Cindy Moon (Earth-616)

1. Storm

2. Silk

3. Warpath

4. Wonder Man

5. Man-Thing

6. Speedball

On April 30th, 2014, Cindy Moon a.k.a Silk debuted on the pages Amazing Spider-Man Vol 3 #1. She was created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos.

In this post, we will show our appreciation for this webslinging heroine!

Potential talking points:

• Favourite Silk moment/quote.

• Favourite Silk run/artist/writer.

• Favourite Silk villain (I know she didn't have many but still).

• Favourite Silk costume.

• Favourite Silk adaptation (which consists of mostly game and 1-2 movies).

• Etc.

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Silk is an Eminem fan, like me. Except I also like Coolio and Imagine Dragons. Just wondering, are there any mentions to either of them in any of the 301,789 pages in this wiki?

So I've been watching gameplay of the new Soider-Man 2 game, which got me reading about Knull, the symbiote god. I got the this passage: "Knull and the dying god crash-landed on a desolate planet, where All-Black left the incapacitated Knull for one of the indigenous inhabitants, Gorr.[27][14]." Which made me think back to Love & Thunder and how Gorr and All-Black are already in the MCU now, and the end credits scene for No Way Home, which shows a piece of Venom is left behind after Eddie gets sent back to his own timeline.

So, if they ever do make a fourth MCU Spider-Man movie, I think they could very easily and possibly start some sort of Venom/symbiote invasion storyline, maybe introduce Knull and imply he's coming back and Venom is his herald in a new trilogy. Maybe they could even introduce a new version of Miles? I'd be pretty excited to see a live-action adaptation of his character. Or even Silk?! We've never seen the MCU version of Spidey get bit, so maybe it would be interesting to do a flashback that shows him and Cindy both get bitten or something?

Who do you guys think is better for our lovable, goofy web-head?

mj

Gwen

Felicia (Personal fav)

With the whole Paul situation. Is it true that the character was some self insert?

Warning! This review contains Spoilers for Silk Vol 5 #5 (and partially the run as a whole). Proceed at your own risk.

We start this issue with a quick glimpse of Albert Moon's childhood as Silk is worried about her little brother. Max says he can use Saya's dream inducer prototypes to get Silk into Al's dream and help him. He reassures her that he knows Saya needs to be contained. His plan is to activate the fail-safe that can indefinitely hold a person in whatever dream scenario they're in but the subject must be too weak to fight against it. He tells Cindy to knock her down until she's not able to back up and give him a signal. Wong tells Silk he'll keep an eye on Max, just in case he did something suspicious. Once Silk is in the dream she realises it's a nightmare. She sees Saya, an army of zombies and her brother stuck in a tree. She apologises for leaving Albert alone at the Sanctum, vulnerable to Saya's attack. She wants to get to her and subdue her. But Albert tells Silk not to fight with her injuries and makes her realise she doesn't need to fight Saya to win. Instead, Moon syblings jump through the various dreams. Thanks to Al's lucid dreaming, Saya powering up the demon has a hard time keeping up with transitions. Silk finishes everything off with a single punch to Saya's face and give signal to Max to pull them out. Max's sister remains trapped in the program and when asked about reversing her effects, Wong says he could use his research as an agent of W.A.N.D. and Silk promises to come in the morning. Silk is greateful that Max helped her borther but he and his siter got her in this mess in the first place, so she suggests making up for it by turning himself in to authorities. She also reassures him that she won't hurt Saya. After cleaning up the apartment Silk talks about how when she looks at Albert, she sees a little kid he used to be. She recalls the time he got involved in the Goblin Nation and she promised to never let that happen to him again, but she botched that too. She adds that this was her fault because she didn't listen to him while he saved her the countless times. She calls him the hero of the story and proposes to work together as Team Silk. Albert agrees and when he asks if he'll get his own costume, Cindy tells him "one step at a time".

I liked this issue, as the ones before it. The way they defeated Saya seemed anti-climactic at first but it ended up being quite clever. And I love the bond between Silk and her l'il bro! This whole run gave Albert (and Max) more depth which I really liked. Wong cameo was also nice.

Warning! Spoilers for Silk Vol 5 #4 below. Proceed at your own risk.

Recap: We start with Silk using her remaining strength to try to fight with Saya and later escape. She rushes to Sanctum Sanctorum where she argues with Max about what he and his sister did to her while Wong tends to her wounds. After hearing that Saya became a demon, Max is shocked. Cindy yells at him to tell her what's going on. Wanting Silk to help his sister, he tells her a story. After events of Silk Vol 3, Saya returned to Japan where she learned her father, Silvermane faked his death to motivate her. He wanted to inspire her her to become as successful as Stark or Richards but he was disapponited and said he was giving up on her. These words made Saya vow to prove him wrong by becoming the most powerful tech lord in the world, even if she had to use magic again. With the world scoured and her savings exhausted, she found Mondragone Codex and Ja-Li. She used Silk's psychic energy to release the demon into our world but not wanting to fail, she merged with the demon. After telling the story, Max asks Cindy to let him talk to her, and in respnse, Moon yells at him how mad she is for posing as her therapist and the dream world stuff. She asks him about Saya's plan and he thinks that she must be at their apartment. Because Max is the only person who can bypass the security, he insists on coming and Silk reluctantly agrees. Albert wants to come too but Cindy scolds her brother claiming it's too dangerous, so Silk, Wong and Max go together. On the way, the last one tells the first one about him growing up. Saya was in the focus while he was left in the wayside. However, his sister was there for him when he needed her: she paid for boarding school and college, let him live with her and helped him started as a therapist. Him helping her with her plan is not only way to pay her back but also find purpose. He says Silk might not get it because she, just like Saya, was the star of the show. He claims that when people see you as a supporting character it's hard to see yourself as anything else and tells her to just ask Albert. He adds that he owes Saya his help and wants to get her back. Silk responds by telling him it might not be possible and she asks him to choose a side, decide who he's going to be and stick to it. After they arrive, Maxtries to talk to Saya but she roars at him. Silk pulls him back and she and Wong fight the monster. The demon Saya tells Silk she's gonna use dreams of the ones she loves to destroy her. The isssue ends with Albert facing Saya as his worst nightmare who wants to kill him.

