History ComicBook / Silk

During ''Spider-Verse'', she appeared in the first arc of ''[[ComicBook/SpiderWoman2014 Spider-Woman]]'' volume five, teaming up with Jessica Drew before spinning off into her own ongoing series in February 2015, written by Robbie Thompson (known for his work on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. Initially running for seven issues, ''Silk'', like many other titles, was put on hold for the massive ''ComicBook/SecretWars'' event, but returned with a new volume during the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel initiative later that year. In the second volume, Silk is working for ComicBook/BlackCat, or so it seems as she is actually a mole for SHIELD, but things start to get complicated, as Silk gains some anger issues as well as having a hard time remembering Black Cat isn't her friend. This volume ran for nineteen issues.

Cindy appears (in her unpowered, civilian form) as a classmate of Peter's in 2017's ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', played there by Tiffany Espensen, later reprising the role in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. In June 2018, it was announced that [[https://www.cbr.com/silk-movie-spider-man-spinoff-sony/ Sony began developing a film based on the character]], but whether or not it will be set in the MCU (with Espensen reprising the role) is unconfirmed. It was also reported in December 2018 that Silk would feature in a spinoff of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', alongside ComicBook/SpiderGwen and [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Jessica Drew]].

* ''Silk'' (TBA) [[note]]Whether it's connected to the MCU or not is currently unknown[[/note]]

Cindy appears (in her unpowered, civilian form) as a classmate of Peter's in 2017's ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', played there by Tiffany Espensen, later reprising the role in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''. In June 2018, it was announced that [[https://www.cbr.com/silk-movie-spider-man-spinoff-sony/ Sony began developing a film based on the character]], but whether or not it will be set in the MCU (with Espensen reprising the role) is unconfirmed.

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* ''Silk'' (TBA)[[note]]Whether it's connected to the MCU or not is currently unknown[[/note]]

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* BecomingTheMask: Mockingbird worries that Silk's infiltration of Black Cat's organization would put her in serious risk of this, as do a few others, and not without reason. She almost killed a person under Black Cat's orders, and when asked about it, she stated she felt good after beating the man and throwing him off a roof (but claims that she knew he'd survive). The main thing that seems to be pushing her into this trope is that she genuinely likes Cat and sees her as a friend. [[spoiler: She doesn't, and Mockingbird apologizes for thinking she would.]]

* PowerIncontinence: The events of ''Spider-Verse'' has caused her powers to act strange, amplifying her Spider-Sense but lowering her pheromonal attraction. She can't stand it anymore and goes back to her bunker once more.

* TheRival: To an extent. When their pheromonal attraction starts interfering with their daily lives, Cindy suggests Peter take a hike and leave New York to her. Peter takes this as a challenge and tries to maintain a good friendship with her, while Cindy usually tries to avoid interacting with him. The Thompson run is even somewhat bookended by one of these.

* ShoutOut: A lot of Cindy's quips as Silk pertain to 1990s and early 2000s pop culture, in addition to owning a lot of Creator/{{Disney}}, ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', and Creator/{{Nintendo}} memorabilia at home and on her work desk. One of the first jokes she makes in her solo series falls directly into this.

* SpoiledBrat: She easily comes off as this because of Jessica Drew's assertion during ''Spider-Verse'' that Silk's WideEyedIdealism will get them killed if they let her get away with it.

* WideEyedIdealism: She's a newcomer to the superhero scene, and while her naivety and enthusiasm would normally make her endearing to veterans like Spider-Woman, the fact that her first taste of action was a war where the fate of the multiverse was at stake made Silk TheLoad in the worst possible ways. Her uselessness during the event continued to color all her interactions with other heroes even as she improved afterwards, with everyone constantly excepting her to mess up any given situation in some manner.
* WomanChild: Mainly manifests in her solo series, where her acting like an emotionally stunted and impulsive teenager in a number of situations is shown as the result of spending ten years in solitary confinement. As Jessica Drew points in ''ComicBook/SpiderWomen'', that this and her anxiety issues are the only things Cindy has from being locked in that bunker for so long is a miracle.

