by REERA YOO | @reeraboo
editor@charactermedia.com
Months after debuting in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man, Cindy Moon, aka “Silk,” makes a silky transition to her own comic book series as Marvel’s newest Asian American superheroine.
The first installment of Silk hit shelves on Feb. 18. Drawn by Stacy Lee and written by Robbie Thompson of CW’s fantasy-horror TV show Supernatural, the new Marvel series tells the story of Moon, who was bitten by the same radioactive spider that bit Peter Parker.
In Amazing Spider-Man, it was revealed that Moon was taken under Ezekiel’s wing for training and locked in a bunker for over a decade until Spider-Man learned of her existence and freed her. Now, as Silk, Moon is on her own in New York City, adjusting to her new life while webbing villains along the way.
Silk comes one year after Kamala Khan, also known as Ms. Marvel, who became the first Muslim character to headline a Marvel comic book series. While it is too early to determine whether Silk will be as popular as Ms. Marvel, who has already garnered a loyal following over the past year, Thompson’s goal is to make Moon’s character universally appealing, regardless of her gender or ethnicity.
“I think the thing that inspired me about her character was her inner strength, the unwillingness to ever give up,” Thompson told NBC News in a phone interview.
Marvel’s spokesman Joseph Taraborrelli Sr. agreed with Thompson’s sentiment and explained that there has been a gradual shift in demographics of comic book readers since the 1970s.
“If you go to any comic book convention, the entire audience is so diverse, almost 50-50 men women,” Taraborrelli said, according to NBC News. “There are all walks of life. It’s everybody from different ethnic backgrounds.”
The first issue of Silk is currently available in stores, priced at USD $3.99. To learn more about the series, visit the Marvel’s website.
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Featured image courtesy of Marvel
