Multi-media company Pow! Entertainment's Lee, will develop the new superhero with a team of Indian artists working at Liquid Comics, a leading creator of Indian character franchises.
It will initially launch as a series of downloadable web and mobile comics distributed throughout
India.
Created by Lee, Chakra - The Invincible, will be the first Indian superhero created by Lee in collaboration with local Indian artists and writers and tells the story of the young Indian teenager, Raju Rai, a technology genius living in Mumbai.
Determined to use science to unlock the secrets of human potential, Raju develops a technically-enhanced suit that activates the mystical Chakras of the body, unleashing newfound abilities and powers.
“Wow! I’m incredibly excited to be collaborating with my friends at Liquid Comics and their best-in-class team of artists as we launch a great new, thrill-a-minute superhero saga,” said Stan Lee.
“Against the spectacular backdrop of the great Indian metropolis of Mumbai, we tell the incredible saga of Chakra, our daring and dangerous teenage hero.”
Lee's first comic on Chakra will be released for free, in April 2012.