* FaceHeelTurn: In the ''[[ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel All New, All Different]]'' universe, Silk has gone rogue and is working for Black Cat under the moniker of "Sinister Silk", lamenting that her brief stint as a hero has made it difficult for her to accrue any VillainCred... but it's revealed she's actually TheMole for S.H.I.E.L.D. [[spoiler:But, then, after the events of ''Spider-Women'', Cindy decides to back the Black Cat full time after SHIELD refuses to listen to the fact that her Earth-65 counterpart was causing trouble, not her. '''Then''' it turns out she went back to S.H.I.E.L.D. to continue busting Black Cat after they finally believe her story.]]

* ShoutOut: Her response upon hearing the name of one of ComicBook/BlackCat's criminal partner, Dragonclaw?
-->'''Silk''': ''"Seriously? Sounds like a Franchise/{{Pokemon}}."''
** Also shown to own a Staryu plush doll and have a Jigglypuff on her office desk.
** She also has a ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' poster in her apartment.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Her relationship with Peter has been ''very'' intimate, to the point where Anna Maria is uncomfortable around them and must resort to using a spray bottle to keep them focused on tasks. Both of them find their FantasticArousal inhibits their ability to fight crime, and Cindy is extremely uncomfortable with the situation. As of ''Silk'' Volume 0, they're apparently no longer romantically involved. In the flashback scenes, her high school boyfriend & herself also qualify, as do the friends that she helped set up in Issue #1, [[https://culturewarreporters.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/ohlola.png?w=508&h=129 Lola & Rafferty]].

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Cindy is more than aware that many of her "friends" in the hero community see her as a nuisance or inevitable screw-up, and has a very short list of people who she actually trusts outside her therapist in return. It's this aspect of Silk that makes her handler Mockingbird worried about her, believing she'd quickly go rogue should Black Cat become one of the few people not to treat her as an irresponsible rookie.
* WhatTheHellHero: When Peter mentions that he's killed Morlun, she's relieved and comfortably leaves the bunker, ready to see the outside world. After swinging around for a bit, she asks for some elaboration on how he did it. When Peter mentioned that he's done it twice, she flips out, pointing out that if Morlun is capable of coming back from the dead for a second time, everyone is screwed.
* WideEyedIdealism: She's a newcomer to the superhero scene, and while her naivety and enthusiasm would normally make her endearing to veterans like Spider-Woman, the fact that her first taste of action was a war where the fate of the multiverse was at stake made Silk TheLoad in the worst possible ways. Her uselessness doing the event continues to color all her interactions with other heroes even as she improves afterwards, with everyone constantly excepting her to mess up any given situation in some manner.

During ''Spider-Verse'', she appeared in the first arc of ''[[ComicBook/SpiderWoman2014 Spider-Woman]]'' volume five, teaming up with Jessica Drew before spinning off into her own ongoing series in February 2015. Initially running for seven issues, ''Silk'' (and many other titles) were put on hold for the massive ''ComicBook/SecretWars'' event, but returned with a new volume during the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel initiative later that year. In the second volume, Silk is working for ComicBook/BlackCat, or so it seems as she is actually a mole for SHIELD, but things start to get complicated, as Silk gains some anger issues as well as having a hard time remembering Black Cat isn't her friend. This volume ran for nineteen issues.

* BecomingTheMask: Mockingbird worries that Silk's infiltration of Black Cat's organization would put her in serious risk of this, as do a few others, and not without reason. She almost killed a person under Black Cat's orders, and when asked about it, she stated she felt good after beating the man and throwing him off a roof (but claims that she knew he'd survive). The main thing that seems to be pushing her into this trope is that she genuinely likes Cat and sees her as a friend.

* PaperThinDisguise: Unlike every other webbed hero, who wear complete masks, Silk just covers the lower half of her face with a somewhat loose-fitting scarf. The scarf has fallen away enough times during fights that her identity never being revealed is pure luck.

* BecomingTheMask: Her infiltration of Black Cat's organization has puts her in serious risk of this. She almost killed a person, admittedly a really really bad person. When asked about it later she stated she felt good after beating the man and throwing him off a roof. Though the thing that seems to most be pushing her into this trope is that she genuinely likes Cat.
* BerserkerRage: Silk was already someone not completely in control of her emotions, and being exposed to goblin serum didn't help, even after Cat cured her she still flies into a rage on occasion.