What I love the most about this issue is exploration of Max and, by extension, Albert. It was a nice change of perspective. The stakes are high and I can't wait for conclusion next month!

What did you think about this issue?

Warning! Spoilers for Silk Vol 5 #3 . Proceed at your own risk.

Recap:

Silk is still trapped in the pirate dream sequence. Meanwhile, in the real world, Saya gives her brother a necklace (similar to one worn by Cindy on her leg) to track down Albert's energy signature. Speaking of Albert, Wong explains what kind of monster Cindy is facing. Its name is Ja-Li and it's a sleep demon with energy-osmosis ability. The more Silk fights it, the more psychic energy it'll absorb, and with enough of this energy, it could enter our world. Once out, Saya will be able to ask it to do anything and Cindy will be trapped in her dreamscape forever. Luckily, Wong has a solution: with Crystal of Breksta, Albert enters the dreamscape by Wong's spell and tries to get her out. The catch is, if Albert dies in the dream, he'll die in the real world. When Saya sees what Albert is up to, she sends a drone after him. At the same time, Silk makes the crystal into a dagger to kill the monster. She does that while Wong defeats the drone and threatens Max with punishment for trespassing. Desperate to win, Saya offers her body as a vessel for Ja-Li and faces against now awake Silk.

I liked this. My only issue is why would a Greek warlock have info (in Ancient Greek, no less) about a demon with such an Asian-sounding name. I also would love to know Saya's motif.

What did you think about the issue, if you've read it?

Warning! This review contains Spoilers for Silk Vol 5 #2. Proceed at your own risk.

Recap:

We start with a flashback where Albert Moon Jr. goes to the movies with his friends. Silk swings by because Cindy was worried about her little brother going AWOL for a while. She tells him she has to help Wong deal with monster trees and leaves. When Albert comes back home, she finds her sleeping. Next day at their place, he finds Saya Ishii and her brother Max, who trap him in a force field. Meanwhile, Silk robs a train in a wild west dream sequence as Cin Cassidy with L'il Nicky, one of her companions. She encounters a monster she fought before and begins to remember the real world. Saya notices that she's not resetting and Albert uses reflective-satin to disable a force field. Max tells his sister to slow down or else Silk will be sent into psychic cascade, which would make her delusional and useless. However, Saya refuses and finally resets her to pirate setting. Then, Albert runs to Sanctum Sanctorum to get help from Wong.

What did you think about the issue, if you read it? I loved a bit of Albert's POV. It's as intense as the previous issue, if not more. Also, Wong's cameo was great.

Hi everyone!

I have a question, is Cindy single?

Yeah, it's kind of strange to see this question, but I ask it because... her "Maritial Status" says that she is single. But in the comic "Silk Vol.4", she is ... dating? a guy named Ivaan.

So, explain to me please. Is she single or dating Ivaan? Or am I missing something? I really want to know.

Inspired by @Slyme quin and their post about Human Torch and Daken.

For those who don't know, Silk and Black Cat is one of the most popular ships for Cindy Moon. But why is that? What exactly happened between them? Do they have a chance? Let's try to find out.

Ok, so Black Cat and Silk first met in the pages of Amazing Spider-man Vol 3 #5 where they fought.

Later, in Silk's first solo run, she helps save the daughter of Harris Porter a.k.a Dragonclaw. Silk was about to find out more about her parents from the Repairman but Felicia room that from her, pissing Silk off.

So, yeah, they got off the wrong foot. However, Silk starts working for her as a S.H.I.E.L.D. double agent. She gains Black Cat's trust. The one panel that stands in particular is this one from Silk (2016) #9, where they tell each other about their pasts. This was one of the moments that I believe sparked SilkCat ship.

But at the end of the issue, Black Cat is pissed at Silk for breaking her trust.

So, she beats her up in the next issue.

This fight is why the ship seemed dead in canon, at least for me. They met in Last Remains arc in 2018 ASM run but besides a chit-chat about Spider-Man, they didn't interact much.

And then came recent Women of Marvel where Silk and Black Cat went to Karaoke until Mysterio interrupt them.

In conclusion, SilkCat is enemies to lovers ship. While they're not quite there yet, they are still friends, even with all those ups and downs.

What do you think? Do you think they should be a couple?

Warning: Spoilers for Silk Vol 5 #1. Proceed at your own risk.

Recap: We start off with Silk in a Noir L.A. setting looking for a missing kid named Richie Lee. On the way to the building she was told to go she notices a weirdly familiar woman in the crowd. At the place, she encounters a demon and fights him. Her webs sail right through him. Then, she's starting to remember a similar fight before and, after defeating the demon, everything else. That familiar face was a sandwich lady Cindy knew in New York as well as other people she saw on the way. As she realizes she's in a dream world, the scenery changes to a Wild West. Meanwhile Saya Ishii and her brother discuss the challenge ahead of them. Max says she's smart and naturally resistant, even without spider-powers. In response, Saya says Silk is going to help her get what she wants... even if it kills her.

If you've read it, what do you think about the issue? I loved the return of Saya, making the plot seemingly related to Silk's eidetic memory and the mystery of it all. My only gripe is that this issue felt a little rushed.