although it doesn't give you the number of buildings over 500ft, you can easily count for yourself from their database. For example, NYC now has 180, while Hong Kong is close with 164 (much more than the 20 in the parent post).