* CheapCostume: For her first costume, Silk quickly slaps together a costume using her webbing. Spidey laments having never thought of doing that himself, although considering his webbing only lasts couple of hours [[FullFrontalAssault that might be a good thing]]. She later makes herself a proper costume, after Natalie Long calls her original one "tacky".

* DistaffCounterpart: She is this to Peter to a greater extent than any of the Spider-Women or Spider-Girls. Morlun even calls her "Spider-Bride".

* FantasticArousal: She emits pheromones that cause Peter Parker to want to get intimate with her, and vice versa. It gets to the point where they can't be around each other for more than a few minutes before they start making out. By the time of her solo series, she doesn't want to spend any significant amount of time around Peter due to this.
* FemmeFatalons: The red fingers on her costume can be converted into these on the fly.

* NaiveNewcomer: Silk's naivety and enthusiasm for heroics would normally make her endearing, but when she teams up with Spider-Woman during ''Spider-Verse'', Jess finds it ''very'' aggravating.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: She ends up getting ComicBook/SpiderManNoir laid up after she accidentally attracts Brix and Bora to their location. And then gets Spider-Woman trapped on Loomworld. And then wrecks the second teleporter when she returns to Loomworld to save Spider-Woman, even though she should be staying away from Loomworld. It happens a lot in ''Spider-Verse''.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: After finding out Silk has betrayed her by working with S.H.I.E.L.D., Black Cat teleports the two of them to an abandoned warehouse and proceeds to beat Cindy to a bloody pulp in front of her goons, to show them what happens to people who double-cross her. The beatdown is interrupted by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents storming the building, and Cindy uses the last of her strength to leap through a skylight after being aided by an uppercut, landing on the roof. Black Cat simply teleports to the roof and continues beating her up.
* NotQuiteBackToNormal: The Goblin King (Phil Urich) infects Silk with his knock-off Goblin Serum in an attempt to get her on his side, but she's saved by Black Cat, who had cooked up a cure. However, Silk's eyes are later shown turning [[YellowEyesOfSneakiness yellow]] when she gets angry, implying that Felicia's vaccine wasn't perfect (it hasn't been brought up since, however).
* OlderThanSheLooks: Looks like a teenager, but is actually the same age as Peter who is canonically 28 as of 2014. PlayedForLaughs, as both [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Jessica Drew]] and ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}} who mentor Silk refer to her as a kid despite the fact that she's actually around the same age as them.

* OneWordTitle: ProtagonistTitle, being her codename, as she's a superhero.

* PaperThinDisguise: Unlike every other webbed hero, who wear complete masks, Silk just covers the lower half of her face with a somewhat loose-fitting scarf. The scarf has fallen away enough times during fights, that her identity never being revealed is pure luck.

* PhotographicMemory: ''Silk'' #1 reveals that she has this, and has her dismayed that the most vivid of these memories included telling her mother than she hated her.

* SickeninglySweethearts: Her relationship with Peter has been ''very'' intimate, to the point where Anna Maria is uncomfortable around them. Both of them find their FantasticArousal inhibits their ability to fight crime, and Cindy is extremely uncomfortable with the situation. As of ''Silk'' Volume 0, they're apparently no longer romantically involved. In the flashback scenes, her high school boyfriend & herself also qualify, as do the friends that she helped set up in Issue #1, [[https://culturewarreporters.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/ohlola.png?w=508&h=129 Lola & Rafferty]].

* SpoiledBrat: She easily comes off as this because of Jessica Drew's assertion that Silk's WideEyedIdealism will get them killed if they let her get away with it.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Cindy is more than aware that many of her "friends" in the hero community see her as a nuisance or inevitable screw-up, and has a very short list of people who she actually trusts outside her therapist in return.

* ParentalAbandonment: Her family life wasn't the best as she and her mom were at each other's throats, but after spending ten years in the bunker, she has no idea where they might have gone. It is implied, however, that there is something more sinister behind their disappearance. [[spoiler:Thanks to S.H.I.E.L.D., she finds out they disappeared into the Negative Zone in search of a cure for her Spider-Powers to protect her from the Inheritors. However, they came to realize they were oh-so-wrong about needing to save her from that. Cindy rescues them and brings them home.]]
* ParentalSubstitute: When Cindy gets a job at Fact Channel News, J. Jonah Jameson (who actually likes Silk, barring the period where she was [[http://i.imgur.com/vOKzvmj.jpg impersonated]] by her EvilCounterpart from Earth-65) ends up taking her under his wing, even giving her the [[AffectionateNickname nickname]] "Analog" after seeing her use a pen and notepad instead of a phone or tablet. He becomes somewhat father-y towards her, helps her find her missing brother, and "[[NoIndoorVoice screams]]" raises at her. Jameson's kindness and presence was even the main thing keeping her at the network, as she immediately quits when he's fired following the events of ''ComicBook/DeadNoMoreTheCloneConspiracy''.

