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What is the relationship between Silk and Spider-Man?
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What Is the Relationship Between Spider-Man and Silk?

There’s a lot of Spider-People out there, as highlighted recently by Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and its prequel — one of them is even a pig. However, a more unique Spider-Pal that many have questions about is Silk, otherwise known as Cindy Moon. Silk is a character that’s both a powerful card in Marvel Snap and the lead in an upcoming Sony-produced TV series; however, you may have never heard of her before, and even if you have, you might not know her relationship to the original Spider-Man, Peter Parker.

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Silk’s Background in the Comics

By now you’ve likely heard the tale of how Peter Parker became Spider-Man: while on a trip at a science expo, a radioactive spider bit Peter Parker, granting him several abilities of a spider. What you may not know is that, according to comic-book lore, that same spider went on to bite another: Cindy Moon, the girl who would later become Silk. Her abilities differ only slightly to Spider-Man as she can produce organic webbing from her fingertips.

However, much unlike Peter Parker, Cindy Moon was hidden away after her powers developed: another Spider-Person, Ezekiel Sims, trained her and hid her away in a bunker due to the looming threat of Morlun, a psychic vampire that hunts people with spider powers across dimensions (yes, really). After Peter learned of Cindy, he freed her from a bunker that Ezekiel kept her safe in, informing her that he defeated Morlun (though he was later resurrected — again). Afterward, she adopted the superhero name of Silk.

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The Relationship Between Spider-Man and Silk

First and foremost, Silk shares Spider-Man’s famous spider sense, and that fact makes them extremely hot for each other. In fact, they can’t really be too close to one another without wanting to get — ahem — frisky. As a result of this, they never get together because they’re not quite sure if they’re into each other for their personalities or for their spider tingles. Still, they spent quite a lot of time fighting both Black Cat and Electro together, with Silk saving Spider-Man’s skin a couple of times.

When the Spider-Verse storyline takes off, Silk assumes a central role, being revealed as one of the key Spider-Totems, which are basically powerful individuals with Spider-Powers. Peter Parker’s Spider-Man takes less of a role here, and in comic-book lore, Mary Jane remains his main girl, not Cindy Moon.

Silk later goes on to have many adventures of her own, free from the original Spider-Man’s influence.


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Lowell is a freelance contributor with The Escapist that began his career reporting on live events such as the Penny Arcade Expo and E3 back in 2012. Over the last couple of years, he carved a niche for himself covering competitive Pokémon as he transitioned into game criticism full time. About a decade ago, Lowell moved to Japan for a year or two but is still there, raising a Shiba Inu named Zelda with his wife while missing access to good burritos. He also has a love/hate relationship with Japanese role-playing games.
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