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Silk

Cindy Moon is the Spider-Hero Silk! Bitten by the same radioactive spider that gave Peter Parker his abilities, Silk was secluded in a bunker for nearly a decade because of her amazing powers. Now, she makes up for lost time by forging her own super-powered destiny. Read her essential comic stories here!

GET TO KNOW: SILK

Super Hero Reporter

in Silk (2021) #1

Cindy Moon balances her two worlds as an intrepid reporter and the crimefighting Super Hero Silk! Written by Maurene Goo and drawn by Takeshi Miyazawa, Cindy is on assignment to investigate a series of gangland murders. Who is New York’s new underground player, where did she come from, and what is she doing with that strange cat demon?

First Appearance

in The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #4

Start with Cindy Moon’s full origin, including her ties to magnate Ezekiel Sims. Read through issue #6.

Silk Gone Solo

in Silk (2015) #1

Fully established as her own hero, Silk broke out of the bunker to take New York City (and its criminal underbelly) by storm. Here, Silk spun up the loose threads of her past, searching for her family while defining her still-unknown future.

Spider-Verse Event

in The Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #9

Someone is working their way through the Multiverse, leaving a trail of dead Spiders in their wake. And to stop them, it will take every Spider-Man (and Woman) to quell their spider-squashing spree. Silk shines in her first major event!

Second Solo

in Silk (2015) #1

An MU fan-favorite! Silk is back and badder than ever following the events of SPIDER-VERSE. Cindy’s quest to locate her family takes her down a darker path than expected, and she's now in cahoots with none other than the most ferocious feline in the Marvel Universe—Black Cat!

The Spider(fly) Effect

in Amazing Spider-Man & Silk: The Spider(Fly) Effect Infinite Comic (2016) #1

Told in the groundbreaking Infinite format! This blockbuster tale of Amazing Anachronistic Arachnids forces Spider-Man and Silk to work together once more… this time traveling back in time to before they got their spider-powers.

Spider-Women Team-Up

in Spider-Women Alpha (2016) #1

Wrap up with SPIDER-WOMEN OMEGA! Silk. Spider-Gwen. Spider-Woman: Jessica Drew. These web-spinning wonders star in an interdimensional caper on Spider-Gwen’s Earth-65! While on a mentorship mission with Cindy and Gwen, Jessica realizes that the nefarious reach of S.I.L.K. is too big a threat for any one Spider-Hero.

(New) Agent of Atlas

in War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas (2019) #1

Secret Agent Jimmy Woo recruits Silk to be on the frontlines of WAR OF THE REALMS! As Sindr and her legions of Fire Demons march on Asia, Woo’s band of heroes unite to protect the Pacific Rim from going up in flames. Guest-starring Shang-Chi, Amadeus Cho, Aero, Luna Snow, Sword Master, and more!

For the City of Pan

in Agents of Atlas (2019) #1

Woo’s crew unites once more to defend the portal city of Pan, a technological dreamworld that is as dangerous as it is visionary.