During ''Spider-Verse'', she appeared in the first arc of ''[[ComicBook/SpiderWoman2014 Spider-Woman]]'' volume five, teaming up with Jessica Drew before spinning off into her own ongoing series in February 2015. Initially running for seven issues, ''Silk'' (and many other titles) were put on hold for the massive ''ComicBook/SecretWars'' event, but returned with a new volume during the ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel initiative later that year. In the second volume, Silk is working for ComicBook/BlackCat, or so it seems as she is actually a mole for SHIELD, but things start to get complicated, as Silk gains some anger issues as well as having a hard time remembering Black Cat isn't her friend.

* EvilMentor: Black Cat starts to become this for Silk in volume 2. It doesn't help that Cat is really the only person that isn't convinced Silk is a screw up or potential screw up.
* FaceHeelTurn: In the ''[[ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel All New, All Different]]'' universe, Silk has gone rogue and is working for Black Cat under the moniker of the "Sinister Silk", lamenting that her brief stint as a hero has made it difficult for her to accrue any VillainCred... but it's revealed she's actually TheMole for S.H.I.E.L.D. [[spoiler:But, then, after the events of ''Spider-Women'', Cindy decides to back the Black Cat full time after SHIELD refuses to listen to the fact that her Earth-65 counterpart was causing trouble, not her. '''Then''' it turns out she goes back to SHIELD trying to bust black Cat once more after they finally believe in her story.]]
* FantasticArousal: She emits pheromones that cause Peter Parker to want to get intimate with her, and vice versa. It gets to the point where they can't be around each other for more than a few minutes before they start making out.
* FemmeFatalons: As of Volume 2, she can either turn her fingers into claws, or her costume has been upgraded to do so.

* PaperThinDisguise: She doesn't even cover her whole face as Silk. Making things even dumber, as Cindy Moon, she's working for a news station that wants to profit off Silk like the Daily Bugle profited off Spider-Man. Someone's gotta realize something's up soon.

* ParentalSubstitute: When Cindy gets a job at Fact Channel News, J. Jonah Jameson (who actually likes Silk, barring the period where she was [[http://i.imgur.com/vOKzvmj.jpg impersonated]] by her EvilCounterpart from Earth-65) ends up taking her under his wing, even giving her the [[AffectionateNickname nickname]] "Analog" after seeing her use a pen and notepad instead of a phone or tablet. He becomes somewhat father-y towards her, helps her find her missing brother, and "[[NoIndoorVoice screams]]" raises at her, though things are apparently going to get [[http://nerdreactor.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/silk-13-marvel-now-35b0a.jpg awkward]] in ''ComicBook/DeadNoMoreTheCloneConspiracy'' when [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Mattie Franklin]] (Jameson's murdered adopted daughter) [[CameBackWrong Comes Back Wrong]].
* PhotographicMemory: ''Silk'' #1 reveals that she has this and that her last real memories before the spider-bite was arguing with her parents and going out with her earlier boyfriend to the event that would get her her powers.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Cindy is more than aware that many of her "friends" in the hero community see her as a nuisance or inevitable screw-up, and has a very short list of people who she actually trusts outside her therapist.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Not as bad as Captain America, ''per se'', but when she hits the Internet to search for her parents, she's stopped by the fact that Peter doesn't have Netscape Navigator. Peter also notes that, when she was locked away, Facebook had just barely started, putting her lockaway at about 2005-2006.

* ImportantHaircut: near the end of her first character arc in Silk, Cindy is in a fight with Black Cat that ends with Black Cat dangling her by her hair over a long drop. After a moment of existential anguish over the source of the fight itself, she cuts off her own hair to escape. From this moment forward, she begins to move past her reliance on Spider-man & make her own decisions about her life, including later working with Black Cat in order to find information on her family.
* MetaOrigin:
** She got her powers from the same spider that Peter did. Unlike him, she produces her own webbing. This is part of her role as [[TheChosenOne the Bride]] in the CosmicChessGame between the Inheritors and [[TheChosenMany the Spiders]]. She represents every totem [[ItBeganWithATwistOfFate empowered by chance]].
* MoralityPet: Silk has appointed herself as Black Cat's, and given Silk's "lucky" escape in issue 10 it seems to be working.

* TheRival: When their pheromonal attraction starts interfering with their daily lives, Cindy suggests Peter take a hike and leave New York to her. Peter takes this as a challenge, while Cindy attempts to avoid

* ManChild: Woman Child: Slowly have been {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in her series. Because she was locked in a bunker when she was a teenager, Cindy is a bit emotionally stunted.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Cindy Moon has friends. Silk mostly just has people who tolerate her presence.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Cindy Moon has friends. Silk just has people who tolerate her presence at best and openly degrade her at worst due to her childish behavior and her actions during ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' nearly killing everyone.
* WhatTheHellHero: When Peter mentions that he's killed Morlun, she's relieved and leaves the bunker. After swinging around for a bit, she asks for some elaboration. When Peter mentioned that he's done it twice, she flips out, realizing Peter's doomed everyone if Morlun is a villain that can easily come back from the dead.

* WideEyedIdealism: She's a newcomer to the superhero scene, and while her naivety and enthusiasm would normally make her endearing to veterans like Spider-Woman, the fact that they were embroiled in a war made Silk TheLoad in the worst possible ways.

* WhatTheHellHero: When Peter mentions that he's killed Morlun, she's relieved. When he mentioned that he's done it twice, she flips out, realizing Peter's doomed everyone.

* ''Silk'' vol. 1 (2015)
* ''Silk'' vol. 2 (2015 -- 2017)

Cindy appears (in her unpowered, civilian form) as a classmate of Peter's in 2017's ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', played there by Tiffany Espensen.

* [[ManChild Woman Child]]: Slowly have been [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in her series. Because she was locked in a bunker when she was a teenager, Cindy is a bit emotionally stunted.

--> '''Silk:''' [[Music/{{Eminem}} Guess who's back. Back again.]]
--> '''Spider-Gwen:''' ''Ugh''... has anybody considered putting Silk back in her time capsule?

--> '''Mockingbird:''' That's good to hear, young lady.
--> '''Silk:''' [-Dude, we're practically the same age.-]

* SickeninglySweethearts: Her relationship with Peter has been ''very'' intimate, to the point where Anna Maria is uncomfortable around them. Both of them find their Fantastic Arousal inhibits their ability to fight crime, and Cindy is extremely uncomfortable with the situation. As of ''Silk'' Volume 0, they're apparently no longer romantically involved. In the flashback scenes, her high school boyfriend & herself also qualify, as do the friends that she helped set up in Issue #1, [[https://culturewarreporters.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/ohlola.png?w=508&h=129 Lola & Rafferty]].

* OlderThanSheLooks: PlayedForLaughs. Both [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Jessica Drew]] and ComicBook/{{Mockingbird}} who mentor Silk refer to her as a kid despite the fact that she's actually around the same age as them.

* ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' (2017), played by Tiffany Espensen

* SickeninglySweethearts: Her relationship with Peter has been ''very'' intimate, to the point where Anna Maria is uncomfortable around them. Both of them find their Fantastic Arousal inhibits their ability to fight crime, and Cindy is extremely uncomfortable with the situation. As of ''Silk'' Volume 0, they're apparently no longer romantically involved. In the flashback scenes, her high school boyfriend & herself also qualify, as do the friends that she helped set up in Issue #1, Lola & Rafferty.

* ButchLesbian[=/=]LipstickLesbian: Two of Cindy's co-workers are lesbian couple and perhaps one of the most blatant examples of these. The butch is short-haired, tomboyish, and slightly masculine-looking. The lipstick is long-haired, cute, [[EveryoneLovesBlondes blonde]], nerd-looking, and {{Meganekko}}.

Cindy appears (in her unpowered, civilian form) as a classmate of Peter's in the 2017 ''film/SpiderManHomecoming'', played there by Tiffany Espensen.